Putting together a portfolio can be tricky. Here are some tips and advice that we have put down in one place, just for you!

CV writing can be confusing. Here are some tips and advice that we have put down in one place, just for you!

With many companies returning to their places of work, what is the best way to balance your studio's needs and your employees flexible working expectations?

Essential information for the creative industries about the IR35 regulations. How this can impact your business, which businesses it affects, and how to plan accordingly.

I appreciate we've not given too much of an update for September, for the first time this year the month seems to have flown past us. I hope that by passing along some insight and feedback we gained over the last month, we can be somewhat of a help to you. So....where are we? What’s happening out there?

I appreciate we've not given too much of an update for September, for the first time this year the month seems to have flown past us. I hope that by passing along some insight and feedback we gained over the last month, we can be somewhat of a help to you. So....where are we? What’s happening out there?

Essential information for the creative industries about the IR35 regulations. How this can impact your business, which businesses it affects, and how to plan accordingly.

As businesses, we are always looking to be as efficient as possible; whether within how our teams work, how we deliver to our clients, or how we bring new talent into our growing businesses. After 2020, now more than ever, efficient recruitment is essential to ensure you are getting the right talent into your team.

Essential information for the creative industries about the IR35 regulations. How this can impact your business, which businesses it affects, and how to plan accordingly.

It very much looks as though we should be expecting to work from home and for restrictions to remain in place for the next six months; based on that, it will have been an entire year before business can return to ‘normal’. The pandemic has been tough on most industries, and the recession for the economy will affect millions of people around the world. However, where there is difficulty, there is usually also opportunity.

So far, 2020 has been a year of constant uncertainty, the leading cause, the infamous and all too familiar Covid-19. However, in the background, there are two other significant drains and sources of this year's ever-constant sense of uncertainty, Brexit and the US election. But combine the three and welcome to 2020. So, my question for you is, "Is the end of uncertainty in sight?"

With a little bit of luck, those of you who have your staff furloughed will be looking at how to bring them back and reintegrate them into your business; it should be straightforward, but can also quickly go wrong. If you've been working throughout the pandemic, the process and changes you will have gone through will now seem a little second nature to you…

The recruitment market, as we have known it for the last ten years, has been turned upside down. It is now the polar opposite of what is familiar to us as employers and recruiters. For the first time in a long time, we are in a client lead market, meaning there are far fewer jobs and far more candidates. What does this mean for employers?

The Covid pandemic has shaken up the way many businesses work and how they must look at their workforce. One of the main factors they have had to assess is the practicality of allowing employees to work from home, the efficiency of flexible working, and if this is a plausible working model in the long term, or even as a permanent solution.

Here we are, August 2020. I’m sure for all of us this hasn’t been the year we hoped for, expected, or even could have imagined in a worst-case scenario for how the year would pan out. However, we cannot change what has happened, and I’m sad to say that I believe the real impact of this year events and some of the fallout is still yet to come.

At the time of writing this, it has been 147 days since the UK locked down due to Covid-19. We are beginning to see the ‘green shoots’ of life returning to normal that we were promised; even the Bank of England is forecasting a lower recession than initially predicted. But what does that mean for the creative world?

It's a question a lot of people are asking after months in lockdown. When should we reopen the workplace?

In the creative and design industries, a vital aspect of the creative process is based on the ability to bounce ideas off of your peers and colleagues. What are the pros and cons of returning to the studio versus working from home?

The world seems to be starting to "wake-up" following our COVID hibernation. With this awakening come new expectations, new issues, and a big question.

Is this a pivotal moment of opportunity for the design and creative industries?