Thursday, 09 February 2012

Recruiter
Banking & Financial Services

  • Banks to offer thousands more apprenticeships

    Wed, 8 Feb 2012

    As National Apprenticeship Week continues, skills minister John Hayes has announced that a number of major high street banks will significantly increase apprenticeship places.

  • Alexander Daniels expands into search

    Wed, 8 Feb 2012

    Birmingham financial recruiter Alexander Daniels has launched an executive search division.

  • Robert Half announces 12 promising jobs for 2012

    Tue, 7 Feb 2012

    With recruiter Robert Half’s 2012 Salary Guides suggesting that finance and IT jobs should dominate the jobs market in 2012, the firm has released a list of ‘high-potential’ jobs for the year.

  • Smaller banks drive ‘recovery’ in City jobs market

    Mon, 6 Feb 2012

    Small and medium-sized banks taking advantage of available talent have driven a small recovery in the City jobs market, says financial services recruiter Astbury Marsden.

  • UK & IRELAND Appointments: Mackie to Alexander Lloyd

    Mon, 6 Feb 2012

    Specialist finance recruiter Alexander Lloyd, based in Crawley, West Sussex, has appointed Darren Mackie as a consultant to its compliance team.Mackie was previously with Southampton-based recruiter Hillman Saunders, having been a director at financial recruiter Antony Clay Search and Selection.He started his career with stints at Reed and Hays.

  • 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.

  • Spencer Ogden hits £1m EBIT in its second year

    Fri, 3 Feb 2012

    Energy recruiter Spencer Ogden has recorded turnover of £18.4m in its second year of trading, ending 31 December 2011, with £1m earnings before interest and tax (EBIT).

  • 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.

  • Eurostaff restructures to ensure brand clarity

    Thu, 2 Feb 2012

    Technology, finance and energy recruiter Eurostaff has restructured.

  • Boris bank plan could ‘easily’ provide a boost to City

    Wed, 1 Feb 2012

    Banking and City recruiters say London Mayor Boris Johnson’s call for French banks to bring their jobs to London could actually be a more realistic proposal than it might seem on the surface.

  • 2011: good year for IT jobs and salaries

    Wed, 1 Feb 2012

    Last year showed an uplift in job postings and the fastest salary growth rate in three years, according to data from specialist IT recruitment website CWJobs.co.uk and JobsAdsWatch.

  • Contracts/Deals: Hays is sole ICM provider

    Mon, 30 Jan 2012

    Specialist recruiter Hays Credit Management has been appointed as the sole provider of a dedicated recruitment and career development service for the Institute of Credit Management (ICM).

  • Lucy Bristow launches senior and executive division

    Fri, 27 Jan 2012

    Multi-sector recruiter Lucy Bristow Appointments has launched an executive and senior appointments division.

  • The Money Shop takes pawnbroking job creation to 880

    Wed, 25 Jan 2012

    The pawnbroking industry is in rude health, with the creation by The Money Shop of 330 jobs at 50 new pawnbroker stores coming in the same month as two other pawnbrokers created a total of 550 jobs.

  • 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.

  • UK & IRELAND Appointments: Communicate has Chaplin launch new office

    Wed, 25 Jan 2012

    Gary Chaplin has joined multi-sector and executive search Communicate Recruitment Solutions where he has launched its new Manchester-based North of England operation, Communicate North.

  • INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Boyden hires three MDs for San Francisco

    Wed, 25 Jan 2012

    Global executive search firm Boyden has appointed three new managing directors to its San Francisco office.

  • Appointments: Michael Page makes Bracey CFO

    Mon, 23 Jan 2012

    Andrew Bracey has been appointed chief financial officer (CFO) by recruiter Michael Page International.

  • 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:

  • Economy stabilising despite rising unemployment?

    Wed, 18 Jan 2012

    While UK unemployment has risen again, The Work Foundation and Robert Half think the picture is not quite as bleak as it seems - but the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) sounds a note of caution.

  • Tim Evans from Boxington on Recruiter Fast 50 firms

    Wed, 18 Jan 2012

    Recruiter’s 2012 Fast 50 league table of the UK’s fastest growing recruitment companies shows a change in composition, as Tim Evans, managing director of Boxington Corporate Finance, explains in the video above:

  • Pawnbrokers seek great reputations in face of Dickensian notions

    Tue, 17 Jan 2012

    Challenging preconceptions of their industry is a key test for pawnbrokers, but also a very much surmountable one.

  • 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.

  • INTERNATIONAL Africa: Barclays uses Role Manager

    Tue, 17 Jan 2012

    Barclays Africa has started using Role Manager, providing it with a new career development site, employee portal and allowing it to provide employees with centrally-managed information about their job roles.

  • 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.

  • Scottish labour market in third month of decline

    Mon, 16 Jan 2012

    The Bank of Scotland’s Report on Jobs shows that the growth of the Scottish labour market fells to the slowest rate in over a year, with permanent staff placements decreased for the first time in 15 months.

  • RBS job losses can be absorbed says Selby Jennings

    Fri, 13 Jan 2012

    Following this week’s announcement that RBS is axing 3,500 jobs in its investment banking arm, Steve Yendell, executive director at City recruiter Selby Jennings, says that projected growth in the financial sector will be sufficient to absorb the job losses.

  • INTERNATIONAL Appointments: CTPartners promotes around the world

    Fri, 13 Jan 2012

    Global retained executive search firm, CTPartners, has promoted eight consultants worldwide.

