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February 2008
10,035 registered Sellers
1,718 registered Buyers
4,775 individual skills
It has been a busy start to the year, with more contracts than ever
You may already have talked to one of our new sales team members – we’ve expanded the team to better support you to find the right Sellers for your assignment.
As you can see, there are now over 10,000 Sellers on the site, with a huge range of skills – so if you haven’t checked out the site for a while, take a look.
Buyers1. Think people4business! Think people4business!We can provide any contractor in any industry for any length or time. Whether you need a Russian translator for an hour or a PHP developer for a year – no contract is too big or too small. Don’t just use us when your usual agency – that probably charges much more than we do – can’t help. Use us for ALL your contracting needs! Professional Contractors GroupWe are pleased to announce our partnership with the «Professional Contractors Group» (PCG). Through our new white-label site – here – PCG members benefit from access to people4business’s freelance marketplace. As a people4business Buyer, you’ll benefit from direct access to this pool of highly qualified contractors. We’ve already seen substantial registrations from these skilled and experienced professionals – over 40% of whom have been freelancing for more than 10 years.
The PCG is the not-for-profit trade association that helps its members to run their contracting or consulting business in full compliance with the law. Buyer testimonialsIf you haven’t yet set up a contract through one of our sites, you can see what other Buyers have thought about the experience on our client testimonials page, which has comments from both Buyers and Sellers. Please get in touch to tell us what you think! Sales team boostedWe’re pleased to introduce two new sales team members: Natalie Twiselton, Account Support and Laura Williams, Account Executive. Natalie is responsible for finding potential Sellers for unfilled roles, while Laura is looking after newly registered Buyers. Both of them are contributing some great, fresh ideas to their roles. As well as the Professional Contractors Group white-label site we mentioned above, we are developing other white-label opportunities, to expand the pool of skilled Sellers for your assignments. On-site trainingIf you want to make the best of what people4business has to offer, why not arrange some free on-site training for your recruitment and resourcing teams? – Find out more… 
Buyers of Web 2.0 skills or services may find it quicker and easier to use «www.people4web2.com» Please let us know if you are looking for specific skills that are not included in this or any of our sites – we’ll try our best to find you Sellers with those skills. 
If you know of any charities that could benefit from highly competitive rates for professional services, please contact us: buyer@people4charity.com | 0870 389 3244 |
Sellers1. Professional contractors group Professional contractors groupWe are pleased to announce our partnership with the «Professional Contractors Group» (PCG). The PCG is the not-for-profit trade association made up of freelancers, governed by freelancers, for the protection and promotion of freelance contracting and consulting. Any Sellers registering as PCG members will gain from a 15% discount on normal PCG subscription rates. Current PCG members can benefit from the people4business marketplace, through our special site for PCG members. PCG membership will help you run your business in full compliance with the law, help you avoid mistakes which could lead you to pay unnecessary levels of tax, and save you time and money in the process. Subscribers win out!We’ve done our latest stats and found out that subscribers are a whopping 16 times more likely to get a contract! If you’ve looked at the site lately, you’ll see that the benefits of subscribing are becoming clearer and clearer as more and more Sellers register. Take a look at our subscription page to find out more… Umbrella companiesWe’ve entered into an arrangement with «CXC» to offer low-cost umbrella services to Sellers, via people4payments. It costs £20 to set up your account and to process the first payment. Subsequent payments are £10. people4payments also deducts PAYE and NI, so you need to take this into account when setting your hourly rate. Other umbrella companies offer similar services. Find out more about umbrella companies here… Sales team boostedWe’re pleased to introduce two new sales team members: Natalie Twiselton, Account Support and Laura Williams, Account Executive. Natalie is responsible for finding potential Sellers for unfilled roles, while Laura is looking after newly registered Buyers. This month, we’ve launched our second white-label version of people4business for the Professional Contractors Group. We are in discussions with other organisations to provide white-label sites for them – to drive more Buyers to our sites and increase your chances of getting a contract. We’re now directing Buyers of Web 2.0 skills or services to use «www.people4web2.com» We have Buyers urgently looking for OpenID skills, so if you do, please update your skills list NOW! You’ll find OpenID under ‘Web Development/Prog’ in the IT & Internet skills area.
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When you’re searching for Sellers you’ll see the PCG logo in the profiles of PCG-member Sellers.
You’ll see the discount icon against Sellers offering a
December 2007
9,519 registered Sellers
1,556 registered Buyers
4,775 individual skills
December 2007 BuyersFinding your SellerYou can browse our skills categories to choose Sellers you like the look of, read their CVs, and then shortlist them. You can also set up your assignment, then contact us and we will put it on our free job board, to invite Sellers to apply themselves. If you prefer to do your recruitment in the traditional way, we are happy to look for Sellers for you. We can select Sellers for your shortlist, and will contact them to make sure that they are available for work. 
We have launched a redesign of the people4business home and search pages, to make the site more user-friendly. The search facility has been improved to make it even easier for Buyers to find Sellers. We’ll be releasing this redesign on the other sites within the next two weeks. This month we have launched our first white-label version of people4business – where we provide the freelance services marketplace for other websites. Our first white-label partner is a magazine and website specialising in public sector recruitment – «www.opportunities.co.uk» – and you can see the white-label site by clicking on the ‘temp & freelance’ tab. We are now in discussion with a number of other organisations and companies interested in adding a white-label version of people4business to their websites. Our testimonials“people4business has allowed us to find people with skills that we couldn’t access elsewhere. So it has been a real help to us.” — Kit Sadgrove, The Learning Institute «www.inst.org» You can see more client testimonials, from both Buyers and Sellers.
We’re now directing Buyers of Web 2.0 skills or services to use «www.people4web2.com» We attended, and sponsored, a Facebook Developers Garage event, to further promote people4web2; and have received coverage in the Evening Standard.
