
The British public’s love affair with the stock market seems to have come to an end, at least temporarily. ...

A great night was had at the second year of the Indirect Tax Awards on 15th October, which BLT were delighted to sponsor once again...

Barclays are expected to post profits of £10 billion, the Goldman Sachs bankers have that tricky problem of how to spend their bonuses and even RBS, now 70% owned by UK taxpayers is paying out £4 billion in pay and rewards to its investment banking arm! ...

Parliament’s back in session. The Government will have to reveal where spending cuts will be made in the Public Sector, and the public sector consultancies await the news. ...

We loved it so much first time, we’re back for more….another great day was had by the BLT team on 29th September as we made our second trip to a school to assist pupils with preparing themselves for future interviews and the world of work. Th...

Forbes.com published their annual list of The 400 Richest Americans 2009 at the end of September and this year they decided it was time to search through their database of wealthy individuals in search of bona fide trends...

Oxford University has slipped in the international league table of the world's top universities - in a study which shows the advance of academia in Asia that will soon pose a challenge to the Ivy League and Oxbridge. - Shows Guardian's research...

There’s no doubt that the graduating class of 2009 had it tough but the outlook for next year does look a little better. Research from the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) states that a third of graduate recruiters are planning to recruit more graduates next year than in 2009. ...

The recruitment industry has often suffered from bad press. Some question the ability that external firms have to add value to the human capital sourcing process; and others claim that for recruiters the job is just about the money...

The Private Finance Initiative (PFI), born some 17 years ago, has become one of the Labour government’s favourite children. However, since the fall of Lehman, things have looked increasingly shaky for PFI. ...

Last month we asked how the DoH can justify their expenditure on management consultants at a time when staff shortages in the NHS have led to increasing concern over the standard of patient care. This week we read one answer to that question in Public Finance...

Annual results published on Monday from Britain’s biggest accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), showed a record fee income in the UK of £2.25 billion amid the financial crisis. ...

While many employees are staying put during the downturn, many are planning to change their job or their whole career when the recession ends. A CIPD’s survey of 3,000 employees found that 34% of employees would change job within the next year in an ideal world. ...

Are we eventually emerging from the recession? There are definitely reasons for optimism. Activity in Britain’s services industry grew for the fourth month in a row in August and at its fastest pace in almost two years, boosting recovery hopes. ...