  • 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: Argyll Scott has Butts and Burdon

    Thu, 12 Jan 2012

    Recruiter Argyll Scott Technology has appointed Anne-Marie Butts and Tom Burdon as senior consultants.Butts joins from Nicoll Curtin, to recruit for senior banking roles. Burdon heads recruitment for contract infrastructure roles across all industries of the business.Managing director Rodney Fraser says: “While trading conditions remain challenging we continue to grow our business and increase our market share in our chosen sectors.”

  • Appointments: JCW has Rice

    Thu, 12 Jan 2012

    Ashley Rice has been appointed UK managing director at JCW, recruiter of risk, compliance and audit professionals to the financial services and consulting sector.A statement from JCW says that Rice will spend his first month at the firm “acclimatising and gaining insight”, before formalising a strategy to meet its growth targets.Rice arrives following 10 years at Hays, where he most recently held the role of director for sales, retail and marketing.

  • Appointments: Cameron-Webb to Burns Sheehan

    Wed, 11 Jan 2012

    Darrell Cameron-Webb has been appointed head of investment banking at IT recruiter Burns Sheehan.Cameron-Webb has 14 years of recruitment experience.Managing director Sean Burns says, “Despite the uncertain times in the financial market over the last few months, we have managed to grow our Finance team & the addition of Darrell with his knowledge and experience will further enhance our offering & capabilities.”

  • 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.

  • Hays sees net fee income growth of 8% despite decline in UK

    Tue, 10 Jan 2012

    Hays has seen net fee income across the group grow by 8% adjusted for currency for the quarter ended 31 December 2011 compared the same period in 2010.

  • Qualified applicants per City vacancy up 50%, as roles decline 8%

    Mon, 9 Jan 2012

    The number of new City job vacancies in the calendar year 2011 fell by 8%, from 58,830 in 2010, to 54,020.

  • INTERNATIONAL Lithuania: Bright Purple expands eastwards

    Mon, 9 Jan 2012

    IT and financial services recruiter Bright Purple has today opened for business an office in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, which will serve as a Central/Eastern Europe and Scandinavia HQ.

  • INTERNATIONAL: WEF report calls for increased talent mobility

    Fri, 6 Jan 2012

    A broader view of talent mobility, beyond traditional international assignments, is necessary to grow businesses, industries and economies.

  • Camino Partners launches

    Fri, 6 Jan 2012

    Camino Partners, a recruiter of financial professionals to the recruitment industry, has been newly launched by Alan McBride and Sachin Ruparelia.

  • Contracts/Deals: Euromedica and Archer Mathieson form partnership

    Thu, 5 Jan 2012

    Sister companies Euromedica, a life science executive search firm, and Archer Mathieson, an HR, procurement and finance recruiter for senior level roles, have formed a strategic partnership.

  • Financial sector drives increased demand for interim managers

    Wed, 4 Jan 2012

    A 22% increase in the demand for interim managers in the quarter to 30 September 2011 means demand is now at its highest level since Q3 2009.

  • Reed job index ends 2011 17% up on 2010

    Tue, 3 Jan 2012

    Job vacancies in December were 17% higher in December 2011 than in the same month the previous year, according to recruitment consultancy Reed’s Job Index.

  • CBI calls for a new approach to growth

    Tue, 3 Jan 2012

    In his New Year message, Confederation of British Industry (CBI) director-general John Cridland says that the UK must act now to “rebalance” its economy or see debt levels continue to grow.

  • HR staff on rise says oakleaf

    January 2012

    RECRUITMENT OF HUMAN resources staff is on the rise at small-and-medium enterprises within fi nancial services and the insurance industry as the new year begins, according to HR recruiter Oakleaf Partnership.

  • Do not raise flag above your head taking up counter-offer

    Fri, 23 Dec 2011

    Workers must consider whether they want to “put a big flag above your head” by accepting a festive bonus and then a counter-offer.

  • Contracts/Deals: Cala joins AESC

    Thu, 22 Dec 2011

    French executive search firm Cala Partners has achieved membership of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC).

  • INTERNATIONAL Romania: TRANSEARCH opens in Bucharest

    Wed, 21 Dec 2011

    Executive search firm TRANSEARCH has opened a new office in Bucharest, Romania.

  • INTERNATIONAL Appointments: CTPartners hires in Brazil and Chile

    Wed, 21 Dec 2011

    CTPartners, a global retained executive search firm, has made two appointments in its offices in South America.

  • Itchy feet in the public sector, says Robert Walters survey

    Fri, 16 Dec 2011

    Just under half of all professionals believe they should change jobs every three to five years, with public sector workers the most open to moving more frequently, according to recruiter Robert Walters’s Career Insights Survey 2011, which can be viewed here.

  • INTERNATIONAL India: Hiring surge in November

    Fri, 16 Dec 2011

    Hiring activities across all sectors surged in November, with IT, telecoms and business process outsourcing (BPO) particularly strong, reports The Hindu Business Line based on a report from jobsite Naukri.com.

  • Contracts/Deals: Putting headhunting together to form The Webber Fox Group

    Thu, 15 Dec 2011

    Headhunters Carrington Fox, Fletcher Flemming and Webber Chase will merge to form financial and legal headhunter The Webber Fox Group, and will operate out of offices in London, New York and Hong Kong.The Webber Fox Group will operate under four different brands, listed below:Carrington Fox - hiring into global markets front office rolesWebber Chase - hiring into commodities rolesWebber Fox - hiring into infrastructure rolesFletcher Flemming ...

  • INTERNATIONAL Hong Kong: LMA opens its doors

    Thu, 15 Dec 2011

    Financial services recruiter LMA Recruitment has opened a Hong Kong office, following the opening of a Singapore operation in January.

  • Unemployment stabilises but concerns remain

    Wed, 14 Dec 2011

    The unemployment rate remained at 8.3%, or 2.64m people, in the quarter from August to October, as the UK economy shows signs of ’stabilising’, suggests employment minister Chris Grayling.

