Oct 28, 2024 | Education, HR, Immigration, UK Rental Property
Renter Beware Most assignees to the UK will rent their accommodation. It is understandable. They are here for a limited period of time and the vast majority will return to their home country. Some assignees will be supported by a professional employee relocation...
Jul 2, 2024 | Education, HR, Opinion piece, UK Rental Property
Property Management for Councils & Local Authorities HCR’s ‘hidden’ division Many of our clients are unaware that HCR has a specialist property management division. Over the last 4 years, HCR has been managing a local authority’s temporary accommodation and...
Jun 26, 2024 | HR, Latest News, Opinion piece
Balanced teams, equal opportunity. An opinion piece by Adrian Leach In my working career I witnessed first hand how firms will recruit new staff rather than promote from within and even pay them more than existing staff doing the same job. A strategy that I always...
Jun 17, 2024 | HR, UK Rental Property
The need for cost certainty on accommodation In a world of tight margins and the need for accurate cost estimates, project leaders need assurances that their personnel accommodation costs are not going to over-run and can be easily attributable to individuals for tax...
Jun 17, 2024 | HR, Opinion piece
The new mantra – Working from Home Post the pandemic the perceived wisdom was that Working From Home was here to stay. We even had a new acronym for our calendars – WFH. Flexible working was THE management mantra adopted by CEOs. Large expensive group offices...
Jun 17, 2024 | Latest News, Shipping
Current State There is generally good news in the market, which is very welcome, but with the appreciation that the market may change quite quickly. Diversions around the Cape of Good Hope are now well established with the Suez Canal still not offering safe passage...