That’s the finding of the latest CBI/Harvey Nash survey of 462 UK firms, large and small. It seems nearly half of the companies surveyed predict an increase in staff in the next 12 months and the percentage increases still further for smaller companies. However, many expect a real reduction in their use of temporary workers ... Read full story »

The Guardian announced it would hike its weekday edition price to £1.20 from today, with the Saturday Guardian already having reached £2.10; both prices somewhat above the competition. The news comes after the paper announced recently it would concentrate on digital, rather than print. Officials from Guardian News and Media justify the rise, claiming that ... Read full story »

With the numbers of job opportunities increasing again both in company marketing teams and in the agency world it feels like things are continuing to improve. The number of available relevant people for each role has also diminished, a sure sign things are getting better. And it seems the figures are actually backing this up. ... Read full story »

The Creative Industries KTN (Knowledge Transfer Network) is a government supported body that finds itself still alive and with a budget this side of the strategic review. It is running a series of events to support the Technology Strategy Board’s funding call making £5 million available in Spring 2011 for new advanced uses of metadata ... Read full story »

The sun is shining (at the time of writing!) and another quarter has swiftly passed by. We’re pleased to say the positivity from Q1 has spilled into Q2 and we’re running a happy and optimistic ship here at Ad Lib. As ever we don’t want to bore you with a load of recruitment waffle so ... Read full story »

Whoop Whoop…..Roger and Frank have pulled it out of the bag and won the pitch to lead the recruitment for a highly regarded midland’s based agency with huge plans of growth across their digital, integrated and technical teams. The ball has started rolling with opportunities across their client services, project management and development teams, with ... Read full story »

The sun is back and we have set sail into the second quarter of 2010 with a fair wind behind us, so we’ve invited two more able people to join the good ship Ad Lib. Following an excellent innings at another well known recruiter Roger Sillence (an ex-pro cricketer) has joined the Ad Lib team ... Read full story »

It’s been a hectic first quarter here at Ad Lib and we’re scratching our heads wondering where the time has gone. We’ve achieved many of our goals and all in all we’re feeling pretty positive about the prospects for 2010. We don’t want to bore you with a load of recruitment waffle so here’s a ... Read full story »