  • Money's too tight to mention

    14 December 2011

    The flow of funding for staffing companies seems to be in jeopardy again. Colin Cottell investigates the problems and solutions facing the industry

  • Contractor pay cuts are better handled than in the past

    Tue, 13 Dec 2011

    In the wake of hasty pay cuts announced at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for contractor staff, one recruiter of contract staff to banks tells Recruiter that banks and City organisations have learnt that they must treat such staff better.

  • Contracts/Deals: Stott & May gets seven-figure funding from NatWest and RBS

    Tue, 13 Dec 2011

    Banking & financial services, technology and retail recruiter Stott & May Professional Search has secured a “seven-figure funding line” from NatWest and RBS Invoice Finance.

  • Interim staff play larger role in finance teams

    Mon, 12 Dec 2011

    Over three in five chief finance officers plan to add new temporary and/or interims staff to their teams in 2012, according to research from recruiter Robert Half.

  • UK boards get more diverse but executive pay remains opaque

    Mon, 12 Dec 2011

    The diversity of UK boards over the last 24 years has changed for the better, but the link between executive pay and performance remains hard to discern, reports an Economic and Social Research Council-funded study by the University of Exeter Business School.

  • Financial sector lures IT contractors

    Fri, 9 Dec 2011

    The financial sector will pay up to 25% more than other sectors for digital IT contractors, leading to a potential exodus into the sector, according to a new report from IT recruiter JM Digital.

  • INTERNATIONAL Ireland: Professional demand up on 2011

    Thu, 8 Dec 2011

    While there has been a month-on-month decrease of 12% in the number of new professional jobs in Ireland, there are 24% more than the same point last year, according to Morgan McKinley’s Irish Employment Monitor.

  • Appointments: Astbury to Eximius

    Wed, 7 Dec 2011

    Legal, banking and engineering recruiter Eximius Group has appointed Astbury Marsden co-founder Jonathan Astbury to its senior finance team.Astbury has over 20 years’ financial services experience, having also founded recruitment consultancy Sandton Group, and worked at Harrison Willis.Nick Stevens, chief executive of Eximius Group, says: “We look forward to deepening reach into existing clients, and developing a new client base in the UK and international markets with him.”

  • Procurement vacancies up by a third

    Tue, 6 Dec 2011

    There has been a 33% increase in procurement and supply management job vacancies advertised in Q2 2011 compared to the same period in 2010, according to figures compiled by recruiter Hays Procurement and the Chartered Institue of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS),

  • Appointments: Smith to cer Financial

    Tue, 6 Dec 2011

    Luke Smith has been appointed specialist project management consultant at recruitment consultancy cer Financial.Smith moves from insurance provider Admiral Group, where he had worked for three years.

  • 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: Rumney joins Cititec

    Mon, 5 Dec 2011

    City IT recruiter Cititec has appointed Jason Rumney as a senior recruitment consultant working on the development desk.Rumney will specialise in recruiting for software and web development roles.Rumney joins from recruitment consultancy IT talent, having started his career at SAP.

  • 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.

  • Appointment: Nixon to threesixty

    Mon, 5 Dec 2011

    Management and executive recruiter threesixty has appointed Sophie Nixon as partner.Nixon joins from Robert Half International and has specialised in senior financial recruitment in the North-West of England for more than 15 years.

  • Looking on the bright side...

    30 November 2011

    Recent findings reveal that turnover is up and overall the recruitment sector seems to be strengthening

  • City workers bonus expectation down in 2011

    Tue, 29 Nov 2011

  • Appointments: Keshwani and Guy to Oakleaf

    Tue, 22 Nov 2011

    HR recruiter Oakleaf Partnership has appointed Baqer Keshwani and Will Guy to its reward and analytics team.Both will focus on City and financial services clients as part of the now five-strong team.

  • Appointments: Cititec takes on Lee

    Tue, 22 Nov 2011

    Banking and financial services IT recruiter Cititec has appointed Jerri Lee as contractor management consultant.Lee was previously customer care and compliance manager at IT recruiter Empiric Solutions.She will be in charge of ensuring contractors are happy within assignments, overseeing the renewal process and networking amongst the contractor community to ensure optimum delivery of service.

  • Bright Purple launches new academy

    Mon, 21 Nov 2011

    IT and financial services recruiter Bright Purple Resourcing has announced it is launching a new internal training facility.

  • Business services firms still concerned for future

    Fri, 18 Nov 2011

    Performance levels in the business service sector has revealed a significant rise during Q3 2011, however confidence for the future among business owners is still a concern, according to new tracking data.

  • Contracts/Deals: Kelly acquires Brazilian Tradição

    Fri, 18 Nov 2011

    US temporary workforce provider Kelly Services has announced the acquisition of Brazilian temporary, permanent and executive recruiter Tradição Tecnologia e Serviços.

  • 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.

  • Appointments: Smyth and Sheerman to Alexander Daniels

    Wed, 16 Nov 2011

    Financial, executive and corporate governance recruiter Alexander Daniels has recently appointed two new senior consultants, Louisa Smyth and Kerry Sheerman.

  • INTERNATIONAL Appointments: New managing partners at TRANSEARCH Paris

    Wed, 16 Nov 2011

    Bruno Serey and Jean-François Monteil have joined executive search firm TRANSEARCH International’s office in Paris as co-managing partners.

  • UK jobs market shows signs of stabilising says Adecco

    Mon, 14 Nov 2011

    Despite the doom and gloom brought on by the Eurozone crisis, the UK jobs market showed signs of stabilising in October, according to Adecco.

