Thursday, 09 February 2012

Recruiter
Accountancy

  • Nearly 400 applicants for PwC female partner shadowing scheme

    Fri, 3 Feb 2012

    Accountants PwC have seen nearly 400 applications for a scheme whereby female undergraduates will join the firm for one week this summer, as part of a drive to promote the accountancy profession amongst women.

  • City A.M. careers site launches today

    Fri, 3 Feb 2012

    London newspaper City A.M. has launched cityamcareers.com, a jobs site for the banking & financial, IT and legal sectors.

  • INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Tyler & Company gets Gee

    Fri, 3 Feb 2012

    Joan Elizabeth Gee has been appointed vice president of executive search firm Tyler & Company.Before joining the firm, Gee was a partner at US finance and technology interim, exec search, consulting and project staffing firm Tatum.She will be based out of the firm’s Atlanta office, and has 25 years of healthcare, finance and accountancy recruitment.

  • INTERNATIONAL Australia: Hot ‘orange collar’ mining skills revealed

    Thu, 2 Feb 2012

    Demand for staff driven by mining and mining-related construction requires a new tranche of ‘orange collar’ workers to emerge, according to Hays.

  • Robert Half International sees Q4 2011 revenue double 2010 total

    Mon, 30 Jan 2012

    Robert Half International’s results show that the recruiter’s net income in the calendar year 2011 was $149.9m (£95.3m), more than twice the 2010 figure of $66.1m.

  • Graduate salaries and competition for roles set to rise

    Thu, 26 Jan 2012

    The average starting salary for a graduate should increase by 4% to reach £26k a year, according to the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR).

  • INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Lucas Group promotes 14 across the company

    Wed, 25 Jan 2012

    North American executive search firm Lucas Group has promoted 14 associates throughout multiple practice groups within the company.

  • Recruiters: avoid getting caught in the middle-ground

    Fri, 20 Jan 2012

    Alan McBride, founder and managing director of newly-launched recruiter Camino Partners, tells Recruiter that businesses should look to be either large and competitive on fees, or small and specialised, in the above video:

  • Penna work for KPMG wins top RAD award

    Fri, 20 Jan 2012

    Recruitment marketing agency Penna’s Graduate Assessment campaign for KPMG took top honours of Work of the Year on Thursday night (19 January 2012) at the annual RAD Awards in London.

  • Sabbaticals and child care on agenda for 100 top employers

    Fri, 20 Jan 2012

    The 2012 ’100 Best Companies to Work For’ report has shown an increase in companies reaching the list offering paid sabbaticals and subsidized child care.

  • Grafton Banks Finance sets up public practice division

    Tue, 17 Jan 2012

    Finance recruitment firm Grafton Banks Finance, based in Hove, East Sussex, is to set up a public practice division, headed by current employee Claire Jones.

  • Dissatisfaction with graduates fuels demand for school leavers

    Mon, 16 Jan 2012

    New research by Adecco Group UK has highlighted widespread dissatisfaction with the quality of graduates leaving the UK’s universities, with a fifth (18%) of UK employers believing school leavers make better employees.

  • Morgan McKinley asks: will City jobs ever recover from recession?

    Thu, 12 Jan 2012

    With the number of new City jobs currently sitting at half of the 2007 level, recruiter Morgan McKinley says it is regularly asking itself whether financial services recruitment will ever fully recover.

  • Appointments: Eton Bridge gets Harris and Howard

    Wed, 11 Jan 2012

    Executive search and interim management firm Eton Bridge Partners has appointed Marc Harris and Sophie Howard.

  • Accountancy

    14 December 2011

    Accountants are as in demand now as they have been but it is the type of specialist roles that are bringing attraction challenges to the sector

  • City vacancies down 16%

    Mon, 5 Dec 2011

    November saw the creation of 2,760 City jobs, down 16% from the 3,160 in October, according to financial services recruiter Astbury Marsden.

