Although establishing a new business is a challenging task scaling a business to the next level brings its own, different challenges. According to data from McKinsey, only 22% of new businesses launched in the past decade have successfully scaled. Why is this? Based on our experience at NJR, there are several common factors, largely arising…
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Affordable SME Packages
Are you looking for an Effective And Affordable Hiring Solution For Your Business? It is no secret that SME recruitment can be incredibly challenging. There can be high costs and many hurdles to jump over. And for small to medium sized companies, keeping costs low but talent quality high is even more imperative. At NJR,…
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What do the recent IR35 changes mean for your company?
What do IR35 changes mean for your company? As I am sure you are aware, according to the recent mini-budget, the IR35 reform will be repealed from 6th April 2023. This means from April, workers who provide their services via an intermediary, are to regain sole responsibility for determining their employment status and paying the…
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NED CONNECT: DIRECTORS’ DUTIES AND AVOIDING PERSONAL LIABILITY
As a valued member of our community, we would like to share an event which may be beneficial to you. DETAILS Date: Wednesday 30 March 2022, Time: 12 noon – 1pm, Location: Webinar, Cost: No charge UK law holds every company director, including NEDs, charity trustees and interim directors, to a very high standard and…
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How Important is Candidate Feedback?
How Important is Candidate Feedback? One of our clients recently got in touch to ask for a candidate’s address with whom had been interviewed and had made it through to the final two. On this occasion the candidate was unsuccessful and was pipped to the post at the last round, however, our client wanted to send a…
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Being a Non-Executive Director in and after Covid-19
Unquestionably the Covid-19 pandemic has brought exceptional challenges for businesses, Public Sector and Not-for-Profits alike and inevitably these challenges have been reflected in the boardroom. Many businesses, for example, have needed to ‘pivot’ in order to simply survive – with board strategy changing to reflect circumstance and the question of culture being arguably more important…
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A Covid silver lining on the HR jobs front?
It may be difficult to look for any silver linings from a Coronavirus pandemic that has already been responsible for more than 300,000 deaths worldwide and will leave in its wake a global recession and widespread unemployment. But as is the case in all such situations: crisis and change also creates opportunity. We have already…
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The role of CFOs amidst a coronavirus pandemic
As COVID-19 re-shapes our daily life, this global phenomenon and its fallout has left business leaders facing unprecedented challenges, many of them changing by the day. FDs and CFOs have a central role to play during the financial crisis since they are the leaders who most directly contribute to a company’s financial health and organisational…
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Covid-19 – Responding to Staffing Issues through the Crisis
The Coronavirus (Covid-19) has taken the world by storm and in the space of a couple of months has turned normal living on its head: politically, socially and economically. Even a few weeks ago the idea that people wouldn’t be able to travel, go to work or leave their home and that shops, pubs, restaurants,…
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How to overcome the challenges of hiring a Sales Director
Senior sales and sales director roles are by far the toughest to fill, according to our recent research among HR and recruitment heads. Almost a third (29%) of the 127 directors involved in our study identified sales director as the most difficult senior position to fill. This was followed by director-level marketing and digital roles…
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