As we continue to enjoy life over at our new Head Office at Prestwick Business Park in Newcastle, business continues to expand apace. This month I’m delighted to announce that Clare Fenwick has joined to head up our Executive Search and Selection division and Fe Foreman joins from the NHS Business Services Authority as our Organisational Development Consultant. Both bring a great wealth of experience to our business and I’m very proud to welcome them to the team.

This month’s newsletter explores Employment Legislation in 2012, the Governments pledge to SME’s, a review of the fantastic ‘Now That’s What I Call A Great Event’ and a selection of our ever popular blogs and recent tweets.

We are committed to maintaining regular contact with our clients and candidates and hope you have had the chance to follow us on Twitter, Like us on Facebook, engage with us on LinkedIn or simply watch us on YouTube. Your feedback remains vital so please feel free to email me directly by replying to this ‘Resource’ or leave public feedback on our Customer Services page.

I hope you enjoy reading ‘Resource’ and we look forward to working with you during 2012 to deliver our unique boutique service - setting us well apart from our competition.

Kind Regards as always

Mark Ions

Managing Director
Exclusive: Recruitment & HR Consultancy

Hot off the press Exclusive's 'News' is designed to keep you informed with all of the latest changes that will affect your business. The following employment statutory provisions all come into force this month:

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With the government having announced a whole

raft of proposals for possible employment law

reform during the course of 2011, there will be a number of key employment legislative changes in 2012, as well as public consultations continuing or opening on some of these proposals.

There’s a summary of the main expected employment law developments on our website here >

The Government plans to double its spending on public sector contracts awarded to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), from £3 billion to £6 billion, it has announced.

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Exclusive were proud to sponsor ‘Now That’s What  I Call A Great Event'. North East marketing man Geoff Ramm assembled an all-star cast of speakers for a one-off event in aid of the Bubble Foundation children’s charity.

Mark Ions, MD of Exclusive commented "We were delighted to support the Bubble Foundation through, what was a fantastic event. To have such great speakers of this calibre in the North East is a testimony to the strong voice of the region’s economy."

A law graduate, Clare began her life in recruitment and career development as a legal recruiter at the tender age of 21. Further to playing an integral part in the launch and development of an executive search firm in London, she moved to the Channel Islands in 2000 and furthered her career as an executive search consultant to the offshore financial services industry.

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Fe began her career as an HR generalist with British Steel, and went on to become HR and Communications Director for WSP Buildings Ltd at the age of 26. Fe’s Economics Degree and HR Directorship gave her an insight into the commercial realities of business and what makes businesses, and leaders successful. Having a keen interest in how to help businesses, teams, and individuals achieve their potential...

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Are you an HR or support services professional partnering with senior and line managers? Do you want to build great relationships and expand your influence?  Perhaps you want to achieve faster results and gain the initiative to drive performance?  If so, this is the programme for you.  Over three days you'll deepen your practical consulting skills so that you can take control of situations and make a real difference to your business.  Click here to overcome tricky client relationships by exploring new perspectives.

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We all know change isn't easy, yet it seems to be continual.  Join this programme to build your skills in navigating change for yourself, and your team / clients.  Over two days you'll have the opportunity to explore what underpins performance and supports people through change and to deepen your change management skills, leaving you ready to make change happen in your business.

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Having been both employed through and worked for an agency, I have been on both sides of the ‘Candidate Journey’. So what have I learnt, and how can I help you make the most of your agency?

Keeping and Staying in Touch
This has to be a two way conversation for it to work to its full potential, but it is also important that you can take the initiative in keeping your consultant up to date with your current circumstances and future preferences.

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We’re proud contributors to the monthly REC/

Markit Report on Jobs here at Exclusive and one of the perks of helping put together the data is receiving the full report as it hits the Press. 

Now I’m not known around Exclusive Towers for my incessantly optimistic pronouncements on the economy but even I have been heartened in the past couple of months to note the tone of the report and the chinks of light it seems to be suggesting.

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So whether you are a company of 2, 20 or 200 people an induction is just as critical to the recruitment process as the interview stages.  This is essential to help a new member of staff make that transition from candidate to employee and to ensure they feel welcomed, valued and included from Day 1 with your business.

Read more of Hayley's guide on our blog >

Communication is vital for any business and at Exclusive we take this very seriously.

You can get involved outside of the newsletter by following us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, join us on LinkedIn or watch one of our YouTube videos.

We are also writing fresh content for our blog, offering advice and discussion based on what we have noticed in recruitment and HR Consultancy.

Each month, we choose our Top Tweets - interesting news stories about everything to do with employment, recruitment and HR.

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