We attended the ACEVO (Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations) conference and exhibition, where we received a very positive response. |
December 2007 Sellers4. What makes a good contract? When you get a contractDon’t forget that when you get a contract, you will need to be paid either through an umbrella company or a limited company. Umbrella companiesWe’ve entered into an arrangement with «CXC» to offer low-cost umbrella services to Sellers, via people4payments. It costs £20 to set up your account and to process the first payment. Subsequent payments are £10. people4payments also deducts PAYE and NI, so you need to take this into account when setting your hourly rate. Other umbrella companies offer similar services. Our testimonials“people4business has allowed us to find people with skills that we couldn’t access elsewhere. So it has been a real help to us.” — Kit Sadgrove, The Learning Institute «www.inst.org» You can see more client testimonials, from both Buyers and Sellers. What makes a good contract?We’re writing an article on what Buyers can do to make the most of their freelancers or contractors. You have probably experienced contracts where your skills have been used to best advantage… and those where they haven’t. We would love to hear from you about what makes for a good contract - and a bad one! Please get in touch to tell us what you think!
We have launched a redesign of the people4business home and search pages, to make the site more user-friendly. The search facility has been improved to make it even easier for Buyers to find Sellers. We’ll be releasing this redesign on the other sites within the next two weeks. This month we have launched our first white-label version of people4business – where we provide the freelance services marketplace for other websites. Our first white-label partner is a magazine and website specialising in public sector recruitment – «www.opportunities.co.uk» – and you can see the white-label site by clicking on the ‘temp & freelance’ tab. We are now in discussion with a number of other organisations and companies interested in adding a white-label version of people4business to their websites. Each additional site increases the traffic to people4business and your chances of gaining a contract! 
We’re now directing Buyers of Web 2.0 skills or services to use «www.people4web2.com» We’re looking for people with OpenID skills, so please update your skills list if you do. You’ll find it under ‘Web Development/Prog’ in the IT & Internet skills area. We attended, and sponsored, a Facebook Developers Garage event, to further promote people4web2; and have received coverage in the Evening Standard. 
We attended the ACEVO (Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations) conference and exhibition, where we received a very positive response.
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November 20079,124 registered Sellers 1,453 registered Buyers 4,747 individual skills Traffic to people4business continues to increase, with our highest-ever number of page impressions last month. | |
BuyersOn-site trainingWhy not make the most of people4business with some on-site training for your staff? Find out more… Buyer testimonial“people4charity found us a highly effective and skilled senior developer who completed our project earlier than we had anticipated, which exceeded our expectations and saved us money … It was also a real plus point that the freelancer we used shared our values and gave us preferential rates as a result. And the fact that people4charity will be returning a portion of their profit to Breast Cancer Care at the end of the year is a welcome bonus!” Bertie Bosredon, Head of New Media, «Breast Cancer Care» – the UK’s leading provider of breast cancer information and support. You can see more client testimonials, from both Buyers and Sellers. Please get in touch to tell us what you think!
For Buyers of Web 2.0 skills or services, you may find it quicker and easier to use «www.people4web2.com» Please let us know if you are looking for specific skills that are not included in our sites and we’ll try to find you Sellers with those skills. We’ve just added OpenSocial to our skills list, and will encourage Sellers with that skill to select it.
Latest charity Buyers to register on the site include Age Concern, CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) and the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. Our charity Buyers are particularly pleased with people4charity’s ability to find qualified people in a hurry to fill short-term vacancies. Our Sellers have specified charity discounts of between 5–85%, with an average saving for charities of around 14%. Over 73% of newly registered Sellers are offering a charity discount. If you know of any charities that could benefit from highly competitive rates for professional services, please contact us: buyer@people4charity.com | 0870 389 3244 Get involved!Don’t forget that we’d love to hear from you if you have a particular charity or cause that you support. Please contact us with details of future events for your chosen charity and we’ll include them on the Get involved! page. |
SellersWhen you get a contractDon’t forget that when you get a contract, you will need to be paid either through an umbrella company or a limited company. It is quick and easy to register with an umbrella company. We’ve entered into an arrangement with «CXC» to offer low-cost umbrella services to Sellers, via people4payments. It costs £20 to set up your account and to process the first payment. Subsequent payments are £10. people4payments also deducts PAYE and NI, so you need to take this into account when setting your hourly rate. Other umbrella companies offer similar services. Our testimonials“people4charity found us a highly effective and skilled senior developer, who completed our project earlier than we had anticipated, which exceeded our expectations and saved us money” — Bertie Bosredon, Head of New Media, «Breast Cancer Care» – the UK’s leading provider of breast cancer information and support. “A very professional, yet friendly, organisation. I happily recommend you to my friends. Keep up your good work.” — Seller 242530 You can see more client testimonials, from both Buyers and Sellers. Please get in touch to tell us what you think! 
Buyers registering this month have included large companies in the consulting, construction, logistics and data services sectors, and, in the media sector, both television and radio companies.
We’re now directing Buyers of Web 2.0 skills or services to use «www.people4web2.com» Please let us know if you have specific Web 2.0 skills that we haven’t included. We’ve just added OpenSocial to the database, so Sellers with that skill are advised to select it!
Latest charity Buyers to register on the site include Age Concern, CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) and the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
Get involved!Don’t forget that we’d love to hear from you if you have a particular charity or cause that you support. Please contact us with details of future events for your chosen charity and we’ll include them on the Get involved! page. info@people4business.com |
October 2007
Hello again!
The holidays have well and truly ended, and we’ve been celebrating the fact at people4business. We’ve seen a massive 29% increase in web traffic in the last two weeks of September; coupled with steady growth in registered Buyers and Sellers, and in contracts going through the site.
In this issue…
Buyer zone — On-site training for your HR staff.
Seller zone — Need some help with your own business? Why not look for a Seller.
people4Web2 — A new site on the people4business platform, targeting Buyers and Sellers of Web 2.0 skills.
people4charity — Nearly three-quarters of new registrations offer a discount to charity
Get involved! — Find out how Duncan got on sleeping rough for Byte Night
people4business team update — Update on the people4business team
Buyer Zone
On-site training: Why not make the most of all the facilities available from people4business with some on-site training? Training for your staff who are involved in managing your freelance resource could save you time and money. If you’d like some personalised training for your team, please contact us.