  • Construction bucks trend and builds contractor demand

    Mon, 14 Nov 2011

  • Digital arm for JM Group

    Fri, 11 Nov 2011

    IT recruiter JM Group has launched its digital recruitment arm, as it expands away from the banking sector to work with digital marketing agencies.

  • Global M&A appetite unharmed by economic uncertainty

    Fri, 11 Nov 2011

    Global economic instability is having surprisingly little impact on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) strategy, according to research among FT Global 500 organisations by global law firm, Hogan Lovells.

  • Contracts/Deals: ITHR and DataContent partner

    Fri, 11 Nov 2011

    Specialist software firm IT Human Resources (ITHR) and management consultancy DataContent have formed an exclusive partnership.This creates a dedicated recruitment service for the specialist market data sector, placing candidates into financial organisations.

  • Reducing the value of Channel Islands job market?

    Thu, 10 Nov 2011

  • 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.

  • Career changes open up to older workers

    Thu, 10 Nov 2011

    The abolition of the official retirement age makes career changes for older professionals more likely, suggests trading and brokerage house, Schneider Trading Associates (STA).

  • Appointments: McKay joins Boyden in London

    Thu, 10 Nov 2011

    Global executive search firm Boyden has appointed Neil McKay as partner in the firm’s London office.

  • Appointments: Stanton Chase catches Cheshire

    Thu, 10 Nov 2011

    Executive search firm Stanton Chase International has appointed Andrew Cheshire as consultant.Cheshire, who has over 15 years’ experience in recruitment, specialising in wealth management and banking, most recently worked for a financial services executive search firm in Zurich.Previously he worked with Highland Partners (now Heidrick and Struggles) and was head of research at Jamieson Scott and Prowess.Cheshire will be based in Stanton Chase’s London office.

  • Monster: transport, post and logistics on top

    Wed, 9 Nov 2011

    Online recruitment demand was up a single percentage point in October, with more than half of industries and sectors reporting some growth, according to job board Monster’s Employment Index UK.

  • Credit professionals call for government help for late payments

    Wed, 9 Nov 2011

  • 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: Allen and Brian to Bond Williams

    Wed, 9 Nov 2011

    Bournemouth multi-sector recruiter Bond Williams has appointed Kate Allen and Robin Brian as senior recruitment consultants.Allen has seven years’ recruitment experience in office-based and finance roles. She joins the commercial permanent recruitment desk.Brian heads the human resources division, having seven years’ experience in HR-related areas of recruitment at all levels of seniority.

  • INTERNATIONAL: Executive search revenues find stability

    Wed, 9 Nov 2011

    Revenues in the executive search industry globally have remained stable, despite a fall in the number of searches, according to data from the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC).

  • UK pay to rise by 3% next year

    Tue, 8 Nov 2011

  • 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.

  • Appointments: Howarth Morris launches HR team, hires five

    Tue, 8 Nov 2011

    Financial recruiter Howarth Morris has launched an HR division jointly headed by new hire Daisy Ali, alongside regional manager Ian Lenehan.Ali has eight years’ recruitment experience, the last three of which was in HR.The company has also recruited Dave Kissack as a business manager in finance, Sarah Batty as senior finance consultant, Ben Spence as insolvency consultant and Rebecca Shaw as finance consultant.

  • INTERNATIONAL Ireland: First month-on-month job rise in seven months

    Tue, 8 Nov 2011

    New jobs in the Republic of Ireland are on the up, according to the Irish Employment Monitor published by multi-sector recruiter Morgan McKinley.

  • Confusion over City job health as crunch time nears

    Mon, 7 Nov 2011

    Three reports from different UK recruiters reveal that the picture for jobs in the City is confusing, even for those at the coalface.

  • Manpower survey reveals drop in hiring intentions

    Mon, 7 Nov 2011

  • Jobs-wise, the grads are all right

    Mon, 7 Nov 2011

    UK graduate employment is increasing steadily, with graduate level jobs at a record high, according to the Higher Education Careers Services Unit’s (HECSU’s) annual ‘What Do Graduates Do?’ report.

  • Candidate shortage creates City IT bidding war

    Mon, 7 Nov 2011

  • INTERNATIONAL South Africa: Unemployment drops

    Thu, 3 Nov 2011

  • Appointments: Smith and Fransz strengthen Burns Sheehan

    Wed, 2 Nov 2011

    City IT recruiter Burns Sheehan has appointed Stuart Fransz and Louise Smith as delivery consultants.Fransz will work within the commerce and consulting team, and Smith joins the banking and finance division.

  • INTERNATIONAL Singapore: APAC HQ for McGregor Boyall

    Wed, 2 Nov 2011

    Financial services recruiter McGregor Boyall has opened a Singapore office as the base for its Asia-Pacific (APAC) operations, which will be staffed by two new hires.

  • Passport to screening paradise for Cititec?

    Wed, 2 Nov 2011

    With increasingly stringent reference and background checks at banks and other City institutions, director of operations and co-founder of City IT recruiter Cititec has told Recruiter the company is considering creating a screening passport.

  • Tightening reference checks by degrees

    2 November 2011

    As banks and financial service organisations call for ever more stringent pre-employment checks, this trend points to the need to introduce a reference passport

  • Using Hangouts tests applicants

    2 November 2011

    Recruiters at Moneysupermarket.com have successfully used Hangouts, the group video chat application on new social network Google+, to meet and interview candidates for specialist IT roles at the personal finance site.

  • Video the star for Moneysupermarket.com hires

    Mon, 31 Oct 2011

    Personal finance site Moneysupermarket.com has welcomed five new specialist IT recruits to the company following an innovative recruitment process.

  • Reed Index gives good news for most

    Mon, 31 Oct 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.

