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Picon Business Forum – Nov 2020

On January 8, 2021, Posted by , In Blog,News,Resources for Employers,Videos, With No Comments

Mercury Managing Director, Dani Novick, was invited to speak a the PICON (Printing Industry Confederation) virtual business forum in November 2020.  Dani was delighted to share our insights on how to carry on recruiting during the pandemic and covered the whole approach to recruitment covering the key issues facing clients,…

Diversity Myths with Dani Novick (Video)

On October 26, 2017, Posted by , In Blog,News,Videos, With No Comments

Equality and diversity are hot topics, but Dani Novick attempts to explode diversity myths. She explains how trying to promote certain groups by labelling them as having particular qualities or behaviours, is as bad as the discrimination they seek to overturn. True workplace diversity comes from accurately assessing individuals and…

Packaging Professionals of the Future

On September 17, 2013, Posted by , In News,Recommended Reading, With No Comments

It is the vanity of every generation to think their era is in some way special and that they face the greatest challenges. However there are a number of outside influences bearing down on the industry which mean that today’s and, perhaps more importantly, tomorrow’s packaging professionals need a different…

Temporary Workers in the Print Industry

On June 6, 2013, Posted by , In News, By ,,, , With Comments Off on Temporary Workers in the Print Industry

Temporary workers in the Print Industry are a common practice. The shift toward leaner operations means that many print companies have to flex manning to cope with peak demand. Typically their options are either overtime or using temporary workers. Where the demand is very time specific, very often overtime is…

Print Industry: What does the future hold?

On May 23, 2013, Posted by , In News, By ,, , With Comments Off on Print Industry: What does the future hold?

Print Industry: What does the future hold? We are often asked how the industry is evolving, what to the landscape likely to be like and where will MD’s of the future come from? When looking at the future of the print industry and what the MD of the future is…

Print Industry Parental Leave: How Will It Affect Employers?

On March 13, 2013, Posted by , In News, By ,, , With Comments Off on Print Industry Parental Leave: How Will It Affect Employers?

The reality is those who think these proposals are going to have a dramatic impact for the print industry, whether positive or negative, are probably well off the mark. For women there is the opportunity to go back to work earlier if their partner chooses to take print industry parental…

Flexibile, multi-skilled staffing is the way forward

On February 19, 2013, Posted by , In News, By , With Comments Off on Flexibile, multi-skilled staffing is the way forward

Multi-skilled staffing is the way forward Recovery from the recession(s) has been something of a rollercoaster ride and with talk of a possible triple dip recession we are not out of the woods yet.  We should be careful about the media reports however as by the time figures are reported…

Print and Packaging Recruitment: Improving the Heard

It may be a farming term but it is a concept the packaging industry would do well to embrace. In farming terms it means selling off weaker or poor quality stock and buying better quality to improve the breeding stock.

Finance Manager

On March 29, 2011, Posted by , In News, By ,,, , With Comments Off on Finance Manager

Job Title: Finance Manager Function: Finance Reports to: General Manager/Managing Director Job Purpose: To manage the provision of financial assessments and services to the business unit(s) to enable the company to plan and monitor financial performance, ensuring the provision of accurate and timely information and the application of robust and…

The prevention of Illegal Working – Immigration, Asylum and nationality act 2006

On March 16, 2008, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

On 29th February 2008 the law changes to further prevent illegal working.  The changes introduce a civil penalty, for employers, of up to £10,000 per worker but also identify key documents to check to prove individuals eligibility for work. Documentary evidence that these documents have been checked and show the…