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12/06/07

>> UK EMPLOYER SUMMER HIRING PLANS UPBEAT

UK employers plan to increase hiring for the third consecutive quarter with those in all industries and regions surveyed looking to recruit more staff over the summer months, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released today.

24/05/07

>> BAN ON SMOKING IN PUBLIC RAISES AWARENESS OF HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN WORKPLACE

With less than six weeks to go until smoking in public places - including the workplace - is banned in England, just over half of UK employers (53%) say the ban has made them more aware
of the importance of the health and wellbeing of their workforce, according to research released today by Manpower, the UK's leading employment services provider.

23/04/07

>> UK EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS MUST WORK HARDER TO ENCOURAGE AGE DIVERSE WORKPLACE

Six months on from the introduction of age discrimination legislation, UK employers and workers must work harder to
build a truly age diverse workplace and to combat age discrimination according to Manpower, the UK's leading employment services provider.

13/03/07

>> UK EMPLOYER HIRING EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO SPRINGTIME

UK employers say they will continue to keep hiring throughout the spring, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released today.

22/02/07

>> BT GLOBAL SERVICES APPOINTS MANPOWER AS MASTER VENDOR FOR EXTERNAL CONTRACTORS

BT Global Services has entered into a master vendor agreement with the Manpower group of companies to supply contractors for all its country operations globally

30/01/07

>> STAFF RETENTION AND ABSENCE MANAGEMENT TOP CONCERNS FOR UK EMPLOYERS IN 2007

Holding onto staff is the most pressing HR priority for UK employers in 2007, according to research released today by Manpower, the UK’s leading employment services experts.

12/12/06

>> UK JOBS PICTURE ‘UPBEAT’ FOR NEW YEAR

The recent boom in hiring confidence from employers in the Financial Services sector looks set to continue, according to a survey by Manpower, the UK’s leading employment experts.

08/11/06

>> HALF OF BRITS WOULD CONSIDER CHANGING JOBS FOR A SHORTER COMMUTE

49% of people said that they would consider changing their jobs for a shorter commute according to a survey conducted by Manpower, the leading employment services provider.

06/11/06

>> UK EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS SUPPORT UK OPT-OUT OF WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE

