​It used to be that management thought that the success of a recruiter was founded on a strict office culture of the traditional 08:00-17:00 for optimal productivity. Needless to say, the onset of the Coronavirus lockdown has opened many recruitment agencies’ eyes to the truth of the matter - that flexible working suits recruitment and recruiters. Many recruitment agencies h...

​Covid-19 changed so many aspects of people’s lives, from limiting the people we see to affecting our day-to-day jobs. For many of us, Covid-19 offered the opportunity to re-evaluate our priorities and consider what we want out of our careers and lives, and here at Edward Mann, so did we! We’ve used this time to reflect on the opportunities to innovate the recruitment indust...

​Qualifying as an ACA, or ‘Associate Chartered Accountant’, is a great way to fast-track your career in accounting. Awarded by the ICAEW, ACA is a respected qualification that many around the world aspire to achieve. Unfortunately, this year’s June sitting for the Professional Level examinations and the July Advanced Level 2020 have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbrea...

​Many organisations have specific policies to help support working parents, and this usually centres around parental leave following the birth of a child and then a subsequent return to the workplace. However, following the return from leave, many parents feel they need to show their commitment to their work and company and thus downplay their commitments to their children o...

Many industries and organisations have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, with the ONS reporting that roughly 4% of businesses have very little cash reserves and 43% have said their cash reserve will only last six months.1 For so many companies, this bad news has been delivered by finance teams to executives, and a negative pall has been cast over the entire role of fin...