  • Half of companies worldwide lack talent

    Thu, 27 Oct 2011

    Almost half of international companies do not believe they have the talent required to implement their strategy, according to a survey published by global recruiters Grafton Employment Group.

  • Death of glass ceiling for women?

    Thu, 27 Oct 2011

    Less than a quarter of HR directors believe that men have an advantage over women in the workplace, according to research by financial recruitment consultant Robert Half.

  • Appointments: Witts and Reynolds to Cititec

    Thu, 27 Oct 2011

    City IT recruiter Cititec has appointed Chris Witts as account delivery consultant and Jamie Reynolds as senior consultant to the permanent team.Reynolds will focus on software development and quantitative analytics positions. He previously worked for financial services recruiter James Associates and generalist Real Staffing.Witts arrives from multi-sector recruiter Networkers International.

  • Appointments: Robinson Keane has Hope

    Thu, 27 Oct 2011

    Kerry Hope has joined financial recruiter Robinson Keane Finance Professionals as associate director.Hope will have particular responsibility for Yorkshire markets.

  • INTERNATIONAL Ireland: Hedgeserv creates 300 new jobs

    Wed, 26 Oct 2011

    Hedge fund managers Hedgeserv will create 300 new jobs over the next two years, according to Ireland’s Independent newspaper.

  • Appointments: Randstad Interim

    Fri, 21 Oct 2011

    Randstad Interim Executives has strengthened its team with two key appointments.

  • Appointments: Specialist expands

    Fri, 21 Oct 2011

    Multi-sector recruiter Specialist Recruitment Group has appointed four new consultants.Paul Singh joins as head of the legal division, following 11 years recruiting for private and in-house roles.Sion Woodward, also with 11 years of experience, arrives to launch the company’s new mechanical and engineering division, joining from Swanstaff Recruitment.Abby Spencer and Brett McGarrigle both join the financial division.

  • Appointments: Durante and O’Donnell to Change

    Thu, 20 Oct 2011

    Multi-sector recruiter Change Recruitment has added Gareth Durante and Marc O’Donnell to its financial services team.Durante joins as a senior consultant and O’Donnell as a business manager.

  • INTERNATIONAL Ireland: Limerick welcomes new companies

    Wed, 19 Oct 2011

  • Appointments: Co-op Banking Group hires Gledhill

    Wed, 19 Oct 2011

    The Co-operative Banking Group has appointed Benjamin Gledhill as resourcing adviser.Based in Manchester, Gledhill is part of central functions at the Co-operative Banking Group.He was previously relationship manager for Premier Foods via Alexander Mann Solutions, recruitment manager at professional services provider Agilisys and before that internal resourcing adviser at Genesis Communications.

  • Housing graduate talent

    19 October 2011

    Capricorn Wealth Management turned to sales recruiter Spencer Harrington to source top graduate talent to train up as mortgage brokers

  • Goodman Masson's staff fund aids retention

    19 October 2011

    Hayward: trying to shape the industry

  • INTERNATIONAL China: Foreign workers on rise

    Mon, 17 Oct 2011

    The number of foreign workers in China rose by nearly 4% between 2009 and 2010, according to Xinhuanet.com

  • Appointments: Square Mile takes on Palvig Ostroff Gerver

    Fri, 14 Oct 2011

    Tilly Palvig Ostroff Gerver has joined financial and legal recruiter Square Mile Connections.Palvig Ostroff Gerver will be based in London, working in the company’s banking and finance division.

  • City professionals expect bonus

    Tue, 11 Oct 2011

    Nine out of 10 (89%) City finance professionals expect to receive a bonus this year, according to research from eFinancialCareers.

  • Finance professionals expect bonus

    Fri, 7 Oct 2011

    Most financial services professionals anticipate pay rises and bonuses in spite of challenging market conditions, according to a survey of 1,600 City workers in non-revenue generating roles by finance staffing specialist Robert Walters.

  • Contracts/Deals: HSBC chooses Resource Solutions

    Fri, 7 Oct 2011

    Global bank HSBC has chosen recruitment outsourcing provider Resource Solutions as its RPO provider. Resource Solutions will provide RPO solutions for permanent, temporary and contract recruitment for HSBC Global Businesses.

  • Appointments: Parkside Recruitment picks Stuart John

    Thu, 6 Oct 2011

    Finance and office professional staffing specialist Parkside Recruitment has appointed Stuart John as executive consultant.John will recruit for office professionals in Uxbridge.

  • Parkside Recruitment opens Baker Street office

    Wed, 5 Oct 2011

    Finance and office professional staffing specialist Parkside Recruitment has opened a new office on Baker Street in London.Following its recent acquisition by global recruiter Antal International, Parkside has opened the office to complement its accountancy & finance and office professional teams in Uxbridge and Staines.Meanwhile, Brian Poxon has been appointed regional manager, accounting & finance for Parkside in London.

  • Profits up at Allemby Hunt

    Wed, 5 Oct 2011

    Financial recruiter Allemby Hunt has seen a 29% increase in turnover for the year ending August 31 2011. 

  • International Appointments: CTPartners hires O’Shea as global head insurance practice

    Wed, 5 Oct 2011

    Global retained executive search firm CTPartners has appointed Laurie O’Shea as vice chairman and global head of the insurance practice.O’Shea will also be a member of the board & CEO practice, and will align herself with the middle market corporate finance sector within the financial services practice.O’Shea joins CTPartners from Russell Reynolds Associates.

  • Financial sector firms expect to cut headcount

    Mon, 3 Oct 2011

    Financial sector firms have put the brakes on hiring and are looking to cut headcount, according to the latest CBI/PwC ‘Financial Services Survey’.The survey reveals the pace of growth in the UK financial services sector continued to slow in the three months to September.While numbers employed rose modestly (+5%) but at a far slower rate than expected (+20%) in the coming quarter, firms are expected to reduce headcount (-11%).

