UK economy grows almost twice as fast as forecast!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jul/23/uk-economy-gdp-growth-fast

Britain's economy grew almost twice as fast as expected in the second quarter driven by service sector growth and a dramatic rebound in the construction sector.

The Office for National Statistics said GDP rose a quarterly 1.1% in April to June, compared with a forecast for 0.6% growth. It was almost four times the pace of 0.3% in the first quarter, and the highest for four years.

The pound rallied and government bond futures sold off as traders raised their bets of interest rates rising sooner rather than later.

The ONS said output in the construction sector, one of the hardest hit by the recession, jumped 6.6% on the quarter, the biggest rise since 1963 and rebounding after poor weather hit activity at the start of the year. But overall the headline jump was due mainly to increases in business services and finance. Service sector output rose 0.9%, three times the pace in the first quarter. Output in the production industries increased 1.0% as a widely expected rise in manufacturing offset falls in mining and utilities.

On an annual basis, GDP was up 1.6%, the biggest rise for more than two years.

Far be it from me to say 'I told you so' ! Editor

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Do It Now!

As a general rule in business/work/life! It is a good idea to Do it Now:

• Don’t put off until tomorrow, things you can do today
• Procrastination is the thief of time

There are many sayings which express the same sentiment.

We accept the principles of time management, and do not advocate reacting to every event, but there are many things which are better done straight away, or at least done partially.

Understand the difference between things that are urgent, and things that are important.
You must do things that are important, but not (necessarily) things that are urgent.
The order in which to do things is:

• Important things which are also urgent                               (Do it Now!)
• Important things which are not urgent                                (Schedule it)
• Urgent things which are not important                                (Delegate!)
• Things which are neither urgent nor important                     (Bin it!)

Can you think of an example of each, in your own workplace?

Why should we DIN?

• Because it is easy to forget to do things, especially if we don’t write down/diarise a reminder
• Because in doing it, it becomes one less thing to think/worry about
• Because a thing might be more important to a colleague than it is to you
• Because time kills all deals
• Because our competitors will climb in windows of opportunity
• Because we will lose business/money

Summary:

Invest your work with a spirit of speed and endeavour.  If you don’t you can be quite sure that your competitors are doing so.  If you act immediately upon all things, as above, you will more done, and will become more successful.

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Decidedly Optimistic Outlook for the Autumn!

The garden is hardly blooming but nor does it look parched. Retail sales in the UK grew by 1.1% last month. An influx of tourists may turn out be the cause and the shopping bonanza is likely to fade when summer turns to autumn. But the decline in manufacturing orders is also slowing, data revealed, and a surge in corporation tax receipts last month made the public finances look marginally less awful. Hold on, what's this? The yield on 10-year gilts slipped below 3% for the first time since March last year.
Remember those recessionary days? Unemployment was soaring, house prices were falling and the fear of a fresh banking crisis was alive. The FTSE 100 index plunged to 3512. Shares in Barclays, a useful barometer of the mood among investors, hit 60p. Today they are 319p, reflecting not only the bumper profits returned this year by the banks but also the expectation that most of the bad debts in the economy have been revealed. The FTSE 100 now stands at 5211 and chief executives are sufficiently confident to start bidding for each others' companies again.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/aug/19/economic-outlook-us-viewpoint

For a lighter look at the recession which now appears to be a thing of the past, look at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2009/oct/26/recession

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Congratulations to the UK's Students!

Seltek offers its congratulations to all the university, A-Level and GCSE students who have received their exam results recently. Whether or not you have achieved exactly what you wanted, we know that you have reached a staging post on a long and rocky road, and almost certainly you have not arrived there without shedding a lot of blood, sweat and tears!

Secondary level students will mostly be hoping to progress to higher education, and we wish you all well in that next stage of life.

But graduates may be looking for help in clambering onto the first rung of the employment ladder. Seltek can provide that help!

We are mainly interested in hearing from science graduates who are interested in pursuing a commercial career, and you should send your CV to me Guy Buncombe guy@seltekconsultants.co.uk

However, everyone looking for work may obtain help in the process from the advice section of Seltek's website: http://www.seltekconsultants.co.uk/TipsForSuccess.htm

We wish you all The Best of British Luck!