  • Appointments: Penge to Advantage

    Mon, 5 Dec 2011

    Multi-sector recruiter Advantage Professional has hired Adrian Penge as managing consultant in the accounting and finance division of the firm’s Manchester office.Penge has over 15 years’ senior level financial recruitment, most recently at executive search and interim firm Archer Mathieson.He will work with clients across the North-West of England.

  • Brookson launches Connect software for freelancers

    Thu, 24 Nov 2011

    Accountancy firm Brookson has launched Brookson Connect software, developed alongside IT firms Insight UK, TVision Technology and Mando Group.

  • Appointments: Payne heads KPMG Europe’s people

    Tue, 22 Nov 2011

    Accountancy firm KPMG Europe has appointed Tim Payne as head of people.

  • Scottish permanent roles grow at fastest rate since May

    Mon, 21 Nov 2011

    Permanent and temporary staff placements, as well as salaries, have all risen in October, according to the latest ‘Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs’, with permanent placement growing at the fastest rate since May.

  • Reed sees record vacancy growth despite rising unemployment

    Thu, 17 Nov 2011

    The same day that unemployment rose to its highest level in nearly two decades, recruitment consultancy Reed reports, somewhat incongruously, that October saw the largest month-on-month growth in job opportunities since 2009.

  • Technically speaking there is optimism despite jobless rise

    Wed, 16 Nov 2011

    The number of people unemployed in the UK rose by 5.2% in the three months to September, reaching 2.62m people or 8.3% of the working-age population, but Phil Sheridan, the UK managing director of Robert Half International is keen to point out technical sectors where there are still job vacancies.

  • Appointments: Norrish in at Wade Macdonald

    Wed, 16 Nov 2011

    Finance, accountancy and HR recruiter Wade Macdonald has appointed Mark Norrish as business director.Norrish has 10 years’ experience of recruitment consultancy and management.

  • Contracts/Deals: Saffery Champness chooses Advorto’s ATS

    Tue, 15 Nov 2011

    Private client accountancy firm Saffery Champness has chosen on-demand recruitment solutions firm Advorto to manage its graduate and school-leaver recruitment.

  • Uncertain times increase demand for interim finance professionals

    Thu, 10 Nov 2011

    Almost two in five chief financial officers (CFOs) at UK companies say that their finance teams lack the time or resources required to support the business, according to research by banking and accountancy recruitment firm Robert Half International.

  • First job fall in two years, says REC

    Wed, 9 Nov 2011

    A marginal reduction in the number of permanent staff placements recorded by recruitment consultants in October is the first such monthly fall in two years, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG ‘Report on Jobs’.

  • Appointments: Collier heads Marks Sattin in UK and Ireland

    Tue, 8 Nov 2011

    Accountancy and financial recruiter Marks Sattin has promoted Paul Collier to UK & Ireland regional director.Collier has over a decade of industry experience, having joined the company as a graduate in 2001.In addition to the six present offices in the UK and Ireland, the company plans to open a Birmingham office in 2012.

  • Campbell launches Woodhaven Search

    Fri, 4 Nov 2011

    Woodhaven Search, a multi-sector rec-to-rec agency based in Scotland, has launched.As well as financial services, accountancy, IT, legal, HR and office services, Woodhaven will work in the oil & gas and engineering sectors.Founder Neil Campbell has 11 years recruitment industry experience, most recently with generalist recruiter Change Recruitment.

  • Large inflation for EY graduate applications

    Tue, 1 Nov 2011

  • Appointments: Jacquest joins Sheridan Maine in Portsmouth

    Fri, 28 Oct 2011

    Finance and accountancy recruiter Sheridan Maine has appointed Robyn Jacquest as senior consultant, working at the company’s newly-opened Portsmouth office.

  • International – Ireland: Ernst & Young creates 300 jobs

    Thu, 13 Oct 2011

    Ernst & Young will create 300 new jobs across Ireland over the next 12 months reportsThe BelfastTelegraph.

  • School leaver programmes equally as valid as degrees

    Wed, 12 Oct 2011

    School leaver programmes are just as viable a career route as university, according to a survey of career advisers by professional services firm PwC.