  • Appointments: Ainsley Morgan recruits Guy and Purr

    Thu, 29 Sep 2011

    South-East based recruiter Ainsley Morgan Appointments has made two new hires for its Bromley office.Carly Guy joins as marketing co-ordinator, heading up marketing communication activities for the company.Charles Purr has been appointed as consultant at Ainsley Morgan, specialising in banking & finance, following a university placement year.

  • Appointments: Glasford International gets Miguel Swaen

    Wed, 28 Sep 2011

    Executive search firm Glasford International has appointed Miguel Swaen as director, finance & legal.Swaen, who established Glasford International Netherlands more than 14 years ago, started his career at IBM and held sales management and executive appointments with technology leaders such as Tandem and Hewlett Packard (formerly Synstar Computer Services).

  • City job numbers fall in August

    Thu, 15 Sep 2011

    The number of new City jobs fell in August, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.

  • Java and C# IT professionals in short supply

    Mon, 12 Sep 2011

    IT professionals with Java and C# are in short supply, according to the latest IT recruitment report from financial services recruiter McGregor Boyall.

  • Robinson Keane Finance Professionals to launch

    Fri, 9 Sep 2011

    Kellan Group has launched Robinson Keane Finance Professionals, a new division aimed at the senior finance market.

  • Filling a gap at the top

    7 September 2011

    When software companyCaplin Systemswanted to recruit a new chief financial officer, fdu groupwas brought in to make the right connections

  • Appointments: RBS recruits Arvinder Dhesi

    Tue, 6 Sep 2011

    Banking giant RBS Group has appointed Arvinder Dhesi to the newly created role of director, group talent.

  • Admiral Group turns to own website to fill most new roles

    Mon, 5 Sep 2011

    Admiral Group is to use its own website to recruit the “majority” of new hires to fill 200 new roles, according to a spokesperson for the insurance provider.

  • 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.

  • £2,000-a-day Hays contractors dictated by market, says RBS

    Wed, 24 Aug 2011

    Following newspaper reports that some contractors supplied by Hays are earning as much as £2,000 a day, RBS says it has little or no influence over the rates earned by contractors.

  • HB International buys Ingram Mayet

    Wed, 24 Aug 2011

    Global executive search firm, HB International, has acquired specialist recruiter Ingram Mayet.

  • Appointments: Promotions at Eames Consulting Group and half-year results

    Wed, 24 Aug 2011

    Eames Consulting Group, the specialist recruitment solutions provider to the banking, insurance and professional services sectors, has made two promotions.

  • International Appointments: Odgers Berndtson recruits Thomson as partner

    Tue, 23 Aug 2011

    Global executive search and consultancy firm Odgers Berndtson has appointed Alexander G Thomson as partner and head of its US asset management practice in the Boston, Massachusetts office.

  • London School of Business and Finance guarantees grads a job

    Fri, 19 Aug 2011

    The London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) has launched Trium, a new undergraduate programme, which guarantees a graduate level, full-time position within six months of graduation.

  • News Analysis: Top students unconcerned by City recruitment freezes

    Thu, 18 Aug 2011

    With City jobs under ever-greater scrutiny in the recession, City recruitment firms have told Recruiter of freezes imposed by clients.

  • Change Recruitment Group on recruitment drive

    Thu, 18 Aug 2011

    Scottish financial services recruiter Change Recruitment Group is to grow its 100-strong workforce by 30% across its Glasgow and Edinburgh offices by next April.The move comes as the firm records a turnover of £14.7m for the 2010/11 financial year, up 51% in annual turnover on the 2009/10 figure of £9.8m.The new roles will be across Change’s domestic and international divisions.

  • City jobs on slide

    Wed, 17 Aug 2011

    The number of new City jobs fell by 10% month-on-month in July, according to the latest the Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.

  • Michael Page expects ‘modest growth’ as revenues rise

    Mon, 15 Aug 2011

    Global recruiter Michael Page International expects ‘modest growth’ as the group has recorded increased revenues in its unaudited half-year results for the period ended 30 June 2011.

  • Royal London on internal recruitment drive

    Thu, 11 Aug 2011

    Royal London is to create 105 new jobs through a relocation and internal recruitment drive, according to a spokesperson for the life and pensions firm.

  • RBS Investment refutes recruitment drive reports

    Wed, 10 Aug 2011

    Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has denied reports that it is to embark on a recruitment drive early next year.

  • City jobs decline

    Wed, 10 Aug 2011

    The number of new jobs in the City fell by 11% in July, according to figures from financial services recruiter Astbury Marsden.

  • Bruin Financial relocates

    Tue, 9 Aug 2011

    Financial staffing specialist Bruin Financial is moving to bigger premises in the City.The firm’s new address will be 1st Floor, 5 Old Bailey London EC4M 7BA.

  • HSBC seeks ‘revenue generators’ in emerging markets

    Tue, 2 Aug 2011

    HSBC will seek to recruit banking professionals in “revenue generating” roles to fill 3,000-5,000 jobs in emerging markets, according to a spokesperson for the global banking giant.

  • Fortune Selection launches

    Tue, 2 Aug 2011

    Fortune Selection, a specialist banking, accountancy and ‘magic circle’ law firm headhunter, has launched.

  • Lloyds to grow resourcing skills

    27 July 2011

    Bracher: training recruiters’ capabilities

  • Drive for efficiency behind Venquis’ European expansion

    Tue, 19 Jul 2011

    A drive among European firms for greater efficiency is behind business transformation staffing specialist Venquis expansion into Central Europe, according to managing director Steve Garner.