EU proposals to ditch Britain’s opt-out of the controversial Working Time Directive are unpopular with both UK employers and employees, according to a new report by Manpower, the UK’s leading employment experts.
06/11/06 >> UK MANUFACTURING SHOWING SIGNS OF REVIVAL
Britain’s Manufacturing sector looks set to continue its cautious revival throughout the final months of the year, according to a survey by Manpower, the UK’s leading employment experts.
12/09/06 >> FINANCIAL SERVICES AND LONDON EMPLOYERS DRIVE UK HIRING PLANS
A marked improvement in hiring plans by employers in the Finance & Business Services sector and the London region will lead the UK's end of year hiring plans according to a survey by Manpower, the leading employment services company.
09/09/06 >> UK WORKPLACES MUST CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES TO END AGE DISCRIMINATION
Both employers and workers must work harder to change mindsets to deliver a truly age diverse workforce, according to Manpower's report 'Old Age Thinking / New Age Thinking' released today.
16/08/06 >> GRADUATES STRUGGLE TO SECURE EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR FIRST JOB
Most graduates experience difficulty in securing the work experience required for their chosen careers, according to a recent survey by Manpower, the UK's leading recruitment specialists.
14/03/06 >> UK EMPLOYERS TO INCREASE HIRING PACE
Employer hiring confidence is increasing for the second quarter in a row, driven once more by a resilient performance from employers in the Finance & Business Services sector, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
24/02/06 >> WORKPLACE OF FUTURE TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE AND FLEXIBLE!
Employers are ready to take on more workers over the age of 65 to meet a growing labour shortage and to fill the skills gap, according to research released today by employment services experts Manpower
21/02/06 >> MANPOWER EMBRACES CHANGING WORLD OF WORK WITH NEW CORPORATE LOGO
Manpower, the leader in the employment services industry, today unveils its new brand identity and logo throughout the UK, incorporating the launch of a dedicated professional services offering, Manpower Professional
27/01/06 >> New Year, New Job!
75% of people intend to find a new post within the next twelve months Manpower offers advice to job seekers
13/12/05 >> HIRING CONFIDENCE TO PICK UP IN NEW YEAR
Finance & Business Services confidence up
London jobs market bounces back
UK confidence third highest in Europe
29/11/05 >> HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL RE-APPOINTS MANPOWER TO MEET RECRUITMENT NEEDS -
Manpower, the UK's leading workforce management company, has signed a new contract to continue to manage Hertfordshire County Council's (HCC) Recruitment Centre.
24/11/05 >> SMEs TO CONTINUE HIRING THROUGHOUT FESTIVE SEASON - Manpower UK employer hiring intentions survey -
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are
reporting strong hiring intentions to the end of the year,
according to independent research released today by
Manpowe
13/10/05 >> OVER HALF OF GRADUATE JOBSEEKERS YET TO FIND GRADUATE-LEVEL EMPLOYMENT
Employers – many graduates ‘not job ready'
Manpower report: ‘Graduate Skills and the Workplace'
03/10/05 >> FLEXIBLE WORKING A TOP PRIORITY FOR UK WORKERS
Nearly three quarters of UK job seekers (73 per cent)
would work later in life if they could work flexibly,
according to a new report released today by Manpower
the UK’s leading workforce management company.
09/08/05 >> While Brits wind down, work mounts up
13/09/05 >> UK Employer Confidence Begins to ease - Confidence lowest since 2002 - Employment Outlook -Survey Q4 2005
14/06/05 >> UK Jobs ‘Resilient’ – Employers To Keep Hiring - Manpower Employment Outlook Survey Q3 2005
06/06/05 >> Outsourcing Now "Accepted And Entrenched", Manpower Study Finds
11/05/05 >> Manpower Achieves Ford Premier Automotive Group Supplier Quality Standard
29/04/05 >> Workers from EU Accession Countries 'Limited in Number' but filling the hard to fill positions - Manpower report: ‘EU enlargement - one year on’
21/04/05 >> Training High Priority For UK Workers - Manpower survey finds that four out of five employees expect their company to provide work-based learning
13/04/05 >> Strong hiring confidence among SMEs
Manpower Employment Outlook Survey Q2 2005
15/03/05 >> UK employers' hiring confidence continues: ‘optimistic and stable' - Prospect of wage inflation grows
Jan 2005 >> Manpower shares public sector expertise with government delegation from China
Jan 2005 >> Manpower Inc. to Build $1 Million Vocational Training Center in Tamil Nadu, India to Help Rebuild Lives of Those Affected by Asian Tsunami Disaster
New Center Brings Total Commitment Worldwide to $1.7 Million, Including Cash Donations
07/01/05 >> New Year, New Job! Manpower offers advice to job seekers
22/12/04 >> Sackload of work looms for British workers after Christmas
21/12/04 >> Hampshire County Council signs contract with Manpower
17/12/04 >> Manpower Announces Winners of UK’s Most Valued Employee Competition - Oxford pharmacy worker scoops top award
