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Register for our free COVID-19 employment webinar with Aaron & Partners We’ve teamed up with Aaron & Partners Solicitors to host another free Zoom webinar on Wednesday 1st July 2020, 1.30pm - 2.30pm. We’ll be focusing on new topics including updated legislation regarding: Flexible furlough Return...

This is a guest blog by Askar Sheibani, Founder and Chair of DBF (formerly known as Deeside Business Forum) and Chief Executive of the Comtek Group. Comtek provides specialist multi-vendor telecoms and electronics repairs, spares and support services – since its establishment over 30 years ago. C...

Martin Hall is Managing Director of Denholm UK Logistics, a supply chain and logistics company providing port-centric 3PL solutions for receiving, handling, storing, picking, packing and distributing goods around the UK. How has COVID-19 affected Denholm UK Logistics? Initially, there was an imme...

About Deeside Cereals Deeside Cereals is a food manufacturing site in Deeside, North Wales. We spoke with the company’s HR Manager Jo Butterworth and Technical Manager Gail Taylor to find out how the business has been coping through the COVID-19 pandemic, what measures they’ve put in place to pro...

UK labour market: impact of COVID-19 on different industries We've surveyed businesses across the UK to find out how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their business. We designed this survey to paint a picture of the UK labour market and understand further how the crisis has affected different i...

Supporting the mental health of furloughed employees Approximately 7.5 million jobs were furloughed in the UK between April 20th and May 10th 2020. That’s millions of people at home possibly worrying about childcare responsibilities, job security and the impact of the pandemic overall. It’s a lot...

Mental health help and support services There are many causes of mental health problems including unemployment, trauma, poverty, domestic violence and abuse. If you’re facing difficulties, please reach out. Here’s some organisations offering support along with their contact details: Gambling addi...

Useful resources for employers during COVID-19 Despite the current circumstances, we are still fully operational across the UK so if you need support recruiting new staff (temporary or permanent) please phone or email your local gap personnel team and we can help. We also specialise in technical,...

Useful COVID-19 resources for workers and candidates Our consultants are recruiting remotely and looking for candidates to fill key worker positions in front line businesses including food production, warehouse and distribution roles. We’re also increasingly recruiting for other industrial roles ...

Mental health awareness week 18th-24th May 2020 This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, a time to focus on wellbeing and raise awareness of issues surrounding mental health. The theme this year is kindness; celebrating all the thoughtful, selfless gestures people are doing to support each othe...