Call for feedback: We’ve tasked our SEO specialist, Mark Lang, with a special project to analyse the full Buyer and Seller user experience — from first point of contact with the site, up to awarding of contracts and management of timesheets and invoices. Please contact us with any suggestions or comments on the usability / functionality of the site:
buyer@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244 (9.00–17.00, Mon–Fri)
Sign in now!Seller Zone
Do you need a Seller?: Why not browse our skills categories to see if other Sellers could make your own business work better. Perhaps you need accounting / bookkeeping services, design for a flyer or a new website, or virtual PA services? It takes just five minutes to register as a Buyer and set up your own assignment to employ a Seller. If you need any help to find someone, please contact us:
buyer@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244 (9.00–17.00, Mon–Fri)
Filter your skills: Our Buyers have told us that there are a lot of Sellers who have checked off every skill they possess, even if they are not their core competencies. If you’ve selected lots of skills that are not relevant to the work you do, we recommend you cut them down to a manageable list. It makes it easier for Buyers to find people who really do have the skillset they are looking for. Thank you!
Mail spam filters: If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve set your mail program’s spam filter to allow contact from people4business. Our customer service team has requested that you double check your filters to make sure that our emails don’t go astray.
Timesheets: Another request: please can you update your timesheets weekly, even if you are paid four-weekly.
seller@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244 (9.00–17.00, Mon–Fri)
We’d like to announce the launch of another sister site to people4business. «www.people4web2.com» is the new marketplace for professionals and businesses involved in the development of Web 2.0.
For those new to the term, ‘Web 2.0’ does not refer to a technical change in the Web, but to changes in the ways software developers and end-users use the Web. It refers to the ‘second generation’ of Web-based communities and hosted services — such as social networking sites — which aim to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users.
According to Tim O’Reilly, who is thought to have coined the term, “Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform.” So now you know!
Since we launched people4charity, over 28% of our Sellers have specified charity discounts of between 5–85%, with an average saving for charities of 15%. In September, around 73% of newly registered Sellers offered a charity discount.
If you know of any charities that could benefit from highly competitive rates for professional services, please contact us:
buyer@people4charity.com | 0870 389 3244
Get involved!
It’s not too late to sponsor Duncan Taylor, people4business MD, for «Byte Night», which took place on Friday October 5. This is the IT industry’s annual sleep out, to raise funds for children’s charity «NCH». You can read his thoughts on the event on our Get involved! page
This month is breast cancer awareness month. If you want to know more, «Breast Cancer Care» is the UK’s leading provider of breast cancer information and support.
Don’t forget that we’d love to hear from you if you have a particular charity or cause that you support. Please contact us with details of future events for your chosen charity and we’ll include them on the Get involved! page.
The first five Buyers or Sellers to email us either with details of a forthcoming event, or a picture of a charity event that has already taken place, will win a “stylish” people4business / people4charity t-shirt! (Disclaimer: “stylish”ness is not guaranteed)
info@people4business.comTeam update
We continue to attend various events to get the people4business message out! Last month, we attended the annual CIPD conference in Harrogate again, and received a very positive response. This month, we’ve attended «Forum 3», “the UK’s leading not-for-profit and public sector recruitment event”, and Duncan has spoken at a meeting of the Lancashire branch of CIPD.
As demand from the charity sector increases, Emma Wood, our charities co-ordinator, moves to full-time, as does Jackie Kent on our buyer support team.
September 2007
Welcome back and we hope you had a great summer!
We’ve reached another milestone, with over 8,000 registered Sellers; and over 1,100 Buyers. Website traffic slowed slightly over the summer, but we’re seeing increased activity this month, as everyone gets back to work!
In this issue…
| Get involved! | We’re getting involved in a charity event for the homeless, and have added a page where you can list your favourite charities, causes and events. |
| people4charity | The latest figures… |
| Buyer zone | Now improved usability |
| Seller zone | Set your charity discount for Buyers on «www.people4charity.com» |
| Meet the team | Introducing our new Corporate Account Manager |
Get involved!
This month, we’re launching a new section on the people4business and people4charity websites. On the Get involved! page we’ll hope to cover a range of issues that our Buyers and Sellers are committed to; and various ways that you could get involved.
We’d like to make homelessness our first focus. Duncan Taylor, people4business Managing Director, is a former IT director, so he’s getting behind «Byte Night». This is the IT industry’s annual sleep out, to raise funds for children’s charity «NCH», in support of young people who are coping with life after care or facing homelessness. Byte Night will take place at Potter’s Field (between Tower Bridge and City Hall) on Friday 5th October 2007.
Duncan is committed to raising £2,000 through this event for NCH and would be delighted to hear from any Buyer or Seller who would consider sponsorship. Please contact him on duncan.taylor@people4business.com for details. And, if any Seller or Buyer in the IT industry wants to get involved, he’d love to hear from you — and to meet up on the night.
For those who aren’t IT specialists — or don’t live near London — there are a number of other homelessness-related charity events coming up:
In Manchester, on October 14, there’s the «Walk for Home» in aid of Shelter.
Crisis, another homeless charity, also has a number of «events». Including, this month: the «Lee Valley Walk», Saturday & Sunday 15-16 September 2007; the «Hydro Active Women’s Challenge» fun run in London, Birmingham and Liverpool, on Sunday 16 September; and, in London, there’s «The Rat Race», Saturday & Sunday 29-30 September 2007.
We’d love to hear from you if you have a particular charity or cause that you support. Please contact us with details of future events for your chosen charity and we’ll include them on the Get involved! page.
The first five Buyers or Sellers to email us either with details of a forthcoming event, or a picture of a charity event that has already taken place, will win a “stylish” people4business / people4charity t-shirt!
people4charity
Since we launched people4charity, over 1,300 Sellers have specified charity discounts of between 5–85%, with an average saving for charities of 14%. More than 70% of newly registered Sellers have chosen to offer a charity discount.
