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From April 2026, PAYE and NIC liability may shift to agencies or hiring companies if umbrella providers fail to comply. Understand your risks and how a compliant recruitment partner safeguards your business.
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Discover the 2025 Water Industry Labour Report – essential reading for water utilities, contractors and engineers. Backed by responses from 4,391 professionals, it reveals critical skills shortages, rising job mobility, and urgent workforce gaps affecting AMP8 project delivery.
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The water industry's referral of OFWAT to the CMA is raising concerns about delays to AMP8, with hiring and supply chain activity slowing. Will this impact the labour market long-term? Read our analysis on the potential ripple effects and what the sector can expect next.
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Keeping on top of uncertainty is hard for public affairs, policy and comms experts. For professionals working in the sector, the constant uncertainty and ever-developing news presents a wealth of challenges and puts their communication and management skills to the test.
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The pandemic has changed the way we work forever, which begs the question, what do staff actually want in this new world of work? We take a look at the link between remote working and attracting talent in our latest blog.
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Within this blog, we will be celebrating women in history and why we need more women in the Public Affairs arena. At Murray McIntosh, we are an equal opportunities business and everyone we hire - both for ourselves and our clients – is recruited solely based on merit and skills.
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Our guest articles focus on a professional within the industry asking a selection of questions to better understand how they got to where they are. In this guest article we hear from Sam Hollister, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at OVO Energy
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As the energy sector continues to evolve, it needs the talent to match, and that’s why we have formed a unique partnership with Energy UK; one of the UK’s largest and most prominent industry bodies.