14/12/04 >> Most optimistic New Year jobs Outlook on record
- Q1 jobs confidence equals Q1 2003 high - Record Finance and Business Services jobs confidence Manpower Employment Outlook Survey Q1 2005
21/10/04 >> Working hard?
Manpower reveals why employees put in extra effort at work. Competition to find UK’s most valued employee closes 29th October.
30/09/04 >> Cake doesn't cut it in UK workplace - reliability is key for colleagues
14/09/04 >> Continued finance and business optimism drives UK jobs confidence higher
Manpower Employment Outlook Survey Q4 2004
09/09/04 >> Manpower launches search for Britain's Unsung Hero - Who is the nation's most valued employee?
01/09/04 >> New Manpower UK Managing Director appointed - Mark Cahill joins from Brook Street
27/08/04 >> Welwyn Hatfield Council appoints Manpower and Tribal Resourcing to meet recruitment needs
25/08/04 >> Auf Wiedersehen, Pet?
Manpower reveals 8 in 10 workers would work abroad
08/07/04 >> Workers from New EU States could help address UK skills shortage
Manpower report - 'EU enlargement one month on'
06/07/04 >> New Manpower Bradford branch has the recruitment answer
New branch opens Monday 12 July
01/07/04 >> Permanent Recruitment on the up
30/06/04 >> Ipswich's Permanent Recruitment on the up
28/06/04 >> Manpower Inc.'s Joel Biller Named President of CIETT - The International Confederation of Temporary Work Businesses
Biller is first non-European to serve as CIETT president
15/06/04 >> City job prospects help keep UK employer hiring confidence buoyant
Manpower Employment Outlook Survey Q3 2004 (MEOS)
15/06/04 >> Employers Reveal Continued Optimism With Steady Hiring Plans for Q3 According To Manpower Employment Outlook Survey
Belgium, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Singapore and Spain Report Highest-Ever Outlooks
18/05/04 >> SME employer hiring confidence continues to grow
08/06/04 >> More than money?
Manpower reveals what motivates the British workforce
30/04/04 >> Manpower: 'EU enlargement unlikely to trigger flood of migrant labour'
31/03/04 >> HCL select Manpower for exclusive UK recruitment needs
HCL BPO Services (NI) Ltd., a global provider of contact center services, has appointed Manpower UK Ltd. to handle its recruitment needs in Northern Ireland.
29/03/04 >> Immediate job prospects for public sector forecast to grow
Manpower: 1 in 5 public sector employers plan to add to their payrolls in Q2
26/03/04 >> Manpower and Jobcentre Plus reward local jobseekers in employment initiative in South Wales
Don Touhig MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales presents awards in Bridgend & Rhondda Cynon Taff
16/03/04 >> "Plenty of jobs, not enough skills" says Manpower
Manpower Employment Outlook Survey Q2 2004 (MEOS)
11/03/04 >> 75 per cent of people likely to look for a new job in next 12 months
05/02/04 >> SME employers predict hiring drive in 2004
Manpower Employment Outlook Survey
26/01/04 >> Businesses not prepared for New Age rules - smallest firms set for biggest shock
21/01/04 >> Manpower Driving wins national contract with Saint-Gobain
Manpower Driving is delighted to announce it has been
appointed by Saint-Gobain as the supplier of all their
temporary drivers across the UK.
16/12/03 >> Manpower UK shares best practice labour market techniques with Chinese delegates
16/12/03 >> London job confidence leads UK recruitment intentions
Global Manpower Employment Outlook Survey Q1 2004 (MEOS)
10/12/03 >> Manpower Inc. to acquire Right Management Consultants, Inc. to expand its continuum of employment services
08/12/03 >> Manpower wins corporate partnership award in recognition of support for the European Year of People with Disabilities
05/12/03 -
08/12/03 		>> Manpower's intelligent candidate selection system wins best CRM project at Information Management Awards 2003
04/12/03 >> Double win for Hertfordshire County Council - Innovative outsourcing contributes to leading HR awards success
27/11/03 >> European employment taskforce report validates Manpower's position on employment
08/10/03 >> Tiredness the main cause of traffic accidents say truck drivers
National Road Safety Week
16/09/03 >> UK Hotel & Retail sector brings job prospects for Q4 2003 down to ten year low
More UK companies are forecasting to take on staff than
letting them go this quarter, however the UK is set to
have the lowest results for employer hiring intentions in
Q4 since 1993, according to Manpower, the UK’s leading
recruitment and staffing supplier.
16/09/03 >> Employers see improved job prospects ahead in the United States and Asia Pacific, according to Manpower Employment Outlook Survey
19/08/03 >> Public sector tops work life balance benefit policies
Public sector organisations lead the way in offering benefits such as time off in lieu, flexi time and working from home to promote work life balance.
06/08/03 >> Manpower improves online university
1100 courses available on Global Learning Centre
29/07/03 >> Unemployment levels fall: Has the labour market recovered?
Manpower and Working Links analyse the ONS Labour Market statistics
