RECRUITMENT specialist Michael Page International maintained its recovery with better than expected results for the second quarter of the year.
In a trading update today the company, which has a financial and legal recruitment office in Liverpool’s Edmund Street, said both permanent and temporary sectors were improving.
And while the UK picture was still fragile, it reported strong progress in Asia and Latin America.
Overall gross profits for the group in the first half were 31.3% up at £275.1m.
Second quarter gross profits showed a 32.4% improvement at £147.8m.
Broken down into regions they reveal a 6.4% increase in UK gross profits of £34.3m for the second quarter. The
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MIAMI (AP) — The federal government’s systems for analyzing Medicare and Medicaid data for possible fraud are inadequate and underused, making it more difficult to detect the billions of dollars in fraudulent claims paid out each year, according to a report released Tuesday.
The Government Accountability Office report said the systems don’t even include Medicaid data. Furthermore, 639 analysts were supposed to have been trained to use the system — yet only 41 have been so far, it said.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — which administer the taxpayer-funded health care programs for the elderly, poor and disabled — lacks plans to finish the systems projected to save $21 billion. The technology is crucial to making a dent in the $60 billion to $90 billion in fraudulent claims paid out each year.
“I’m looking forward to hearing, someday, about major fraud scams discovered as a direct result of this integrated repository and the use of creative pattern recognition techniques implemented on top of it. Until w
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Whether you are a giant corporation with tens of thousands of employees, or just a small business with 10 employees, you have a responsibility to them, and they to you. Your workers are responsible for successfully performing their job duties as agreed when you hired/promoted them. And you have a responsibility to oversee that they fulfill their end of the agreement.
Performance reviews can also be useful to air out any pent-up negativity or resentment, as well as clarify any confusion as to the expected duties. It also solidifies communication between employee and employer so that there remains a clear line of contact for each.
However, most small business companies are not equipped with a Human Resources manager who can develop and oversee the review process. Thus, it is up to you, the business owner, to assure that your employees are up to their task.
Here is a sample strategy for forming your employee review policy:
Set Employee Objectives
One of the first things you should do at the beginning of any review process is set the employee’s objectives and goals. T
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THE marketing campaign for arts extravaganza Liverpool Biennial has been named as the best of its kind in the North.
The Touched campaign to promote last year’s event won the Tourism and Leisure category at the Marketing Society’s Northern Awards.
The awards aim to “celebrate the creativity and achievement across the marketing industry in the North”.
Other winners included Huyton drinks firm Halewood International, whose campaign with BJL, “Lambrini Lady – The Lost Political Generation”, was named Best Drink Campaign.
Gemma Greaves, director of the Marketing Society, said: “To have such high calibre organisations entering in the second year is a testament to the talent and creativity within the region.
“It is clear the awards are going from strength. We look forward to repeating the awards next year and setting entry records again.”
With constant need of improving your business operations, there is always a need of surplus fund with the merchant. However, merchants are not always in a situation to make an investment from their capital. Sometimes, they need to go for other options, like loans, to fund their plans. Now, a conventional loan is not preferred, as the process is lengthy and their repayment schemes are not comfortable at all, at least for a small business. This is where a business cash advance assures you with a simplified process of acquiring money from a lender for taking care of your business development needs.
One of the reasons why you will find a lot of people gunning for business cash advance is its convenient repayment scheme. In conventional loan, you will find the amount to be fixed, which sometimes can cause a lot of trouble to business owners. In case they do not make the same kind of profits on a regular basis, they might miss out on a month. Read more…
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