If you know of any charities that could benefit from highly competitive rates for professional services, please contact us:
buyer@people4charity.com | 0870 389 3244
Buyer Zone
Improved Seller information: We told you in the last newsletter about the new [View CV] field, which is displayed ONLY if a Seller has input their CV details. Now we’ve introduced another improvement in the [Similar Sellers] field, which, as the name suggests, gives you details of Sellers with similar skills.
Remember: If you need any help to set up an assignment or to find a Seller, please contact us and we’ll be very happy to help:
buyer@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244 (9.00–17.00, Mon–Fri)
Seller Zone
Your CV: Buyers can now see straight away which Sellers have CV information; so it is even more important to input your CV details. We are still offering to input your CV details for you, so take advantage of this offer now! – seller@people4business.com
Set your charity rate: Sign in to your homepage to set a special discount for registered charities. Your details will appear with the special 
charity rate icon on «www.people4charity.com» – find out more
Availability: Please can you make sure that your availability is up to date. Many Buyers want someone fairly quickly, so it saves us a lot of time if we know that you are unavailable, rather than finding out after you’ve been shortlisted. Thank you! You can update your details from your personal homepage, or drop an email to customer services with the date when you are next available, and they will do this for you.
seller@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244
Meet the team
We’d like to introduce Glen Dibley who is shortly to join people4business as Corporate Account Manager. He was latterly UK Development Manager for Prosperity 4 and prior to this was both a winebroker and a stockbroker. Glen brings a wealth of experience in the contracting / freelance market and we’re confident that his enthusiasm and professionalism will make a big difference, encouraging our corporate Buyers to put a higher volume of their business through people4business.com.
July 2007
June has been another busy and successful month:
• we’re seeing the benefit of the high level of press and public interest in people4charity.com, with increased traffic and charity registrations;
• the number of contracts has doubled since May; and
• we’ve introduced new contact-management systems, to ensure that we offer a high quality service to our Buyers.
There are now over 7,000 registered Sellers; and 950 Buyers.
Highlights
| people4charity | The latest update |
| Buyer zone | Now improved usability |
| Seller zone | Set your charity discount for Buyers on «www.people4charity.com» |
| Our latest partner | We’re pleased to welcome another people4business partner |
| Meet the team | Introducing our new team members |
people4charity
In last month’s newsletter, we announced the launch of «www.people4charity.com», the people4business sister site, targeted at the charitable and not-for-profit sector.
Since we launched people4charity, over 1,300 Sellers have specified charity discounts of between 5–85%, with an average saving for charities of 15%.
We attended «The Gathering 2007», Scotland’s voluntary sector fair, where we launched people4charity, and introduced ourselves to the Scottish charitable sector. We had a fantastic response, with a great deal of interest from charities, and a significant number of new registrations on people4charity as a result.
If you know of any charities that could benefit from highly competitive rates for professional services, please contact us:
buyer@people4charity.com | 0870 389 3244
Buyer Zone
Improved Seller information: All Seller listings now include a [View CV] field, which is displayed ONLY if a Seller has input their CV details.
We have introduced this change to improve our Buyer experience, as Buyers have told us that they prefer to set up contracts with Sellers who have full CV information. This change will also allow Seller CV information to be indexed by Google and other search engines, so it will drive increased Seller and Buyer traffic to both sites.
New contact management: We’ve implemented a new contact management system, to ensure that we follow up all enquiries swiftly, and continue to offer our Buyers a high quality customer service.
Remember: If you need any help to set up an assignment or to find a Seller, please contact us and we’ll be very happy to help:
buyer@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244 (9.00–17.00, Mon–Fri)
Seller Zone
Your CV: Buyers can now see straight away which Sellers have CV information; so it is even more important to input your CV details. We are still offering to input your CV details for you, so take advantage of this offer now! – seller@people4business.com
Set your charity rate: Sign in to your homepage to set a special discount for registered charities. Your details will appear with the special charity rate icon on «www.people4charity.com» – find out more
Subscription: With Seller numbers at 7,000, the advantage, to subscribers, of appearing at the top of Buyer searches, grows ever greater. You can also use up to 400 characters for your description – find out more
seller@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244
Meet the team
We’d like to introduce Emma Wood, our Charities Co-ordinator. Emma comes to us with a strong background in account and project management. Working previously as a freelance project manager, she spent some time with a major national charity, working with them on their website development.
When Emma registered as a Seller on people4business, she quickly spotted that the charity sector, in particular, would really benefit from high quality professional services at a competitive price. She has since played a crucial role in developing our relationships with charities and the not-for-profit sector, and in the establishment of our sister site, people4charity.com
Jackie Kent has joined our Buyer Support team. She has worked for many years in customer service, primarily in holiday companies both in the UK and overseas, including four years at British Airways in customer relations. Before joining people4business, Jackie has spent the last seven years in “a war zone commonly referred to as ‘home’, requiring the negotiating skills of a UN peacekeeper!”
Our latest partner
We’re pleased to welcome another new partner. For a full list of our partners on people4business, please see here. And for our people4charity partners, please see here.
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Charity Bank’s purpose is to change perceptions of how personal and corporate wealth can provide finance for the benefit of society, rather than just for the profit of business or self-interest. Charitable deposits with Charity Bank contribute to a pooled fund that provides charities with the support they need to be efficient, independent players. Charity Bank can provide loan finance and advice to any organisation that is either a registered or exempt charity, or to other organisations, if the purpose of the loan is charitable. |
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June 2007
This month, we’re announcing the launch of our sister site «www.people4charity.com»
people4business continues to see ever-increasing amounts of traffic; and registered user numbers continue to grow – we now have over 6,500 Sellers and over 850 Buyers. Our position in Google searches on skills is also improving all the time.
