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CANDIDATE RETENTION IS AS IMPORTANT AS ATTRACTION

28th September 2018

Recent Labour Market data released by the Office for National Statistics paints a familiar trend. 32.39 million people in work – 42,000 more than January to March 2018 and 313,000 more than the previous year. Unemployment is at 4% – the lowest it has been since 1974 and the number of EU nat...

UK Labour Market – Job Demand Continues

13th September 2018

In September’s release of figures from ONS – covering the UK Labour Market – there is not a huge change overall with the employment market remaining stable and another slight decrease in unemployment. However, scratching beneath the surface to look at specific sectors reveals an extre...

Business Improvement Apprenticeship Success

3rd September 2018

At Gi Group we are committed to self-improvement and developing the skills of our employees in order that they can add value to the services that we provide to our clients and workforce. We are therefore delighted to announce that 25 of our recruitment and management team recently undertook a Bus...

UK unemployment continues to fall

16th August 2018

The latest labour market figures released by the Office for National Statistics show a continuing trend with unemployment at 4%, the lowest since the 1974 with the number of those employed continuing to increase. Read full details here https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork...

IS UK BUSINESS MISSING THE POINT OF APPRENTICESHIPS?

27th July 2018

Kate Maddison-Greenwell, Head of Employability, Skills and Learning for Gi Group challenges some of the confused messages surrounding UK apprenticeships; and highlights the benefits apprenticeships can have both to the individual and businesses. Over recent months, I have picked my way through nu...

GI Group Team Raise £1,713 for MacMillan

26th June 2018

A massive well done to our Gi Group UK colleagues over at Mini Plant Oxford who toughed the weekend’s heat to raise £1,713.68 for Macmillan at the Mini Plant Oxford family fun day. The team organised the following fundraising activities for workers and their families who attended the day. Cake Sa...

World Cup the Workplace – Make Sure You’re On The Ball

13th June 2018

Traditionally, major football tournaments, in which home nations are participating, have presented both challenges and opportunities on the personnel front. While the papers may report on record levels of absenteeism coinciding with a major fixture, we also hear of innovative and successful ways ...

Gi GROUP DRIVES IMPACTFUL CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE IN OXFORD

11th June 2018

On June 11th 2018, Gi Group UK and BMW Group officially opened the new Recruitment Centre of Excellence at the MINI plant in Oxford. Gi Group Chief Executive Bev White was in attendance as the new facility was unveiled – promising to elevate the candidate experience of those applying to work at t...

Gi Group’s New Look Team raise £1200 for MacMillan

29th April 2018

Well done to Gi Group UK’s onsite team at New Look who raised a fantastic £1200 for our nominated charity MacMillan Cancer Support last week by organising a raffle. A massive thank you to all of the companies who kindly donated prizes for the raffle: Bionic Iconic Experience Days Veg...

People want to make a difference

23rd April 2018

It is now four years since Gi Group UK made the conscious decision to place corporate social responsibility at the core of its business. Since then the company and its people have evolved to the stage that being a responsible business is now an unconscious foundation of its everyday operations. T...