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CV Writing Service for Sue Ryder

Optimise Recruitment provide CV Writing service to raise money for the Sue Ryder Trust After meeting with one of the fund raisers from Sue Ryder, the BIG WIG Challenge was introduced so businesses are able to raise money and their profile with an investment of £50 from Sue...

Posted on Tuesday 13th September 2011

Optimise Recruitment Goes live with Yell.com

After a few years of trading and creating my own clients through sales, networking and direct marketing yell needed a chance to see what they could do to target the right enquries through to contribute towards Optimise's Success

Posted on Thursday 20th January 2011

How to Hire a Salesperson Successfully

Tired Of Wasting Time And Money On Salespeople Who Can’t Sell?   Distraught At Having To Let Yet Another Big Hope Go? I know how you feel. I’ve been there, hundreds of times! But finally I developed some no-nonsense ways t...

Posted on Wednesday 19th January 2011

How to survive the VAT increase!

With VAT rising today to 20% we’re urging businesses not to bury their heads in the sand. Whilst the 2.5% hike can make...

Posted on Tuesday 18th January 2011

M&S sales rise despite impact of the big freeze

Marks & Spencer delivered robust Christmas trading after it benefited from customers trading up on food and clothing, although it lost up to £55m in sales because of the recent snow.   However, the high-street be...

Posted on Wednesday 12th January 2011

Prime Minister to visit Cumbria shooting police

David Cameron is to spend Friday with police in Cumbria, where shootings left 12 people dead and 11 injured. The PM sympathised with communities left "deeply torn" by Wednesday's "horrific events" but warned against knee-jerk changes to gun laws. Police invest...

Posted on Wednesday 9th June 2010

Junior Apprentice

With just five teenagers remaining, Lord Sugar decides to take the candidates completely out of their comfort zones with a task all about spotting talent.They're given six artists to visit, and must choose two to represent at a private art sale the following day. This task isn't just about making...

Posted on Thursday 3rd June 2010

Unemployment in 2010

The number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (the claimant count) increased by 23,500 between December 2009 and January 2010 to reach 1.64 million, the highest figure since April 1997. This monthly increase in the claimant count was preceded by two consecutive monthly falls.The inact...

Posted on Wednesday 3rd March 2010

No pay rise for '16 million workers'

Sixteen million workers, or more than half the UK's workforce, do not expect to get a pay increase this year, a survey suggests. A further nine million expect to receive a pay rise below the level of inflation, the YouGov survey suggests. Among those...

Posted on Tuesday 2nd March 2010

MPs may not be banned from employing family on expenses

The man in charge of overhauling MPs' expenses has suggested they might not have to stop employing relatives. More than 200 MPs employ relatives but a six-month inquiry said the practice should be phased out. But Sir Ian Kennedy, who decides what pla...

Posted on Thursday 7th January 2010

World's tallest building opens in Dubai

The world's tallest building has been opened with a dramatic fireworks ceremony in the Gulf emirate of Dubai. The Burj Khalifa was revealed to be 828m (2,716ft) high, far taller than the previous record holder, Taipei 101. Known as the Burj Dubai dur...

Posted on Tuesday 5th January 2010

Actor Edward Woodward dies at 79

Veteran actor Edward Woodward has died aged 79, his agent has confirmed. The Croydon-born star had been suffering from various illnesses, including pneumonia, and died in hospital, said Janet Glass. Woodward is most famous for his roles in the cult 1...

Posted on Monday 16th November 2009

Rise in UK unemployment slowing

The number of people unemployed in the UK rose again in the three months to September, although the 30,000 increase was the smallest since May 2008. Unemployment totalled 2.46 million in the quarter, said the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The jobless...

Posted on Wednesday 11th November 2009

Audio slideshow: Tommies' tales

Harry Patch, the last surviving veteran from the Great War living in the UK, died in July at the age of 111 - but the horrific experiences of the men who fought in the trenches is not forgotten. Here - with help from the BBC Radio archive, and sobering images from WWI - l...

Posted on Wednesday 11th November 2009

Second claim to £90m prize share

A second person has come forward to claim a share of the 100m euro (£90m) Euromillions jackpot, according to the National Lottery operator. The record-breaking cash prize was won by two British tickets following the draw on Friday. Camelot said...

Posted on Sunday 8th November 2009

Grandmother celebrates driving test success after 949 failures

It was a case of 950th time lucky for South Korean grandmother Cha Sa-soon as she finally passed the first part of her driving test. The 68-year-old decided in 2005 that she needed a car to help her business. However, learning to drive proved to be tougher than she had anticipated and her first a...

Posted on Sunday 8th November 2009

Gervais set to host Golden Globes

Comedian Ricky Gervais is set to present the Golden Globe film awards, organisers have announced. The Office and Extras star was approached after he made a brief appearance at last year's ceremony. "Ricky is certainly one of the funniest people on th...

Posted on Tuesday 27th October 2009

Jailed Baby P lodger wins appeal

A lodger at Baby Peter's home who was jailed over the toddler's death has won an appeal against his indeterminate sentence at the Court of Appeal. Jason Owen, 37, of Bromley, Kent, will now serve six years in jail for causing or allowing the death of a child...

Posted on Tuesday 27th October 2009

Cheryl Cole's debut is number one

X Factor judge Cheryl Cole's first release as a solo artist, Fight For This Love, has gone straight to the top of the UK singles chart. The song is the fastest-selling single of the year so far, with more than 290,000 sales. The Girls Aloud singer, w...