Highlights
| people4charity | The launch of our sister site |
| Buyer zone | Do you want a site visit? |
| Seller zone | Set a special charity discount for top position on «www.people4charity.com» |
| Our latest partners | We’re pleased to welcome two new partners |
| Making headlines | Raise your profile, join our media Knowledge Bank |
people4charity
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of people4charity, the people4business sister site, targeted at the charitable and not-for-profit sector.
This site is designed to offer high-quality professional services to registered charities. In addition to offering reduced rates to charities, people4charity will donate 5% of its profits to the charities that buy professional services through people4charity.
All registered Sellers on people4business now have the option to select a special charity discount on their usual hourly rate. All Sellers who have chosen to discount their rates then get top position on «www.people4charity.com»
Over 70% of Sellers, who have registered since people4charity was launched, have elected to offer a charity discount. Reductions range from 5%–85%, with an average discount of 15%.
If you know of any charities that could benefit from highly competitive rates for professional services, please contact us:
buyer@people4charity.com | 0870 389 3244
Buyer Zone
More Sellers every day: If you haven’t looked at people4business for a while, take another look. With so many new Sellers every day, you may find someone with exactly the combination of skills your business needs – www.people4business.com
Do you have an assignment coming up?: If so, contact our Buyer Support team and we can put it on the job board to encourage applications from skilled Sellers. Don’t forget that it’s free to advertise your assignment on our job board – buyer@people4business.com
Meet the team: If you’re interested in meeting the people4business team, please get in touch with us. We can arrange a site visit, to talk about how people4business could benefit your company or organisation, and to take you through a demonstration of the website’s functionality.
buyer@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244 (9.00–17.00, Mon–Fri)
Seller Zone
Set your charity rate: Sign in to your homepage to set a special discount for registered charities. Your details will appear with the special charity rate icon on «www.people4charity.com» – find out more
Subscribe now: Subscription means that you can use up to 400 characters for your description; and you will benefit from a higher position in Buyer searches – find out more
And... the regular reminders:
• Please input your CV (or send it to us, and we’ll do it for you) if you want Buyers to shortlist you – find out more
• Recently updated profiles get higher position in Buyer searches – so you’re more likely to be shortlisted if you keep up to date – find out more
• Previous employers can also give you ratings, increasing Buyer confidence, and your chance of being shortlisted – find out more
seller@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244
Media Knowledge Bank
Thank you to all those who have joined our media Knowledge Bank.
At people4business.com, we receive lots of media enquiries for comment and technical input on a wide range of topical, business-related subjects. Why not raise your profile, by joining the people4business.com media Knowledge Bank?
We will send you the details of any relevant media enquiries, and then put you in touch with the journalist. All we ask, in return, is that you use the opportunity to mention that you are registered with people4business.com.
To join the people4business media Knowledge Bank, simply e-mail your interest to info@people4business.com
Our latest partners
We’re pleased to welcome these new Partners. For a full list of our partners, please see here.
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The Institute of Management Consultancy has merged with the Institute of Business advisers, to form the Institute of Business Consulting (IBC). The IBC is the professional body for all consultants and business advisers. Designed to raise standards of professional practice in support of better business performance, the Institute provides a development path for the profession, supported by high quality resources and a recognised qualification route. |
Acevo is the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations. They connect, develop and represent the third sector’s leaders. They have over 2000 members, who, between them, are responsible for heading organisations that collectively: * Employ 260 000 staff members; and
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March 2007
We hit the next big target – 5,000 registered Sellers – at the beginning of the month; we are now heading towards 5,400 Sellers, with over 3,800 skills. Over 650 businesses are now registered as Buyers – we’re now showing updated Buyer numbers on the home page.
Highlights
| Buyer zone | Do you want a site visit? |
| Seller zone | How to work with Google to get more hits on your profile |
| Making headlines | Raise your profile, join our media Knowledge Bank |
| Our latest partners | |
| Coming soon … | Instant messaging for Buyers and Sellers |
Buyer Zone
Do you have an assignment coming up?: If so, contact our Buyer Support team and we can put it on the job board to encourage applications from skilled Sellers. Don’t forget that it’s free to advertise your assignment on our job board.
Meet the team: If you’re interested in meeting the people4business team, please get in touch with us. We can arrange a site visit, to talk about how people4business could benefit your company or organisation, and to take you through a demonstration of the website’s functionality.
Seminars: We’d still like to hear from you, if you’d like to attend a people4business regional seminar. You could meet other Buyers, get to know the people4business team and learn how to make the best use of the people4business service. Let us know your preferred location, and we’ll do the rest…
buyer@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244 (9.00–17.00, Mon–Fri)
Seller Zone
Make the best of being Googled!: All Seller profiles are now indexed on Google: so, when a Buyer types a combination of skills into Google, one of our Seller’s pages is likely to appear in the list of results. Drive more Buyers to your profile, by including the words a Buyer is likely to use when searching for your skills – find out more.
people4business seminars: We’d still like to hear from you, if you’d like to attend a people4business regional seminar. You could meet other Sellers, get to know the people4business team and learn how to sell your services more effectively through people4business.com? Let us know your preferred location and we’ll do the rest…
Finder’s fees: Remember that you can now earn finder’s fees by introducing Buyers and Sellers to people4business – find out more.
Subscribers: Remember that you can use up to 400 characters for your description; and you’re benefiting from higher position in Buyer searches – find out more.
And... the regular reminders:
• Please input your CV (or send it to us, and we’ll do it for you) if you want Buyers to shortlist you – find out more.
• Recently updated profiles get higher position in Buyer searches – so you’re more likely to be shortlisted if you keep up to date – find out more.
• Previous employers can also give you ratings, increasing Buyer confidence, and your chance of being of shortlisted – find out more.
seller@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244
Media Knowledge Bank
Thank you to all those who have joined our media Knowledge Bank. At people4business.com, we receive lots of media enquiries for comment and technical input on a wide range of topical, business-related subjects. Why not raise your profile, by joining the people4business.com media Knowledge Bank? We will send you the details of any relevant media enquiries, and then put you in touch with the journalist. All we ask, in return, is that you use the opportunity to mention that you are registered with people4business.com.
