AB2U Blog

Abenefit2u is delighted to announce the Winner of our
Annual Remuneration Study 2008

The lucky winner of a Fairtrade & Organic Picnic Hamper is:
Paul Reynolds, Pensions Manager for Rexam plc Pension Plan.

Paul, like many other occupational pensions professionals throughout the UK, and across various pension disciplines, was kind enough to spare a few moments to visit Abenefit2u’s website and complete our online remuneration study during 2008. Each individual who completed our short online questionnaire, taking up to a maximum of ten minutes to complete, was automatically entered into an end of year prize draw to win an organic picnic hamper from Simply Fair www.simplyfair.co.uk.

Paul was given a selection of hampers to choose from, varying from indulgent chocolate to healthy heart hampers.

This draw is open every year and, as a little extra incentive to fill in our questionnaire, every participant is entered into a prize draw which is held immediately after the survey for that year has closed.

If you would like to take part in our 2009 Remuneration study please click here.

The Abenefit2u remuneration study aims to provide an accurate picture of salaries and benefits within the pensions industry across the UK.
The study contains facts and figures presented in graphs, tables and diagrams for easy viewing with a report of findings and a conclusion at the end.
Where clients or candidates have given consent to publish their comments, and these are relevant to the results, we include these.

Our study is available free of charge to all clients and applicants registered with us.
We conduct this study purely for client and candidate benefit only.

Any time, any place, anywhere: anything you need just ask! The REC Martini Girls…

By Dianne Beer

Left to right: Sadie Jones, RITE Executive Assistant, Dianne Beer, Director of Abenefit2u, Kirsty Magowan, Corporate Membership Administrator, attending Abenefit2u’s end of year Roof Top Santa Party 2008.

If anyone reading this blog is thinking of setting up a recruitment consultancy and is not sure where to begin, may I suggest REC, The Recruitment Employment Confederation. www.rec.uk.com

REC are the main body for the recruitment industry, and as such offer the whole spectrum of services you would expect for not just employers and employees of recruitment businesses, but their clients and candidates searching for regulated credible consultancies to work with.

Many moons ago when I first started out as a mere whipper snapper of a consultant in the big wide world of recruitment I discovered the services of REC. I wanted to put some credibility to my title of Recruitment Consultant and some professional letters behind it, so I registered with this organisation and undertook their Recruitment Employment Confederation examinations. Now fifteen years later I can very happily use the letters CertRP after my name, demonstrating to my clients that I am professaionally qualified and a consultant of good ethics and regulated working practices.

Sadie and Kirsty popped along to Abenefit2u’s party on Saturday 6th December 2008 for some festive cheer and to tell me all about REC’s plans for 2009. With the likelihood that the effects of the credit crunch will be felt by most businesses in one way or another for yet another year, REC are keen to offer any help and advice they can during this challenging time. REC have allocated account mangers to each business and it’s consultants, who will be on hand to assist in any way they can during 2009. Abenefit2u are looking forward to another year of membership to REC and putting to good use all the new initiatives they introduce next year and help and advice they constantly have on hand for whenever it is required.

A special thank you from Abenefit2u to Kirsty Magowan who has been extremely helpful in multiple areas of our business during 2008.