  • Accountants lack confidence on jobs market

    Mon, 10 Oct 2011

    Accountants are far more concerned over the health of the jobs market than HR departments, according to accountancy recruiter Marks Sattin.

  • Economic downturn and improved career progression causes accountants to seek overseas roles

    Thu, 6 Oct 2011

    Tougher economic times along with fewer opportunities for career progression are causing UK accountants to seek overseas roles, according to Max Williamson, director at accountancy careers site CareersinAudit.com.

  • PwC looks to source Chinese nationals in UK

    21 September 2011

    Growing Chinese investment in the UK is boosting the recruitment of Chinese nationals in PwC’s UK practice, according the firm’s global sourcing leader.

  • KPMG to double school leaver intake

    Mon, 19 Sep 2011

    Professional services firm KPMG is to double its school leaver intake from 90 to 180 in 2012, following the launch of its new School Leaver Programme.  

  • Appointments: Morgan McKinley hires Maher

    Thu, 25 Aug 2011

    Morgan McKinley Accounting, Finance & Support has appointed Emily Maher as manager of its London secretarial and office support team looking after temporary and permanent recruitment in this market.

  • Deloitte opens door for undergrad applications

    Fri, 1 Jul 2011

    Business advisory firm Deloitte has today opened the application process for 2012 entry to its graduate and undergraduate schemes.

  • Environmental practitioners happy with career change

    Thu, 23 Jun 2011

    Almost nine in 10 people who have entered an environmental practitioner role deem it a desirable career change of choice, according to research from Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA).

  • Young finance professionals lack long-term career plan

    Thu, 16 Jun 2011

    A recent survey conducted by recruitment specialist Robert Half indicates that more than one in four (27%) chief financial officers (CFOs) consider lack of long-term career plans the biggest mistake young accounting and finance professionals make in their careers.

  • PwC reaches UAE students

    15 June 2011

    Stockton: build relationships early on

  • Andersen Partnership looks to private equity to fund global growth

    Mon, 6 Jun 2011

    Australian recruitment agency, Andersen Partnership, is looking for private equity investment to fund a worldwide expansion that could see it employing up to 700 recruiters.

  • Use summer to work, Deloitte advises students

    Thu, 26 May 2011

    Deloitte, the business advisory firm, is urging students to gain work experience during their holidays, to enhance their employability when starting their career.

  • Companies unprepared for Bribery Act

    Thu, 19 May 2011

    One in seven employees polled at large UK companies are prepared to offer cash payments to secure business, and little more than half are aware of an anti-bribery policy at their firm.

  • Guy Hayward

    18 May 2011

    Vanessa Townsend met with the CEO of Goodman Masson

  • Strength in numbers

    18 May 2011

    Ernst & Young needed to find the top graduates but its selection approach wasn’t delivering as it should. Capp offered its strengths-based process

  • Budget: Make it easier to take on staff, urges Grant Thornton

    Tue, 22 Mar 2011

    The head of resourcing at accountancy firm Grant Thornton is calling on Chancellor George Osborne to make it easier for employers to hire staff.

  • GCS Recruitment Specialists launches accountancy division

    Thu, 3 Mar 2011

    IT recruiter GCS Recruitment Specialists has launched an accountancy division.

  • Strong international growth for Robert Walters

    Wed, 2 Mar 2011

    Robert Walters will continue to invest in regions with “strongest” opportunities for growth as revenues rise in its results for the year ended 31 December 2010.

  • Succession planning main focus for accountancy

    Thu, 24 Feb 2011

    Succession planning and attrition are the key concerns in the accountancy sector, according to Chris McCarthy, director at Hays Senior Finance.

  • Cost cutters in demand

    Wed, 23 Feb 2011

    Accountants with good cost analysis skills are increasingly in demand, according to Chris McCarthy, director at Hays Senior Finance.

