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Like most sectors of the UK economy, the recruitment industry was hit hard by COVID-19 – as shaky business confidence and the furlough scheme meant companies simply weren’t hiring staff.

Like most sectors of the UK economy, the recruitment industry was hit hard by COVID-19 – as shaky business confidence and the furlough scheme meant companies simply weren’t hiring staff.

Asking for a pay rise at work can be terrifying. Now, with the cost of living crisis only deepening and inflation rising to a 40-year high of 9%, getting some extra cash out of your boss has never been more important.

Millennials have an 'inflated sense of entitlement', 'loath conflict' and require a different kind of management than older generations, according to a top recruitment boss.

Inflation in the year to March 2022 reached yet another 30-year high, with the consumer prices index (CPI) hitting 7%, prompting fresh fears that employees’ wages are not stretching far enough to cover the cost of living.

While many hoped the beginning of 2022 would see the end of the pandemic, instead it seems to have provided the start of the cost of living crisis. Millionaire businessman and current chairman of the InterQuest Group, Gary Ashworth, shared his insight on what might lie ahead and how consumers can stay afloat for the next 12 months.

While many hoped the beginning of 2022 would see the end of the pandemic, instead it seems to have provided the start of the cost of living crisis. Millionaire businessman and current chairman of the InterQuest Group, Gary Ashworth, shared his insight on what might lie ahead and how consumers can stay afloat for the next 12 months.

The best business leaders surround themselves with rebels and disrupters, not a board of sycophants. They realise that better business outcomes happen more often from conflict and radical debate than consistent agreement. Business heroes, artists and politicians often fail when they start to believe their own hype.

There are only three certain things in life: death, taxes, and encountering difficult people. However, we often don’t merely encounter difficult people; we have to find a way to manage them. 

If you assemble the ingredients of a fast-growing company: an affable management team, ultra-low interest rates, skilled corporate finance advisers, and a sprinkling of testosterone-fuelled buyers whose coffers are overflowing with cash and then light the blue touch paper, it’s not surprising that the ensuing auction or Initial Public Offering (IPO) can often get out of hand.

Multimillionaire Gary Ashworth has founded or backed over 30 businesses in his 40 year career, but life didn't seem so bright when he had just left school.

nance advisers, and a sprinkling of testosterone-fuelled buyers whose coffers are overflowing with cash and then light the blue touch paper, it’s not surprising that the ensuing auction or Initial Public Offering (IPO) can often get out of hand.

As inflation accelerates and seemingly secure markets like Chinese property continues to destabilise, investor concerns of an impending market crash are growing, but it can be easier to make money in a disaster than a thriving economy.

When the furlough scheme came to an end in September 2021, Gary Ashworth appeared on Times Radio to talk about the long-term impact of the government's financial aid during the coronavirus pandemic. Below is a transcript of the interview, where Gary spoke to Early Breakfast host Calum Macdonald.

In the digital world we live in, where everything can be easily altered, from manipulated digital photos and media filtered biographies, to world leaders re-writing history and changing laws to suit themselves, how do you head up a team and demonstrate authentic leadership when suspicion has become the default state? The world has moved on from the time when we just used lipstick and Spanx.

Humans generally need other humans to be the best version of themselves. But, if some or all your staff are working from home, how do you ensure they remain productive, happy, and well?

We’re all difficult people. We all come packaged with our own odd characteristics. We all want to be validated, recognised, loved, included, promoted, praised, and have a good moan sometimes.

An NED is a member of a company’s board of directors, who is not a part of the full-time staff, or an executive member involved in the day-to-day management of the business. However, they may be involved in policymaking, the businesses’ growth plans and can offer an independent oversight of the aims and goals of the firm.

So it’s official. Boris Johnson has fired the starting gun and from July 19, working from home will no longer be the default position for employees. No more sneaky after-lunch sleeps, or nipping out for a spot of tanning in the garden when the sun shines.

’s a strange new world we’re living in, and we need new talent to help us manage it. But how do leaders attract and retain the best of them, especially remotely in this post-COVID economy?

A year of working through Covid-19 restrictions and lacklustre annual leave (where instead of being on a beach far from our troubles, we are locked in our home with a book and a takeaway) has finally hit. Returning to my makeshift home desk after the Easter weekend, I found myself sluggish and unmotivated.

The pandemic – or, more accurately, the Government’s handling of the pandemic – has caused incredible devastation to businesses. Recovery will be an arduous process for many. Business leaders must be ready to pivot their offerings quickly and efficiently and find new ways to stand out, especially in saturated markets.

ew ideas are overrated, you can find them on every street corner. We’ve been in a holding pattern for a year, where everyone you meet is an expert on COVID and has their own ideas about what should happen. I’m sick of hearing them.

Working from the comfort of our living rooms and letting employees peek into our personal lives on Zoom has made it easier than ever before to be 'authentic'.