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Sector is now in a job freeze, warns SII

Story by: Anna Lawlor, Financial Adviser

Institute says reference check levels are at six-year low

• Time published: 00:01
• Date published: 17.07.2008
• Published in: Advisers

Wrapping up to beat the freeze

Although there has not been a noticeable drop in recruitment this will all change in the second half of 2008

• Date published: 17.07.2008

SII adds Isa and CTF exam units

The Securities & Investment Institute has introduced a new unit to one of its investment qualifications aimed at those administering and advising on Isas and child trust funds.

• Date published: 17.07.2008

School-based courses produce more rounded workforce: survey

Enterprise lessons in schools help create the entrepreneurs of tomorrow, study by Young Enterprise states

• Date published: 17.07.2008

Gov't to train 300,000

Some 300,000 people a year are set to receive skills training under new laws set to be passed by 2010 that will give employees the right to request time to train.

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Employers 'descriminate' in terms of accents

Three-quarters of employers have admitted discriminating against job-applicants based on their accents

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Simply celebrates success as thousands hit academy

IFA support firm reports that thousands have visited site and downloaded material since 1 May

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Small firms 'overlooking advantages' of staff benefits

Companies missing out because they believe benefits are only for bigger companies, says Early Years Vouchers

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Government needs to ‘back diversity push’

Equality Bill is "step in the right direction" for tackling employee pay inequality, claims CIPD

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Saving levels rise, but at cost of pension pots

Fear is driving pension savings but the credit crunch is jeapordising non-pension savings vehicles, says Scottish Widows

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'No rest for the wicked' claims Zurich study

Some 64 per cent of Britons are considering continuing with work after retirement following the announcement from government to outlaw age discrimination, Zurich claimed.

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Majority believe that gap in wages is too big: study

Parents' salaries could determine the future earning potential of their offspring, according to The Sutton Trust

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FPB hits out at personal accounts

The Federation of Private Business has hit back against the government's proposals to prohibit employers from providing incentives for staff to opt out of personal accounts.

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Flexible working pays off, states Institute of Directors

Firms need to boost the bottom line by adopting flexible working, survey from the Institute of Directors and Unum concludes

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It is wicked whispers

The FSA’s interim report, along with chatrooms, has sparked some wild rumours

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Professional confessional

Professionalism is not about belonging to the right bodies or following conducts but rather about the enforcing of them

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Teens do not 'see need for skills'

Three-quarters of 16 to18-year-olds do not believe a high level of education or skills is necessary in securing their dream job.

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CII rolls out TCF podcast to aid advisers

A series of podcasts have been released by the Chartered Insurance Institute to help IFA firms be compliant with treating customers fairly.

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Fears are growing over money issues, warns CallCredit

Only one in five people are optimistic about their finances in the next 12 months according to research, commissioned by credit reference agency Callcredit.

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Is it measure for measure's sake?

When it comes to treating customers fairly the FSA has to realise that it seems to be adopting an approach of “it ain’t what you do it’s the way that you measure it” which does not benefit anyone at all

• Date published: 17.07.2008