  • Accountancy

    23 February 2011

    There is tough competition at the moment to secure the best accountants, meaning recruiters are having to work harder to mine the gems

  • Work, learn and earn at KPMG

    19 January 2011

    KPMG’s radical new approach to recruiting school leavers into their organisation and into accountancy could ring the changes for how other UK businesses and professions bring in fresh talent, KPMG head of audit Oliver Tant predicted last week.

  • Gen Y accountants look beyond Big 4

    Mon, 13 Dec 2010

    Generation Y accountants are increasingly looking beyond the big four accountancy firms in their formative years, according to a study carried out by accountancy & finance recruiter Marks Sattin.

  • M&A activity to boost job prospects, says Way

    Wed, 8 Dec 2010

    Sustained M&A activity is improving job prospects for financial services workers, according to Dave Way, managing director at accountancy & finance recruiter Marks Sattin.

  • Accountants to receive higher bonus than they expect

    Wed, 1 Dec 2010

    Accountants are set be pleased with the size of their bonus this year as businesses are due to pay more than finance staff expect, according to research from international recruiter Ambition.

  • Accountant counter offers on rise

    Mon, 29 Nov 2010

    More than a third (35%) of resigning accountants are being offered a pay rise to stay, according to research from financial services recruiter Marks Sattin.

  • ‘Significant’ rise in accountancy and finance jobs

    Mon, 15 Nov 2010

    International jobsite Alpha Financial Jobs says it has seen a “significant” increase in the number of UK recruiters in accountancy and finance advertising their job vacancies on its site.

  • Finance and accounting departments predict rising revenues

    Fri, 12 Nov 2010

    Most finance and accounting departments anticipate rising revenues but are encountering problems recruiting skilled professionals.

  • Brazil sees surge in accountancy jobs

    Mon, 11 Oct 2010

    Brazil has witnessed a 60% increase in the number of accountancy jobs over the past two years, according to accountancy recruiter Marks Sattin.

  • Contracts: Hays partners with ICM

    Wed, 28 Jul 2010

    Hays Accountancy & Finance has signed an exclusive partnership with the Institute of Credit Management (ICM) to provide members with an enhanced, dedicated recruitment service.

  • JSA introduces new CRM system

    Mon, 26 Jul 2010

    Accountancy-based service provider JSA has partnered with software specialists Digiterre to develop a state-of-the-art customer relationship management (CRM) system to improve its customer services.

  • Audits welcomed by FCSA members

    21 July 2010

    A director of the Big Four accountancy firm carrying out independent audits of prospective members of the FCSA (Freelancer & Contractor Services Association) says existing members have been “pleasantly surprised” by how much the audits “got under the skin of their businesses”.

  • Appointments: New consultant and new moves for Now Recruitment

    Fri, 25 Jun 2010

    Now Recruitment has hired Stewart Russell to work on the expanding T&L (trades and labour) team in its Edinburgh office.Before joining Now Recruitment, Russell worked for staffing firms Manpower and Careline.After three years on Now Recruitment’s T&L team, Stuart Hunter has moved to the freelance/permanent construction professional team.

  • RPO relationships are all about setting the tone and being a team

    23 June 2010

    The secret of a successful relationship with an RPO is for the RPO staff to feel part of the client company at least as much as their own, according to the head of HR at accountancy and professional services firm Deloitte.

  • Employers turn to counteroffers to retain accountancy talent

    Fri, 18 Jun 2010

    Employers are offering resigning accountants 20% pay rises to retain their services, according to data from WH Mark Sattin. 

  • Increase in accountancy contractors expecting financial institutions to create jobs

    Thu, 10 Jun 2010

    There has been a dramatic rise in the number of accountancy contractors expecting financial institutions to create more jobs over the next year, according to new research from giant group.

  • Management accountants most difficult to find

    Wed, 2 Jun 2010

    Four in 10 finance sector employers say management accountant roles are the most difficult to fill, according to a report from financial recruitment specialist Advantage Professional.

  • Appointments: Now Accountancy recruits consultants

    Thu, 13 May 2010

    Accounting and finance recruiter Now Accountancy has recruited Sarah Jones and Victoria McCreesh as consultants.

