A secretary provides clerical and administrative support, either as a team or individually. They are often also responsible for specific projects, as well as co-ordinating and implementing office procedures. In some cases, they will oversee junior staff. The Secretarial Job has changed significantly over the years, and the role varies greatly depending on sector, the [...]
Read moreReceptionists are vital to the success of any company simply because they are every company’s first official representative. The receptionist job description will include a variety of assignments and duties, however the greatest role is the courteously meet and welcome customers and general members of the public. Receptionist Duties Just as receptionists present the face [...]
Read moreFord’s network of 153 approved repair centres have signed up to become BSI Kitemark certified by the end of 2010. The carmaker said more than 40 per cent of the network have already gained the BSI PAS 125 standard and Kitemark licence and “almost all” of the remaining centres will follow. Vital standard “We believe [...]
Read moreThe new car market leapt by 57.6 per cent in November, this year’s fifth successive month of growth, according to registration data published by the SMMT. The figures show 158,082 cars were sold over the course of the month, but the year-on-year increase is against a market that slumped -37 per cent, the biggest fall [...]
Read moreRAC Warranty continues to see dealers maximise warranty sales A 30 per cent year on year increase in sales of warranties has been seen at RAC Warranty in Q4 of 2009, with dealers continuing to increase penetration of used car warranties. Ian Simpson, sales and marketing director at RAC Warranty, said that dealers had learned [...]
Read moreOffice life is stressful enough without the annoyances of your colleagues’ quirky habits Office workers spend a whopping 1,332 hours a year sat at their desks and the strain with their desk neighbours is beginning to show. Research from Office Angels (www.office-angels.com), the UK’s leading secretarial and recruitment consultancy, reveals that four out of 10 [...]
Read moreScrappage sales have smashed through the 250,000 barrier, according to the SMMT. Registrations New car registrations through the government-backed scheme, which was launched in May, totalled 251,629 by the end of November. LCV registrations over the same period totalled 3,882 units; just 1.5 per cent of the total scrappage market. Unfulfilled orders Meanwhile there are [...]
Read moreUK car sales rose by 57.6% in November compared with a year earlier, industry figures have shown. There were 158,082 cars registered last month, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said, up from a “weak” November 2008. So far this year, 1.84 million cars have been sold in the UK, 8.8% lower than [...]
Read moreVauxhall’s 5,000 UK workers have been given a pre-Christmas boost in the form of job safeguards from General Motors’ European chief Nick Reilly. He has said that there will be no new job cuts at the motor manufacturer’s two plants at Ellesmere Port and Luton. “There will be no forced redundancies at Ellesmere Port and [...]
Read moreThe crisis in the UK employment market was laid bare yesterday after research showed that as many as 10,000 people have been applying for a single job. Statistics from one of the country’s leading recruitment websites revealed that job applications have risen in some sectors by a staggering 150 per cent as record numbers of [...]
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