Globalisation and economic growth in recent years have led to more businesses and individuals requiring the services of the legal and accountancy professions. Buoyant areas have been in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, banking and finance, construction, technology and telecoms.

There are many positions available with the legal business sector ranging from solicitors, barristers, legal executives and paralegals.

Another big Business Service requirement is Accountancy and Financial Services roles.

Chartered accountants provide trustworthy information about financial records. This might involve them in financial reporting, taxation, auditing, forensic accounting, corporate finance, business recovery and insolvency, or accounting systems and processes. Generally, they play a strategic role by providing professional advice, aiming to maximise profitability on behalf of their client or employer. They work in many different settings, including public-practice firms, industry and commerce, as well as in the not-for-profit and public sectors.

There are also many other positions available such as, tax advisor, financial advisor, actuary and pensions advisor, to name a few.

Management Consultants are often required by many larger businesses. They are involved in providing objective advice, expertise and specialist skills with the aim of creating value, maximising growth or improving the business performance of their clients.

They are primarily concerned with the strategy, structure, management and operations of an organisation. Consultants can assist by identifying options with recommendations, providing additional resources and/or the implementation of solutions.

Consultants operate across a wide variety of services such as business strategy, marketing, financial and management controls, human resources, information technology, e-business and operations, and supply-chain management.

As with the type of work, the range of consultancy firms also varies from the larger firms that offer end-to-end solutions to smaller or niche firms that offer specialist expertise, skills and industry knowledge.

Risk Managers are sometimes brought in to large organisations. At a strategic level, risk managers are responsible for designing processes, policies and procedures to identify and manage threats to the achievement of organisational or business objectives. In addition to threats to the organisation and its employees, risk managers are also responsible for managing risks to its customers, reputation, assets and interests of stakeholders. Risk managers contribute to business and organisational decisions by measuring and comparing risk with reward.

There are varying degrees of specialism and levels at which risk managers work depending on the organisation and the sector. Risk managers work in virtually all sectors and areas of specialism including enterprise risk, corporate governance, regulatory and operational risk, business continuity, information and security risk, technology risk and market and credit risk.

There are several specialist Internet Job boards and Job sites advertising vacancies in the Business Service Sector.