I am pleased to officially announce to you that Antal International has struck a strategic partnership agreement with one of the key players in the sector in the USA, SearchPath. The joint network of offices will now exceed the 120 mark and give access to clients and candidates in 28 countries on five continents.

“We’re already well-established in Europe, the Middle East, India, Asia and Africa and recently moved into the Latin American market with a new office in Brazil, “says Antal International’s Chairman and CEO, Tony Goodwin. “Partnering with SearchPath gives us that next key piece in the global jigsaw – the USA.”

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‘We are now well over half way through what can only be described, from an economic perspective, as a turbulent year….Looking solely at the UK’s hotel figures for 2008, however, you would be for forgiven for forgetting about the turmoil as hoteliers across the country have so far experienced a steady year.’ – Robert Barnard, partner for Hotel Consultancy Services at PKF.

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As a specialist IT sales and Marketing consultant, I am in daily contact with key decision makers within the IT marketplace in the UK. As such I am always discussing company views and in particular how they are finding the current market place, in terms of performance and recruitment issues.

It is no secret that the market is slowing down, and as a result companies and candidates alike are remaining cautious. The market has long-been in a candidate lead cycle, but the added pressure of the economic outlook and credit crunch has made it increasingly hard for companies to find the right talent. Candidates are less actively looking for a move and also turning their attention Internationally as the number of opportunities continues to rise for quality talent throughout Europe, especially in the emerging markets.

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Within the last week, having been in contact with numerous FMCG clients, I have seen a wealth of evidence corroborating the popularity of healthier eating/drinking and the need for candidates who understand this transition within the market. In the same way, realizing the expansion of organizations that primarily deal with food, into non-FMCG goods- and placing candidates who are diverse enough to manage this change, is becoming essential.

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Being a specialist head-hunter of finance and accounting professionals to the financial services industry I find it imperative that I constantly speak with the decision makers to make sure my knowledge of the market is always at the top of its game. In the present climate, I would say this is even more important. The results I get from this is that I can confidently provide you with a good picture of industry standard recruitment needs and how your competition manages and maintains their performance.

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As a specialist consultant within the Leisure industry throughout UK and Ireland, I have recognised one particular sector that has stood out from all the others during this turbulent economic period. Charities!

Over the last few weeks I have been working very closely with Charities in the UK and whether the the current climate has affected them. I have found that the number of charities in the UK is continuing to increase. The total number of newly registered charities is 1289 so far in 2008. At the end of March it was recorded that 169,333 main charities were on the registered list, the total income of these was recorded to be £45.910 billion. When this figure is broken down it is clear that there are many small charties and so the annual wealth of registered chairites is concentrated in the countries large charities, it has been reported that 50% of the total income is attracted by the largest 706 chairties.

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As part of my role specialising in finance and accounting professionals within the technology sector I am in constant contact with my clients, and use these conversations to discuss issues facing their companies.

Perhaps understandably recent discussions have touched upon the current economic climate and the much-publicised ‘credit-crunch’. Despite the general perception of difficult times ahead, this does not appear to be entirely correct across the board.

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As the Sales Manager for the UK at Antal, I would like to offer you the opportunity of some privileged information that we at Antal have been undertaking over the past few months. I am confident this will not only help you to understand the marketplace here in the UK a little better, but also throughout Europe.

As we all know, the newspapers, TV and all media have been speaking of words and phrases over the past 6 months or like ‘Credit Crunch,’ ‘Recession,’ ‘Market Decline,’ ‘Low Consumer Spending,’ ‘Banking Crisis,’ ‘Rescue Plans,’ ‘additional tax payers money’ etc etc.

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