Four fifths of businesses with fewer than 250 staff expect their profitability to return to normal levels by the summer, a survey suggests. A third of the thousand companies polled also said that they would recruit additional staff to meet a recovery in demand. Sage, the business technology firm that conducted the survey, estimated that this could result in 1.2 million jobs being created this year. SponsoredRachel Carrell, founder and chief executive of Koru Kids, a childcare platform employing 40 people directly, is among those hiring. Since 2016 when Koru Kids was founded 11,500 nannies have signed up to the

Source: The Times May 14, 2021 08:48 UTC