To join the people4business media Knowledge Bank, simply email your interest to info@people4business.com
Our latest partners
We’re pleased to welcome these new Partners. For a full list of our partners, please see here.
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Simply Marketing Jobs specialises in advertising marketing jobs throughout the UK from leading recruitment companies and employers. |
Simply HR Jobs specialises in advertising HR jobs throughout the UK from leading recruitment companies and employers. |
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Simply Sales Jobs specialises in advertising sales jobs throughout the UK from leading recruitment companies and employers. |
FreelanceInsure.co.uk provides free online quotes & instant cover to freelance professionals looking to obtain tailored, low-cost business insurance. |
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NRG Business Networks runs effective business networking events designed to help you to build better business relationships. |
HireScores.com is part of Web Hires Limited, a company set up by an experienced HR professional, Lisette Howlett, to meet a significant gap in the market. HireScores.com provides a user driven source of information on all aspects of the recruitment experience – serving the needs of candidates, recruiters and hiring companies. |
February 2007
Traffic on people4business has continued to increase this month, with our highest ever number of page impressions.
We now have over 4,700 Sellers registered on people4business, with over 3,600 skills; and over 500 businesses are now registered as Buyers.
Highlights
| Buyer zone | Remember our new Buyer Support Team |
| Seller zone | The benefits of subscription |
| Making headlines | Raise your profile, join our media Knowledge Bank |
| Feedback request | We’d like to know what you think: • Sellers: would you prefer to donate finder’s fees to charity? • Buyers & Sellers: would you like to attend a people4business seminar? |
| Coming soon … | Instant messaging for Buyers and Sellers |
Buyer Zone
Free Buyer Support team: The team is happy to help you at any stage of the process: we can describe your assignment for you, put it on our job board and even suggest a shortlist of suitable Sellers. Contact us for any assistance:
buyer@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244 (9.00–17.00, Mon–Fri)
Don’t forget: It is absolutely FREE to advertise your assignment on our job board!
Buyers: Tell us what you think…
Seminars: Would you like to attend a people4business regional seminar? You could meet other Buyers, get to know the people4business team and learn how to make the best use of the people4business service? If so, let us know your preferred location, and we’ll do the rest…
buyer@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244 (9.00–17.00, Mon–Fri)
Seller Zone
Finder’s fees: Remember that you can now earn finder’s fees by introducing Buyers and Sellers to people4business – find out more.
Subscription: Subscription brings many benefits, chief of which is that subscribers’ details appear at the top of all Buyers’ searches. You’ll also get twice as much space for your entry, and your Seller-finder’s fees will continue as long as your subscription lasts – find out more.
And... the regular reminders:
• Please input your CV (or send it to us, and we’ll do it for you), otherwise Buyers won’t shortlist you – find out more.
• Recently updated profiles get higher position in Buyer searches – so you’re more likely to be shortlisted if you keep up to date – find out more.
• Previous employers can also give you ratings, increasing Buyer confidence, and your chance of being of shortlisted – find out more.
Sellers: Tell us what you think
Finder’s fees: Does the prospect of earning money from the work of your friends or colleagues make you uncomfortable? If so, would you prefer to have the option to donate your finder’s fees to charity? Would it make you more or less likely to recommend your friends? Let us know what you think…
people4business seminars: Would you be interested in attending a people4business regional seminar? You could meet other Sellers, get to know the people4business team and learn how to sell your services more effectively through people4business.com? If so, let us know your preferred location and we’ll do the rest…
seller@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244
Media Knowledge Bank
At people4business.com, we receive lots of media enquiries for comment and technical input on a wide range of topical, business-related subjects. Why not raise your profile, by joining the people4business.com ‘Knowledge Bank’? We will send you the details of any relevant media enquiries, and then put you in touch with the journalist. All we ask in return, is that you use the opportunity to mention that you are registered with people4business.com.
To join the people4business media Knowledge Bank, simply email your interest to info@people4business.com
Coming soon …
We are currently developing an instant messenger service facility that both Buyers and Sellers will be able to use to communicate with us, and each other – instantly! Keep checking the website, and we’ll let you know when it’s live.
January 2007
We’ve had a great start to the new year – not only have we seen the highest ever traffic on people4business, but people4business has been selected as a finalist for The Best Technical Innovation in Online Recruitment Award at the 2007 Onrec Awards.
We now have over 4,000 Sellers registered on people4business, with over 3,600 skills; and over 400 businesses are now registered as Buyers.
Highlights
| Buyer zone |  New Buyer Support team |
| Seller zone | Earn with Buyer finder’s fees |
| Our Partners | A new partner; and Seller offers |
| Industry news | Self-employment continues to rise |
Buyer Zone
New Buyer Support team: The team is happy to help you at any stage of the process:
we can describe your assignment for you, put it on our job board and even suggest a shortlist of suitable Sellers. Contact us for any assistance:
buyer@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244 (9.00–17.00, Mon–Fri)
Don’t forget: It is absolutely FREE to advertise your assignment on our job board!
Seller Zone
New Buyer-finder’s fees: Now you can earn finder’s fees by introducing new Buyers to people4business. Finder’s fees are worth 20% of our management fees, so this could be a considerable sum if your recommended Buyer places multiple contracts – find out more.
Win! The Seller who introduces the highest number of registered Buyers to people4business will win two tickets to the England v. Scotland rugby international at Twickenham on 3 February.
The competition closes on 19 January — so you haven’t got long! For more information, and terms and conditions, take a look at the Seller offers page.
Don’t forget :
• Please input your CV. Buyers won’t add you to their shortlist if you haven’t done so – find out more.
• Keep your profile up to date to stay high up the list of Buyer search results – find out more.
• Previous employers can give you ratings. Simply go to your people4business homepage and select ‘My Ratings’ – find out more.
• Introduce your friends and colleagues to earn Buyer- and Seller-finder’s fees – find out more.
Our Partners
We’re pleased to welcome another Partner to people4business; and a reminder of our current Seller offers.