  • War for professional services talent ‘very much alive’, says Stockton

    Mon, 10 May 2010

    The war for talent in the professional services sector is ‘very much alive’, according to Sonja Stockton, PricewaterhouseCoopers’ head of recruitment.

  • Higher salaries key to attracting talent

    Mon, 26 Apr 2010

    Senior managers in finance and accountancy are increasingly looking to higher salaries as a way of enticing them to move to new jobs, according to a survey by Antal Russia (part of the FiveTen Group).

  • KPMG increases graduate recruitment to 1,000

    Thu, 22 Apr 2010

    Professional services firm KPMG is to increase its planned UK intake of graduates, school leavers and interns from 900 to over 1,000 for September 2010. This is due to growing signs that market demand for accountancy, tax and advisory services is set to rise, according to the company. The move follows KPMG’s announcement in February that it was raising its graduate intake for September to 750, meaning that total intake including interns and school leavers would be over 900. ...

  • Profits growth and ‘significant improvement’ at Robert Walters

    Thu, 8 Apr 2010

    Accountancy and finance recruiter Robert Walters has seen profits grow and “significant improvement” in recruitment activity, according to its interim management statement for the first quarter ending 31 March 2010.

  • WH Marks Sattin becomes Marks Sattin

    Thu, 8 Apr 2010

    Financial and accountancy recruiter WH Marks Sattin, part of the FiveTen Group, is to revert back to its former name Marks Sattin. Dave Way, EMEA managing director of WH Marks Sattin, told Recruiter: “It is a more succinct name. We found that the WH was a mouthful. Marks Sattin is a very strong brand in the UK. The past two years as WH Marks Sattin was as a result of the merger of the Asia practices with the UK.

  • City bankers and lawyers want more recognition

    Thu, 8 Apr 2010

    Most City financial professionals and lawyers (73%) think that they have performed above their current role and want recognition for what they have achieved, according to research from finance and accountancy recruiter Joslin Rowe.

  • Kellan records loss but sees ‘much stronger’ 2010

    Wed, 31 Mar 2010

    IT, accountancy, hospitality, leisure and professional services recruiter Kellan Group has made a loss of £4.4m but has already seen ‘much stronger performance’ in 2010.

  • Babyinterims.com launches

    Mon, 29 Mar 2010

    Martin Lloyd-Penny and specialist accounting outsource provider e-financial management have joined forces to set up babyinterims.com to cover maternity leave. The founder of matureaccountants.com has signed up 120 mature experienced interim managers and is now working on first assignments.The firm plans to use the new model to focus on niche markets. The next site due to be launched is healthyinterims.com which will provide cover for long term sickness.

  • Appointments: Walker Andersen appoints director

    Mon, 22 Mar 2010

    Accountancy recruiter Walker Andersen, the newly launched specialist recruitment brand of Andersen Partnership, has appointed Brian Schroder as a director of the partnership.

  • Appointments: Howarth Morris appoints divisional manager

    Tue, 16 Mar 2010

    Accountancy and finance recruiter Howarth Morris has appointed Helen Berry as divisional manager.Berry joins from Adele Carr Financial Recruitment.

  • Olympic accounting

    03 March 2010

    Accountants with strong commercial skills are in short supply on London’s Olympics project, according to Jean Tomlin, director of HR, London 2012.

  • Senior accountancy gender pay gap grows

    Thu, 25 Feb 2010

    The pay gap is widening between male and female accountants over 45, according to a study from financial recruiter Robert Half.

  • Brookson partners with Experian

    Wed, 24 Feb 2010

    Accountancy, tax and support services provider Brookson is now using Experian’s Authenticate Pro and Validator Plus software to verify new customers and speed up client induction.

  • Accountants in demand for London 2012

    Wed, 24 Feb 2010

    Accountants with strong commercial skills are in short supply on London’s Olympics project, according to Jean Tomlin, director of HR, London 2012.

