anthonykking
We’re an independent and experienced consulting, programme management and executive resourcing business. We're focused on the needs of both public and private sector clients. We work with all sizes of organisations from local start-ups through to global concerns. Without the cost overheads associated with a much larger consultancy business we have the flexibility to take on small targeted assignments, or much larger work programmes. Every client relationship is valued greatly and treated with dignity and respect. Each engagement benefits from the breadth and depth of our expertise.
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Transforming a business!
Each Monday I face the usual rush to leave home in Bedford by 5am to get ahead of the M1/M25 traffic. After a long drive I drop the car off in Reading at 7am and take a short walk past the office to pick up a large Cappuccino from the local Starbucks before heading back to meet up with Antony Redmond and Jonathan Spragg, the joint founders of reqiva and the other early starting members of the management team. Starting a business from scratch is tough, long hours, stress and you have to pretty much do everything yourself from building the business plan to selling the products or services, plumbing…
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The UK Recruitment Industry
At its simplest recruitment can be defined as the process of attracting, screening, and selecting a qualified person for a job opening. The global recruitment and staffing industry includes recruitment, or employment, agencies providing services for various business enterprises in different sectors. The market can also be grouped into temporary and permanent staffing markets. Over the past years I have worked on many sides of the recruitment business, as part of business leadership teams, responsible for managing PSL’s, hiring and in consulting to both recruiters and clients on how to improve the process. It is without doubt one of the most complex, challenging, at times intensely stressful and rewarding jobs…
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Why do start-ups fail?
Introduction It is estimated that 70-75% VC (Venture Capital) backed start-ups don’t return the funds that investors put in with 50%+ returning nothing. VC database CB Insights reviewed more than 1,000 start-ups that raised seed rounds in 2009 and 2010 and found that by the end of 2015 less than 50% had secured a second round of funding. Just 22% achieved a sale or IPO and 1% reached a value of $1 billion. Starting your own business is the big dream for many of us, the opportunity to become your own boss and make a lot of money is hugely compelling and every second three new businesses are launched (11,000…
