Law sector remains 'buoyant'

Date: 2nd September 2011

Small business working in the UK's consumer and professional services sector could be encouraged by the recent comment of the country's leading recruitment industry body.

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has claimed that the long-term picture for the sector is not as bleak as recent industry reports have suggested.

It comes after the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) published a study showing a "steady decline" in demand for business.

Highlighting law practices as an example, Martin Snell, chair of the REC's Legal and HR Group, said that business is now looking up.

"Law firms were among the first businesses to introduce the flexible staffing practices to help them adapt to the current challenging economic conditions through offering reduced working hours sabbaticals and initiating hiring freezes two years ago," he commented.

"As a result, business remains buoyant to a degree that most firms are now in a good position to expand."

Posted by Jacob Williams