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Blyth Valley is an award-winning online insurance broker, specialising in providing high quality, great value policies to independent consultants, freelancers and small businesses via their specialist websites. |
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Future Perfect is here to ensure that your CV or ‘Brief Description’, on which your image and professional credibility rely, is beyond reproach from the most discerning readers.
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If you belong to a professional body or trade association which you think could benefit from people4business, do let us know:
affiliates@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244
Industry news …
In figures released yesterday, self-employment continues to rise. The January 2007 edition of the Economic and Labour Market Review, from the Office of National Statistics, shows self-employment at a 10-year high, at 13.1% of the working population – a total of 3.8 million people.
December 2006
We’ve had another good month on people4business, with our highest number of Buyer registrations and contracts; Seller numbers also continue to climb steadily. The new ‘job board’ facility has also been very popular with both Buyers and Sellers.
In this issue:
| Buyers & Sellers 4 business | Our monthly report of Buyer and Seller activity |
| Buyer zone | How the FREE ‘job board’ makes your life easier |
| Seller zone | Win tickets to Six Nations rugby by introducing Buyers to people4business |
| Introducing our new partners | Another three businesses join forces with people4business |
Buyers and Sellers 4 business
Sellers continue to register on people4business at an impressive 600--800 per month. There are now over 3,600 Sellers with over 3,500 individual skills.
As for Buyers, we are continuing to see the benefits of the CIPD conference and exhibition in Harrogate, 24–26 October. A number of the Buyers we met at the conference have now registered and set up their first assignments.
Last month we attended the Career Fair 06 at the Barbican on 17–18 November, where we met, in particular, large numbers of European professionals keen to undertake contract work in the UK. We had a very positive response from all the Buyers and Sellers we talked to.
Buyer Zone
The ‘job board’: You can now take advantage of the UK’s only free job board for temporary / contract positions. If you have a temporary position to advertise, simply e-mail us, phone us, or set up a new assignment from your homepage:
buyer@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244 (UK-based customer service team)
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Sign in Now!
Finding Sellers: A quick reminder of the four-stage process to search for Sellers.
Note that you can also e-mail us with your assignment details, and we’ll post it on the job board for you.
Describe assignment – briefly describe the work which you need the Seller to do.
Search for Sellers – Your final shortlist can have a maximum of 5 Sellers per assignment.
Contact Sellers – Your shortlisted Sellers don’t have your contact details, so you must contact them yourself.
Award contract –
Remember to get in touch with your shortlisted Sellers, as soon as you can – before another Buyer awards them a contract!
Your password: If you haven’t signed in for a while and have forgotten your password, it is quick and easy to reset your password from the sign in page.
Seller Zone
New! Buyer finder’s fees: This month, we’re introducing finder’s fees for introducing new Buyers to people4business. Simply introduce a new Buyer to the site and you could earn finder’s fees to the tune of 20% of our management fee for all their contracts with people4business.
Win tickets to a rugby International! The Seller who introduces the most new Buyers to people4business will win two tickets to the RBS 6 Nations England v Scotland game at Twickenham on February 3, 2007. You’ve got until midday on January 19, 2007, when we’ll do the final count, and award the prize. Full terms and conditions here
Why not take the opportunity to contact your previous employers and tell them about people4business? The ‘Earn finder’s fees’ link on your homepage takes you to our automatic e-mail facility; or, if you prefer to write your own e-mails, there’s a unique coded link, to copy and paste into your personal e-mails.
For any contracts that your Buyers award, or your Sellers gain through people4business, you’ll gain 20% of our management fee as a ‘thankyou’. For more information, please take a look at the Finder’s fee page.
Seller offers: Check out the new Seller offers page for special discounts for our registered Sellers. We’ll be adding new offers soon.
Ratings: A reminder that you can get a people4business rating from previous employers. Simply go to your people4business homepage and select ‘My Ratings’. We’ll contact all employers who give retrospective ratings, to make sure that our ratings are consistent.
Remember: Buyers can sort Sellers by their ratings, so it’s well worth five minutes’ work to update your profile!
Job board: Remember to keep checking our job board of current assignments for which Buyers have not yet found Sellers. You can express your interest in these assignments by writing a brief message to the Buyer. We then e-mail the Buyer with your message; and include a link to your full CV and skills information.
Your CV: Buyers have told us that you are very unlikely to get on the final shortlist for an assignment if you haven’t completed your CV section. If you e-mail your CV to us, we are happy to input the information for you:
sellerregistration@people4business.com
Subscription: If you missed our e-mail to non-subscribers, we’d like to let you know that we’ve increased subscribers’ descriptions to 400 characters. Along with the more prominent listing and larger font size, subscribers also appear at the top of all Buyers’ search results. You can now see how your listing could look, if you were a subscriber, by selecting Subscription from your homepage, or on the subscribers page.
Introducing our new Partners
We’re pleased to welcome another three Partners to people4business:
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Euroresource are engineering and construction industry recruitment specialists, offering jobs primarily in the UK and Canada for professionals from the UK, Central and Eastern Europe. |
Proactive Style provides careers guidance, focusing on career change. The company also offers a range of complementary services, including personality profiling, CV critiquing and interview role-plays. Proactive Style is offering a special 10% discount on Career Change and Super-charge Your Career programmes for registered Sellers on people4business – find out more. |
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The Manager Group provides accountancy, payroll and taxation to thousands of small businesses, freelance individuals and temporary workers, whether working through limited companies or as freelance individuals. |
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If you belong to a professional body or trade association which you think could benefit from people4business, do let us know:
affiliates@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244
November 2006
This month, we’ve introduced a brand new ‘job board’ facility on people4business, which will make matching Buyers and Sellers even easier. We’ll be listing details of current assignments that don’t yet have Sellers, to encourage our Sellers to ‘apply’ for them.
We’ve had a really successful month on people4business, with more than 3,000 Sellers now registered, and lots of fantastic Buyer feedback from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) exhibition and conference. You can read more about the CIPD exhibition on our news page.
