Everyone at the Jenrick Group made a superb effort to embrace two excellent events today (October 31st), that being Halloween and Wear it Pink.

The day was full of fun and games, yet importantly, also raising valuable funds for Breast Cancer. (more…)

Leading polar explorer Pen Hadow today confirmed the go-ahead for a major scientific expedition to measure the thickness of the remaining permanent Arctic Ocean sea ice.

Hadow had originally intended to set off in February 2008 but his departure date was delayed to complete additional technical and scientific work to ensure the project will deliver the most comprehensive range of observations and value to the scientific community.  (more…)

Congratulations to Les Phillips from Simon Holdings who nominated The Philippine Community Fund charity for the October Helping Hand incentive.

The Philippine Community Fund will receive £1000 from Simon Holdings ‘Helping Hand’ PLUS Simon Holdings will match any donations from staff.

To read the full nomination from Les and to gain much more information about the charity, please visit the following article on our Blog:

Helping Hand Winner – Philippine Community Fund

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Following on from our other articles regarding the Catlin Arctic Survey, is a recent (and relevant) article published in the IOD magazine, David Boomer raises some interesting points regarding Kyoto and carbon emissions. (more…)

Jenrick IT is reporting a consistent increase in demand for IT professionals seeking SC cleared jobs within the UK – and urges anyone with current SC clearance or the ability to become SC cleared to contact our Government & Defence Specialist, Miriam Lee. So, if you are seeking SC (or DV) Cleared work, please read this article.

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Mechanical Design Engineering Jobs across a complete spectrum of UK industries are showing constant demand, even within the current economic climate – according to leading recruitment agency, Jenrick Engineering. (more…)

The Chancellor, Alistair Darling has announced details of the much anticipated rescue package for the banking system worth an initial £25bn and could increase to as much as £50bn.

This will initially make the extra capital available to eight of the UK’s largest banks and building societies namely; Abbey, Barclays, HBOS, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, Nationwide Building Society, Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered. (more…)

Jenrick CPI was a key member of the lobby group that met with MP’s at the House of Commons on Monday 6th October to discuss the Temporary Workers Directive, sometimes called the Agency Workers Directive (also see our TWD article dated September 9th 2008).

The hosts for the event were Jim Dowd (MP for Lewisham) and Andrew Miller (MP for Ellesmere Port), and was organised by ATSCo (Association of Technical Staffing Companies) and sponsored by Lloyds TSB. (more…)