  • City jobs rise in June

    Wed, 13 Jul 2011

    The number of new City jobs rose 6% month-on-month in June, according to the latest Morgan McKinley Employment Monitor.

  • ‘Sustained’ recruitment activity in Ireland’s financial sector

    Wed, 13 Jul 2011

    Professional staffing specialist Robert Walters has seen “sustained” recruitment activity within Ireland’s financial sector, according to its Q2 market update.

  • Profits up at Michael Page

    Mon, 11 Jul 2011

    “Very strong” growth from Michael Page’s Latin America operations have helped the international recruiter record increased profits, according to its Q1 and H1 trading update.

  • Eximius launches private banking division

    Wed, 6 Jul 2011

    Financial services specialist recruiter Eximius Group has launched a private banking recruitment business to add its five existing teams.

  • 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.

  • Appointments: Lafferty joins Bright Purple as sales director

    Fri, 1 Jul 2011

    Neil Lafferty

  • Appointments: Allemby Hunt hires private wealth management expert

    Fri, 1 Jul 2011

    Lyssa Barber has joined global financial markets search firm Allemby Hunt as managing consultant and head of private wealth management.

  • Appointments: Fenton relocates to China for Spencer Stuart

    Thu, 30 Jun 2011

    Global executive search consulting firm, Spencer Stuart, has promoted Simon Fenton to chairman of its Greater China operations.

  • Appointments: Morgan McKinley recruits Wallace

    Thu, 30 Jun 2011

    Morgan McKinley Financial Services has appointed Tara Wallace as manager of the secretarial and office support team, providing permanent recruitment solutions across the financial services sector in London.

  • Financial

    29 June 2011

    Upcoming financial regulations are preventing the movements of likely candidates who are staying put while they upskill and undergo training

  • Appointments: Venquis appoints Eades to head insurance division

    Tue, 28 Jun 2011

    Business transformation recruiter Venquis has appointed Clare Eades as head of the company’s insurance division.

  • Contracts/Deals: Alliance for Definitive Consulting and AW Rush & Co

    Mon, 27 Jun 2011

    Financial, legal and consultancy recruiter Definitive Consulting has entered into a strategic alliance with New York-based legal specialist AW Rush & Co. 

  • Actuarial professionals wages soar

    Mon, 27 Jun 2011

    Actuarial professionals working on Solvency II projects have broken through the £1,000 per day barrier as insurers rush to meet the 31 December 2012 compliance deadline, according to business and technology recruiter ReThink Recruitment.

  • Airbus creates 3,000 jobs

    Mon, 27 Jun 2011

  • Overseas rush to work in the City

    Fri, 17 Jun 2011

    Brighter times ahead for City?

  • INTERNATIONAL: Selby Jennings launches in Singapore

    Fri, 17 Jun 2011

    International financial recruiter Selby Jennings has opened a new office in Singapore.

  • North-West continues to grow, says new report

    Fri, 17 Jun 2011

    Firms across the North-West of England are reporting business and profit growth despite uncertain economic times, claims a new report.

  • 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

  • Contracts/Deals: Capita expands contract with Zurich

    Tue, 14 Jun 2011

    The Capita Group, UK provider of BPO and integrated professional support service solutions, has extended its existing outsourcing arrangement with Zurich Financial Services Group.

  • Morgan McKinley Employment Monitor shows 19% fall in City jobs

    Tue, 14 Jun 2011

    Job opportunities in the City fell 19% in May, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.

  • Confirmed city job offers fall in May

    Thu, 9 Jun 2011

    The number of confirmed job offers in financial services declined in May by more than 10%, according to city pre-employment screening company Powerchex.

  • Cost-conscious banks drive demand for staff

    Tue, 7 Jun 2011

    The continuing cost-consciousness of UK’s banks is driving demand for accounting personnel with management accounting and management information experience, according to Kay Senior, operations director, banking & financial services, Badenoch & Clark.Senior says: “Most roles are cost-focused. Many of the banks remain extremely cost-conscious given some of the recent annual results and more detailed management information is being requested from board level.”

  • 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.

  • Outlook changeable, some fine patches

    1 June 2011

    Regulatory pressures in banking and financial institutions are leading to high demand for compliance skills

  • Kinsey Allen goes into administration

    Thu, 26 May 2011

    Financial services firm Kinsey Allen has gone into administration, according to financial news site eFinancialCareers.

  • 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.

  • Appointments: Morgan McKinley makes three director-level appointments

    Wed, 25 May 2011

    Global professional recruiter Morgan McKinley has made three  director-level appointments in its financial services division

  • Swiss expansion plans for Nicoll Curtin

    Thu, 19 May 2011

    Nicoll Curtin Technology, the banking technology recruitment consultancy, has been awarded the Cantonal and Federal licences needed to trade directly with clients in Switzerland.

  • 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.

  • Competition to retain City talent heats up

    Thu, 19 May 2011

    Only one in eight (12%) City finance professionals are committed to staying with their current employer this year, according to the latest survey by eFinancialCareers.

  • 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

  • Aspiring CEOs urged to seek career in finance

    Wed, 27 Apr 2011

    Ambitious young graduates would do well to seek a career in finance to act as a springboard to land top jobs on Britain’s boards.

  • Time to stop bashing bankers

    Thu, 21 Apr 2011

    It’s time to stop bashing the bankers, according to Simon Lynch, managing director of finance staffing specialist Ambition UK.

  • Banking

    20 April 2011

    Experienced financial services talent is increasingly looking East for opportunities, while the sector’s reputation continues to take its toll

  • Banking expansion heralds rise of SMEs, says Hoar

    Mon, 18 Apr 2011

    Expansion in the financial sector could be led by small to medium organisations, according to Richard Hoar, director at financial staffing specialist Goodman Masson.