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Hot Jobs

Wring out the swimming cozzies, gulp down that Mivvi, and hotfoot back to the world of opportunity from that miserable stony fly blown beach that you've been wasting your life upon for the last few weeks! Seltek has rarely had such an array of opportunities to offer the gifted and ambitious. The time is now! Do it now!

Here's a selection of the Hottest of Seltek's Hot Jobs!

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• Summary:Here is a great opportunity to join a leading manufacturer of chemistry and life science analytical instrumentation. Being the Sales Specialist - Instrumentation will involve selling the company's whole range of products, including HPLC, GC, and spectroscopy products into academic, pharmaceutical, biotech and contract research accounts across the South of the UK. These include high value products, which means that although the company has well established accounts, the focus of your work will be on developing new business and spending your time in the field talking to prospective customers to fill your enquiry pipeline.
  
  
  
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• Summary: A global manufacturer of diagnostic instrumentation is expanding its sales team and is keen to recruit two Diagnostic Sales Specialists to cover Herts, London, Bucks, Oxford and South Wales/West Midlands regions. The company has a leading range of point of care testing systems which include blood glucose testing, blood gas and urine analysis systems.
  
• Why you should apply for this job?  The areas are established and the company has a very strong reputation in this market. This is an exciting opportunity with a leading company!
  

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Clinical Jobs

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• Summary: Manage trial related site activities on new and ongoing phase II-IV studies! At CRA II level you will have core monitoring and site management responsibilities. At Senior CRA level you will manage sites in the UK but will focus on acting as a Lead CRA across Europe. At both levels you will be heavily involved in mentoring and supporting junior members of the monitoring team, attending accompanied visits and reviewing monitoring reports. The CRA role at this company is very broad in scope and includes ethics applications, regulatory liaison, negotiating contracts with sites, managing supplies, tracking clinical budget/PI payments and helping to write clinical study reports.
  
  
• Why you should apply for this job: Here is a flexible home or office based clinical research associate (CRA) position with a leading international clinical research organisation (CRO) in the UK! You will have the opportunity to become involved in high profile projects! This company has entered a new phase of growth.
  

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• Summary: A leading market research organisation is looking to recruit a Principal, Business Development to take responsibility for the sales of their market intelligence/research services, internationally. You will be required to develop and maintain client relationships, as well as bringing in further business. You will be expected to manage a target of over £3million. You will also head up a team of market researchers, to ensure this market intelligence meets the expectations of the client.
  
  
• Why you should apply for this job: Effectively an outstanding opportunity to take a premiership club into The Champions League!
  

Hot Candidates

Employers! For the past few weeks (months?!) you've been varnishing the yacht, sitting admiring the golden sands of the Caribbean, or wherever, and plotting and planning how to turn your company into the world-beater you know it deserves to be!

Here's how to accomplish your dreams of global empire! Hire one (or more!) of Seltek's Hottest of Hot Candidates!

Scientific Sales & Marketing Division

* European Technical Support Manager Anywhere! £80/90K Ref: 99837

* Director of Business Development South East £80K Ref: 100701

* Business Development Manager Anywhere! £50/65K Ref: 61862

* Senior Service Sales Representative M4 Corridor (West) £45/60K Ref: 87418

* Pre-Sales Technical Consultant London £43/50K Ref: 107492

* Sales & Marketing Manager Eastern England £40/70K Ref: 51542

* Technical Support Specialist (Biochemistry) Anywhere! £35/38K Ref: 79964

* Global Applications Manager Eastern England £35/40K Ref: 65484

* Technical Support Product Manager Anywhere! £35K Ref: 105069

* Technical Support (Pharmacology PhD) Anywhere! £28K Ref: 107489

* Inside Sales Representative (Biochemistry) Anywhere £18K Ref: 106103

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Clinical Research Division


*Line Manager (CRAs) Anywhere! £55/60K Ref: 86488

*Clinical Project Manager London £48K Ref: 32100

*CRA II M4 Corridor £35K Ref: 52050

*Senior Data Analyst London £30/33K Ref: 107536