  • Accountancy

    17-February-2010

    The country is slowly emerging from recession and so is the accountancy sector. The number of vacancies is rising but candidates are reluctant to move on and firms still aim to attract the best talent ahead of competitors, all of which could mean, in attracting the necessary headcount, the numbers may not add up.

  • Randstad firms integrate

    17-February-2010

    Financial services recruiter Joslin Rowe and accountancy & finance staffing firm Martin Ward Anderson are joining to create one professional recruitment company.

  • KPMG increases graduate intake

    Mon, 15 Feb 2010

    Professional services firm KPMG is to increase its graduate intake this September.

  • Joslin Rowe and Martin Ward Anderson join forces

    Fri, 29 Jan 2010

    Financial services recruiter Joslin Rowe and accountancy & finance staffing firm Martin Ward Anderson are joining to create one professional recruitment company.

  • Ernst & Young ranked best gay friendly accountancy employer

    Thu, 14 Jan 2010

    Ernst & Young has emerged as the top gay-friendly accountancy employer in the 2010 Stonewall Workplace Equality Index.

  • Hamill launches Andersen Partnership

    Tue, 15 Dec 2009

    Former chief operating officer of FiveTen Asia Pacific, Niall Hamill, today announced the acquisition of Stirling Andersen, a leading insurance recruiter based in Sydney.

  • Appointments: Rise Group hires McConnell

    Tue, 15 Dec 2009

    Rise Group has appointed Graeme McConnell to be the new business development manager of its Rise Executive arm.

  • Tougher regulations mean more demand for quality recruiters

    Fri, 4 Dec 2009

    Bill Haynes

  • Heat Recruitment Bristol bound

    Mon, 16 Nov 2009

    Accountancy, financial services, insurance and legal recruiter Heat Recruitment has opened a new office in central Bristol.

  • Bond Williams launches accountancy and IT divisions

    Mon, 19 Oct 2009

    Multi-sector recruiter Bond Williams has launched two new divisions in accountancy and finance, and IT and telecoms.

  • SJD Accountancy launches contractor rate checker

    Mon, 12 Oct 2009

    Contractor accountant SJD Accountancy has launched a contractor rate checker.The checker allows IT contractors to search for local and national daily pay rates in a variety of skill sets.The new webpage will link through to a job search on job board Technojobs.

  • HR transformations

    30-September 2009

    Setting up a shared service centre demands new skills and expertise. Deloitte turned to its RPO Alexander Mann Solutions to solve its challenge

  • Grads to Grant Thornton

    16-September 2009

    L-r: Grant Thornton’s Scott Barnes and Samantha Weston

  • KPMG reduces agency hiring

    16-September 2009

    KPMG Europe, one of the ‘Big four’ accountancy firms, plans to reduce its reliance on recruitment agencies. Ruth Elwood, head of recruitment and resourcing at KPMG Europe, told Recruiter that the firm is looking to increase its direct sourcing of experienced hires.“What we want to do is build our own talent pool from people who apply to us and be able to data mine that ourselves because it is the people who can sell, who can identify what we want, who we want,” ...

  • Recruiter rebrand

    16-September 2009

    Accountancy recruiter RK Accountancy has launched its rebrand. Paul Waite, managing director, said: “We are being affected by the recession like many other recruiters, but at a time when our competitors are contracting and moving out of geographies, we remain resolute and are investing in the brand.” Robert Woodford, head of marketing for the Kellan Group (RK Accountancy’s parent company), who managed the rebrand, added: “RK Accountancy provides a real business advantage over the larger ...

  • Ruth Elwood

    16-September 2009

    Colin Cottell interviews KPMG’s head of recruitment

  • RK Accountancy launches rebrand

    Tue, 8 Sep 2009

    Accountancy recruiter RK Accountancy has today launched its rebrand, following a six-month project.

  • Brewer Morris appoints associate director

    Tue, 8 Sep 2009

    Tax specialist recruiter Brewer Morris has appointed Tom Wilkinson to its in-house tax recruitment division as an associate director.Wilkinson studied accounting & finance at The University of Birmingham and has more than four years’ tax recruitment experience gained initially with Michael Page and most recently with Pure Taxation.  