Posted on Monday 26th October 2009

Talks target post strike solution

Royal Mail and union leaders are due to hold more talks aimed at ending the row over pay, conditions and modernisation. If no deal is reached, postal workers - who staged two days of strikes last week - are planning three more walkouts on Thursday, Friday an...

Posted on Monday 26th October 2009

Anger at Mail plan to hire temps

The Communication Workers Union has described Royal Mail's decision to hire up to 30,000 temporary workers as "a stupid move". The extra staff will deal with the backlog caused by the strikes as well as helping with the Christmas rush. The CWU has ca...

Posted on Sunday 18th October 2009

Man sectioned over Lewis assault

A man has been charged with assaulting pop star Leona Lewis at a book signing and sectioned under the Mental Health Act, Scotland Yard has said. Peter Kopwalczyk, 29, of south London, is accused of common assault after Lewis was punched in the head at a book...

Posted on Saturday 17th October 2009

Smith must say sorry to Commons

Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has been told to apologise in the House of Commons for breaching expenses rules. She designated her sister's house in London, which she shares, as her "main home" and then claimed second home allowances on her Redditch fami...

Posted on Monday 12th October 2009

Pop world mourns Boyzone's Gately

Friends, fans and stars have paid tribute to Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, who has died suddenly at the age of 33 while on holiday in Majorca. Gately's bandmates described him as "our friend and brother" and said that he "lit up our lives". Boyzone ...

Posted on Monday 12th October 2009

Royal Mail workers vote to strike

Royal Mail postal workers have voted to take strike action over job security and working conditions. Postal workers voted three to one in favour of action, with 61,623 out of a total of 80,830 workers who voted saying they wanted to strike. The compa...

Posted on Wednesday 7th October 2009

Club attacker found on Facebook

A clubber who attacked a man with a bottle has been jailed after his victim tracked him down using the Facebook social networking site. Fouad Hamodu needed 50 stitches to his jaw and neck after the attack at Club 8 bar in Guildhall Walk, Portsmouth. ...

Posted on Wednesday 7th October 2009

Indonesia quake deaths pass 750

At least 770 people are now known to have died in a powerful quake that struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday, the government says. Rescuers are working into the night in a race to find survivors in the rubble of hundreds of collapsed building...

Posted on Thursday 1st October 2009

Nursery worker admits sex abuse

 Plymouth nursery worker and two other people she met online have admitted a series of child sex abuse charges. Vanessa George, Angela Allen, from Nottingham, and Colin Blanchard, from Rochdale, all 39, had never met in person before they appeared in court. A...

Posted on Thursday 1st October 2009

Cut bonuses, Darling tells banks

Alistair Darling is set to ask bankers to crack down immediately on bonuses in a key speech to Labour's conference. The chancellor is to bring in new laws in the autumn but will say to bankers that there is no need to wait for legislation and they should act...

Posted on Monday 28th September 2009

Call for UK car scrappage renewal

A manufacturers' body has called for the UK government to continue its car scrappage scheme. The EEF said in a letter to Chancellor Alistair Darling that the scheme had helped to save manufacturing jobs. Motorists receive a £2,000 discount if t...

Posted on Monday 28th September 2009

X Factor Verses Strictly

Emergency talks to stop X Factor clashing with Strictly Come Dancing have erupted into a BBC versus ITV slanging match. Relations are at an all-time low as the two hurl furious accusations. ITV asked the Beeb to “reconsider” after the corporation unveiled Strictly...

Posted on Friday 25th September 2009

Sir Bobby Robson's Memorial Service

Uncomplicated veneration is rare in modern football, a world of bust-ups, rants and long-running post-match controversies. Ferguson had driven north east the morning after a volcanic Manchester derby but he was here to pay tribute to virtues deeper than a talent for creating headlines. "It has be...

Posted on Friday 25th September 2009

Banks Behaving Badly!

Billions of taxpayers' money has been handed out to keep the banking system afloat, but what exactly have the banks given customers in return? Panorama sets out a sorry tale of tax avoidance and bonus schemes, set against a backdrop of businesses going bust and first-time buyers struggling to fin...

Posted on Tuesday 22nd September 2009

Swine Flu, what to look for!

    Q&A: Advice about swine flu Swine flu has spread across the world since emerging in Mexico and is now officially the first flu pandemic for 40 years. Experts fear mi...

Posted on Monday 14th September 2009

Arnold Clark to create 700 jobs

  Scottish-based car retailer Arnold Clark is to create 700 jobs across the UK by early next year. The firm said it would create 500 new sales jobs, as well as recruiting 120 modern apprentice places and 80 people for supporting roles. The boost was part...

Posted on Tuesday 1st September 2009

Optimise Secures PSL Status with MCE Insurance

Optimise Recruitment Ltd gain Preferred Supplier Status for MCE Insurance After recently recruiting for MCE Insurance for Internal Sales Advisors, Optimise Recruitment within a week managed to gain Preferred Supplier Status and a testimonial for their works and efforts....

Posted on Thursday 18th June 2009

Website goes live

Optimise recruitment, a Northants based recruitment company is pleased to announce the launch of All-About-Sales.com our very own sales recruitment portal. We have partnered with selected companies to offer a one stop shop for everything sales related. Whether it is sales training or writ...

Posted on Thursday 1st January 2009

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