Well, it’s over. The big day has come and gone and I’ve finally had the opportunity to complete the London Marathon again after a 12 year gap.

This time around was much more painful than I remember from before, although rose-tinted glasses maybe playing a part in my selective memory.

Yet, importantly, I have fulfilled my goal and achieved my Jenrick Experience!

I have to admit that crossing that finish line was an extremely emotional experience. You don’t realise how much mental energy it takes to complete the marathon until you’ve reached the end, especially as this time around it was not plain sailing by any stretch of the imagination!

Let me rewind a little and go back to the starting line . . . (more…)

By David Ljunggren, 17 April 2009

The head of a British team walking to the North Pole on a mission to gauge how fast Arctic ice sheets are melting said on Friday he was surprised by how little permanent ice he had found so far.

Pen Hadow and two other adventurers set off in early March on a 1,000-km (620-mile) trek from Canada’s Arctic to the North Pole. The team was set down in an area where scientists had been sure there would be permanent multiyear ice. (more…)

Jenrick was very pleased to have been chosen by Workplace Consultancy, Best Companies, to form a core part of their corporate wellbeing whitepaper.

Best Companies, the organisation that is behind the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For and the 3 Star Best Companies Accreditation, is one of the most experienced workplace consultancy companies within the UK. (more…)

The Cost of using contractors could increase dramatically is the Government refuse to listen to recruiters!

Recruitment figureheads have commented on the proposals to amend the recruitment agency Conduct Regulations.

APSCo believes it could add millions to the cost of using contractors at a time when many organisations are struggling to reduce their staffing costs, while the REC has launched a membership survey.

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The Revenue has kept its word of tackling abuse of expenses in umbrella companies by withdrawing the allowance for staff who stay overnight with friends or family.

In their latest online briefing , officials at the UK tax office said their review of the Friends and Family Allowance found it had “no legal basis for giving tax relief.” (more…)

Jenrick IT is reporting a large increase in the demand for IT professionals within the Testing Arena in and around the Greater London Area, in particular within Financial Services.

Matt Hancock comments:
“Although there has been an obvious slow down in the number of roles released to the market most of our clients are still looking to ship development projects planned throughout 2008. Project delivery is still of extreme importance to many of our clients and the launch of various development projects and new application releases are considered extremely important to remain competitive throughout the rest of 2009 and moving into 2010.

We’ve had multiple requirements for Testers on both the permanent and contract side and are looking for a variety of skillsets such as functional testers, non functional testers, system testers, performance testers, regression testers, penetration testers, technical testers and UAT testers.” (more…)

The BBC posted a website article recently (see link at the footer of this article), stating that two of the core technological innovations currently being used within the Catlin Arctic Survey were proving to be very unreliable.

This is far from the case, as Simon Harris-Ward, Director of Operations for Catlin Arctic survey, highlights below:

“Given the very extreme conditions they are operating in during the Arctic winter we were always going to face potential difficulties with the array of advanced technology despite our robust testing programme.” (more…)

Leanne Thornewill recently completed a 40 mile walk from Keswick to Barrow for Cancer Research UK, raising over £1,500.

View a selection of images at the foot of this page.

Leanne, who works within the Engineering division of Jenrick at the company’s Burton on Trent office, confirmed several months previous that she and a group of friends would be entering this gruelling challenge on Saturday 9th May to help raise money for Cancer.

Leanne explained why she decided to undertake this event;

“I set myself a time of 10 hours. This is a famous walk completed each year by thousands of people to raise money for different charities.

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