14/07/03 >> New Partnership Launched to Help Employers and Young People
Manpower, the UK’s leading recruitment and HR services company, and Training Services, a division of Bath & North East Somerset council, have formed a unique partnership, aiming to benefit both employers and young people.
14/07/03 >> Hertfordshire County Council launches first interactive recruitment website
Hertfordshire County Council has this month launched the first fully interactive recruitment website in any council in the UK at www.hertsdirect.org/jobs
08/07/03 >> Manpower outlines people management best practice at Call Centre Expo
Manpower UK was selected by a panel of members from trade associations and consultants to journalists to speak at a conference session on People & Workplace at Call Centre Expo.
07/07/03 >> Businesses Outsourcing many activities reap more benefits
Most UK organisations outsource some of their business activities. but research released by Manpower today suggests that satisfaction goes up as organisations outsource more of
their activities.
23/06/03 >> Holiday and Sick Pay Top Benefit to British Employees
17/06/03 >> UK job outlook weakens but amongst best in Europe
Manpower Employment Outlook Survey Q3 2003 (MEOS)
Manpower today announced the results of its quarterly
Employment Outlook survey of more than 30,000 employers
across 18 countries. UK employment prospects are at
their worst for the third quarter since 1999, but these
are some of the strongest country results in Europe.
04/06/03 >> Manpower looks for 120 staff in Chester
Manpower’s Chester branch is delighted to announce a major
boost to Chester’s local employment market with 120 people
needed to fill vacancies at a large financial services company
based in Chester Business Park.
03/06/03 >> Manpower employee honoured by Scotland Yard in home alone case
Angie Blackburn, a Manpower Customer Services Adviser employed at BT Norwich, last week accepted an Exceptional Recognition award from Scotland Yard in London for her outstanding conduct in helping a small child who was left home alone.
03/06/03 >> Manpower rewards outstanding Essex temporary staff
Jonathan Lester, a temporary worker for Manpower in Chelmsford, has had his hard work and excellent service rewarded: he has been nominated Manpower Essex’ “Temp of the Month”.
14/05/03 >> Countdown Begins for NSPCC Challenge Teams
Staff from recruitment and HR Solutions specialist, Manpower in Slough, have less than a month to fine-tune their fitness levels and and finalise their fundraising activities in preparation for Europe’s largest corporate team-building event, The Microsoft Challengers Trophy, in aid of the NSPCC.
22/04/03 >> Manpower supports Mencap's Easter campaign
Manpower, a leader in the staffing field is working with the UK's leading learning disability charity, Mencap, as its
Charity of the Year in a campaign called "Empowering People through Opportunities".
16/04/03 >> Manpower Employment Outlook Survey expands across 18 countries
Manpower UK announced today that its highly respected Quarterly Survey of Employment Prospects (QSEP) is expanding across 18 countries to provide a broader international view of employers' forecasted hiring intentions.
04/04/03 >> Manpower sets out the age diversity challenges for the staffing industry
Manpower joined other leading UK employers this
week at the launch of a new campaign by the Employers
Forum on Age (EFA) to encourage employers to take
action in readiness for age discrimination laws due
in December 2006.
13/03/03 >> Manpower wins award for best use of technology in selling
Manpower, the UK's leading recruitment and outsourcing company, has been judged to be the UK company with the Best Use of Technology in Selling, a category of the 2003 National Sales Awards.
12/03/03 >> Manpower contributes to Comic Relief
Manpower Swindon will today be showing its support for Comic Relief through a series of activities designed to raise as much money as possible for the cause.
03/03/03 >> The meal's on us - Manpower Reading employee wins restaurant prize
Lord Baidoo, a temporary Manpower employee, has won a meal for two at a new Reading restaurant.
24/02/03 >> Manpower voted number one in Fortune Magazine
Manpower voted America's most admired company in the staffing industry
21/02/03 >> Manpower consultant from Cornwall wins regional award
Manpower consultant recognised as top achiever in the South West
21/01/03 >> Manpower appoints HR Director for EMEA
 Manpower today announced the appointment of Daniel Kasmir
to the newly created position of human resources director for
EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa*).
15/01/03 >> Siôn Simon, MP for Erdington, visits Manpower JobShop’s local branch
Siôn Simon, MP for Birmingham Erdington visited the Manpower JobShop branch in Erdington on 11 January 03 to meet
with staff working there and see at first hand Manpower's new
approach to job seeking.
07/01/03 >> Hertfordshire County Council named as ‘Excellent’
Innovative outsourcing contributes to Audit Commission rating
 
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