If you belong to a professional body or trade association which you think could benefit from people4business, do let us know:
affiliates@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244
In this issue:
| Buyers & Sellers 4 business | Our monthly report of Buyer and Seller activity |
| Buyer zone | How the FREE ‘job board’ makes your life easier. A reminder of the four-step search process |
| Seller zone | Now you can apply for assignments. |
| Fight discrimination with people4business | Our anti-discrimination business model |
| Introducing us... | Meet another two members of the people4business team |
Buyers and Sellers 4 business
Seller registrations have continued steadily throughout the month. We’re thrilled to have reached – and passed – the milestone of 3,000 registered Sellers, with more than 3,400 individual skills.
Buyers registered on people4business now range from multinationals, to local and national government departments, as well as small private businesses. We received a fantastic response from the Buyers we met at the CIPD conference and exhibition in Harrogate, 24–26 October. The four-strong people4business team that attended the exhibition were kept busy throughout the three days talking to representatives from large corporations, national and local government, universities and the police. Responses we noted included: “Self-service recruitment – that’s fantastic” and “This means that I don’t have to rely on agencies interpreting my needs – I can go and find them myself!”
Buyer Zone
New ‘job board’: With our new job board, details of assignments you’ve described, but not yet found Sellers for, may be posted on our home page to encourage applications from appropriate Sellers. They write a brief message, which we then send to you, along with a link to their skills and CV information. As usual, it will be up to you to contact those Sellers you are interested in: the Sellers themselves will not have access to your contact details.
Finding Sellers: A quick reminder of the four-stage process:
Describe assignment – briefly describe the work which you need the Seller to do.
Search for Sellers – search through our categories to find those Sellers with the skills you are seeking. Your final shortlist can have a maximum of 5 Sellers per assignment.
Contact Sellers – Your shortlisted Sellers have been sent the assignment description, but they don’t have your contact details, so you must contact them yourself.
Award contract –
Remember to get in touch with your shortlisted Sellers, as soon as you can – before another Buyer awards them a contract!
Customer service: Our customer service team is happy to help you to find Sellers with highly specialised skills.
Please contact us:
buyer@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244 (UK-based customer service team)Seller Zone
New ‘job board’: Now we’ve introduced the ‘job board’ on the people4business home page, you are able to ‘apply’ for assignments yourself. On the home page, we’re listing current assignments for which Buyers have not yet found Sellers. You can express your interest in these assignments by writing a brief message to the Buyer. We then email the Buyer with your message; and include a link to your full CV and skills information. You should, of course, ensure that your skills and CV are up to date; and visit people4business.com on a regular basis to check out the new assignments posted daily on the home page.
Stay up to date: If you’re not available for work at the moment, just let us know when you’ll be free, so that Buyers looking for someone at that time will be able to shortlist you. And if you haven’t entered your CV details yet, we are happy to do it for you. The feedback we’ve received from Buyers is that you are very unlikely to get on the final shortlist for an assignment if you haven’t completed your CV section. If you e-mail your CV to us, we are happy to input the information for you:
sellerregistration@people4business.com
Ratings: A reminder that you can get a people4business rating from previous employers. Simply go to your people4business homepage and select ‘My Ratings’. We’ll contact all employers who give retrospective ratings, to make sure that our ratings are consistent.
Remember: Buyers can sort Sellers by their ratings, so it’s well worth five minutes’ work to update your profile!
Finder’s fees: Don’t forget to encourage your friends and colleagues to register with people4business, using your unique identification number. When they gain a Contract through people4business, we’ll give you 20% of our fee as a ‘thankyou’. So as well as benefiting people4business by telling more people about the site, you have the opportunity to develop a new income stream. For more information, take a look at the Finder’s fee page.
Fight discrimination with people4business
This month we’ve seen an upsurge in interest from businesses wanting to ensure they stick with both the letter and the spirit of anti-discrimination legislation; including the new anti-age discrimination legislation, which came into force last month. For businesses needing to ensure that their policies are entirely non-discriminatory, people4business offers the ideal solution. As all Sellers are selected solely on the basis of their skills and experience, using people4business guarantees that your recruitment of contractor professionals is not discriminatory.
Meet the team…
Our CFO, Richard Aylwin, has more than 10 years’ experience at Finance Director level, including working with another successful start-up from launch to £40m turnover. Richard has been concentrating on ensuring that our back-office processes can handle the ever-increasing number of transactions being placed through people4business.
Technical director Martin Nice manages a team with over 40 years’ technical development experience between them. Most recently he has been concentrating on the release of our new ‘job board’ functionality; now he is moving on to focus on improving our subscription offering to Sellers and developing a new finder’s fee scheme for introducing Buyers to people4business.
This month, we’re attending the Career Fair 06 at the Barbican on 17–18 November. We’d love to meet you there.
October 2006
In this issue:
| Buyers & Sellers 4 business | Our regular monthly update on Buyer and Seller activity |
| New this month! | • New, improved Buyer functionality • New quick guide for Buyers |
| Buyer zone | Including our improved Seller searching |
| Seller zone | Help to make your profile stand out from the crowd – and win that all-important Contract |
| Be Age Aware | How people4business can help you to comply with new legislation |
| Introducing our partners | Three more partners join forces with people4business |
| Introducing us | Meet two of the people4business team |
Buyers and Sellers 4 business
We’ve seen continued steady growth, this month, in both Buyer and Seller registrations. We’ve already reached over 3,000 individual skills on the site, with over 2,300 Sellers and 261 companies looking for contractors.
Our customer service advisers work hard to match up Buyers and Sellers, no matter what skills you are seeking. This month’s most intriguing Buyer search? A ‘Rush and Shake Render Wrangler’…
New this month!
We’ve been working on making searching for Sellers even easier. There’s now a simpler, four-step process to find a Seller. We’ve produced a Quick guide for Buyers too. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll be adding some new features on the site, so please keep checking in.
Buyer Zone
Finding Sellers: We’ve introduced a simpler four-stage