  • Quay Accounting rebrands

    Thu, 3 Sep 2009

    Accountancy service Quay Accounting has rebranded as ClearSky Accounting as part of a strategy to adapt to the changing needs of contractors.

  • Grass is greener for Emerald Group

    Tue, 5 May 2009

    Niche, actuarial, risk and investment professions recruiter The Emerald Group has announced a 57% increase in its turnover to more than £6.6m.

  • More challenging for accountants

    Fri, 17 Apr 2009

    The accountant’s role is set to become more demanding during the next five years,  according to a new survey.

  • Accountancy rivalry rife

    Thu, 16 Apr 2009

    Workplace rivalry is on the increase in the accountancy profession with 69% saying that colleagues are becoming more competitive to retain their jobs, according to a survey by jobs board CareersinAudit.com.

  • City jobs market still contracting

    Wed, 18 Mar 2009

    Hiring activity in the City in February was significantly down on February 2008, according to Morgan McKinley’s latest London Employment Monitor.

  • Best's positive attitude for Spring

    18-Mar-2009

    Positive thinking has been the key to the success of a new division launched within Spring Group, according to one of the company’s internal recruiters. Best Professional Services was launched in September 2008, based in the company’s Birmingham office. It targets the sales and marketing,HR, accountancy and finance and supply chain and procurement sectors.Now, with the team growing to nine consultants and becoming successful despite the current economic ...

  • Public sector accounts for 37% of accountancy contractors

    Wed, 18 Feb 2009

    The public sector is now the second biggest employer of accountancy contractors in the UK, according to new research.

  • Mentioned in Dispatches

    18-Feb-2009

    A recruiter who claimed in a Channel 4 programme that recruitment agencies discriminated against older accountants said that response to his appearance has been “fantastic”.

  • Russia: Finance vacancies hit the market

    Thu, 12 Feb 2009

    The first month of the year has seen a 10-15% increase in the number of vacancies in Russia’s finance sector from December 2008, according to specialist recruitment company Antal Russia.

  • Accountancy, legal recruitment: Roddy Hammond steps down at Hammond Resources

    Mon, 12 Jan 2009

    Roddy Hammond, founder of Hammond Resources, has announced that he is leaving the company today (12 January).

  • SME accountants bolster accountancy recruiters

    Mon, 22 Dec 2008

    Accountancy recruiters supplying staff to small and medium accountants have not been as badly hit by the downturn as those supplying larger accountancy firms, according to recruiters.

  • Kellan Group cutting headcount by 10%

    Wed, 17 Dec 2008

    IT, accountancy, hospitality, leisure and professional services recruiter Kellan Group is cutting the number of its consultants by approximately 10%.

  • REC-BERR says most agency workers happy

    Tue, 16 Dec 2008

    Over two-thirds of agency workers (68%) are satisfied with their pay and 84% are happy with their recruitment agencies, according to research by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).

  • Hammond adds staff in Scotland

    Tue, 16 Dec 2008

    Hammond Resources, a division of Rise Group, has announced the hire of four new staff as the accountancy recruiter continues to cement its brand on Scotland’s marketplace.

  • Financial recruiter Ardent launches procurement, supply chain and logistics division.

    Fri, 12 Dec 2008

    Financial recruitment specialist, Ardent has launched a procurement, supply chain and logistics division. The division forms part of Ardent Search, its executive recruitment business.

  • Badenoch & Clark among recruiters to slash jobs

    12-Nov-2008

    Accountancy, finance, legal and public sector recruiter Badenoch & Clark is to cut its UK workforce by up to 8% due to the tough economic conditions.

  • Christmas cancelled

    Wed, 15 Oct 2008

    Recession causes employers to cancel Christmas

  • Accountancy

    14-May-2008

    There may have been job losses in the City, but the accountancy sector has held up well, despite fears of a more widespreadeconomic downturn