New Directions are delighted to once again be included in the Wales Fast Growth 50 Awards list. This will be the 4th time in the last 5 years that they have received this honour. “Wales Fast Growth 50” recognises the 50 fastest growing companies in Wales.

Adults most likely to fall through the cracks when it comes to finding meaningful work in their later years are those in the workforce's middle class — those who have neither a sophisticated network of professional contacts nor are sufficiently destitute to be a target for re-skilling programmes. "I think that group faces significant problems", [...]

This is the first year, since the National Minimum Wage was introduced, in April 1999 that the Low Pay Commission has recommended an increase in line with inflation rather than above it. The Chairman of the Low pay Commission stated that their "cautious approach this year should not be taken as a signal that the [...]

From the 1 October 2007, all workers will be entitled to a minimum of 4.8 weeks paid holiday (which equates to 24 days for full time workers). The minimum can include the 8 bank and public holidays. The following changes will apply to those employers that do not provide 24 days' holiday, as of 1 [...]

Steps need to be taken soon says the accountancy body The UK is on the brink of a financial professional skills crisis, according to ACCA. The stark warning came at the launch of its learning and skills manifesto 'ACCA Championing Learning and Skills – an agenda for England'. To tackle this crisis, the global accountancy [...]