  • Retail ring-fencing resourcing challenge for Britain’s banks

    Thu, 14 Apr 2011

    Retail ring-fencing could present a huge challenge for Britain’s banks in terms of resourcing investment banking and retail talent, according to Dawn Nicholson, HR consulting partner at professional services firm PwC.

  • Financial services confirmed job offers rises in March

    Thu, 14 Apr 2011

    The number of confirmed job offers within financial services sector rose by 16% last month, according to research from City pre-employment firm Powerchex.

  • Grafton Banks Finance moves into new Hove home

    Thu, 7 Apr 2011

    Finance staffing specialist Grafton Banks Finance has moved into newly refurbished offices in Sheridan House, Western Road, Hove.

  • Nicoll Curtin looks East with Singapore opening

    6 April 2011

    Technology recruiter Nicoll Curtin has this week opened a new office in Singapore to serve investment banking clients.

  • Banking bonus pot disparity revealed

    Wed, 30 Mar 2011

    The bonus pot in banking and finance institutions is not equally divided, according to new research from finance staffing specialist Robert Half and the ICAEW.

  • Bankers won’t move East en masse, says Cameron

    Wed, 23 Mar 2011

    A mass exodus of banking talent to Asia probably won’t materialise but more people are moving East, according to Mark Cameron, chief operating officer at financial services staffing specialist Astbury Marsden.

  • 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.

  • Drop in new City jobs

    Wed, 16 Mar 2011

    There was a 2% drop in City vacancies in February compared to January, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.

  • Financial services jobs rises

    Mon, 14 Mar 2011

    The number of confirmed job offers within financial services rose by 7%, according to research from City pre-employment screening firm Powerchex.

  • Financial services interims rates rise

    Wed, 9 Mar 2011

    Day rates for interim managers in the finance sector have risen by 12% this year, according to research from executive search firm Kinsey Allen.

  • Larson Group expands associate scheme

    Mon, 7 Mar 2011

    Senior recruitment specialist Larson Group is to expand its associate scheme, which gives associates 70% of the fees they bill.

  • Contracts: McGinley Group invests in EHCS

    Fri, 4 Mar 2011

    Specialist recruitment business McGinley Group has invested in Endeavour Human Capital Solutions (EHCS).

  • Big bonuses may not prevent financial services technology talent exodus, says Gibbons

    Tue, 22 Feb 2011

    Bumper banking bonuses may be not be enough to prevent a technology talent drain in the financial services sector, according to Oliver Gibbons, director of Twenty Technology, a division of multi-sector recruiter Twenty Recruitment Group.

  • Singapore is the most desired destination for finance workers

    Fri, 18 Feb 2011

    Singapore is the preferred destination of financial centres for banking and finance professionals, according to research from financial services recruiter Astbury Marsden.  The research shows 27% of respondents chose Singapore as their most favoured location, while 22% chose London, 20% Hong Kong, 19% New York and 13% Dubai.  Mark Cameron, chief operating officer at Astbury Marsden, says: “Results like this should be of real concern to more established banking ...

  • Financial services jobs fall

    Thu, 17 Feb 2011

    The number of confirmed job offers within financial services has fallen for a second month in a row, according to research from City pre-employment screening firm Powerchex.

  • Allemby Hunt establishes contracts and temp business

    Thu, 17 Feb 2011

    Global financial search and selection agency Allemby Hunt has opened a new contracts and temporary business based in its London headquarters.

  • City jobs rise in January

    Wed, 16 Feb 2011

    The number of new City jobs rose by 142% in January on December, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.

  • Deferred bonuses don’t affect City mobility

    Mon, 7 Feb 2011

    Most City banking staff that have received deferred bonuses say they do not influence their decision to stay put at their current employer, according to Hays Financial Markets.

  • Bonus pressure helps hedge funds poach IT talent

    Mon, 31 Jan 2011

    Pressure on banks to limit and defer bonuses and pay only a small percentage in cash enabling hedge fund start-ups to poach key IT staff from the banking sector, according to technology staffing specialist ReThink Recruitment.

  • Half of bankers receive bonus

    Thu, 27 Jan 2011

    Almost half (49%) of UK bankers and finance professionals have received a bonus increase this year, according to research from eFinancialCareers.com.

  • Financial services firms expect rise in recruitment

    Wed, 19 Jan 2011

    More than half of financial services firms expect recruitment to rise in H1 on H2 2010, according to Morgan McKinley’s 2011 hiring market survey.

  • Appointments: Adele Carr Financial Recruitment appoints director

    Wed, 19 Jan 2011

    Adele Carr Financial Recruitment has appointed Simon Massey as director.Massey will be responsible for senior financial recruitment in Liverpool.Managing director Adele Carr says: “We are confident that the financial recruitment market is now in a sustained recovery; we have resumed our growth plan. More high-calibre recruits will follow this year.” 

  • Robert Half reveals top finance and accounting jobs

    Tue, 18 Jan 2011

    Financial accountant leads a raft of 11 top finance and accounting jobs for 2011, according to the 2011 Robert Half Salary Guides.

  • Bankers’ base salaries at four-year high

    Tue, 18 Jan 2011

    Base salaries in the banking sector are at a four-year high, according to research from recruitment specialist Poolia.

  • City jobs slide in December

    Thu, 13 Jan 2011

    The number of confirmed City job offers fell 21% in December, compared to the previous month, according to a study from pre-employment screening firm Powerchex.

  • Banks' approach on bonuses ‘socially responsible’, says Leeson

    Wed, 12 Jan 2011

    Banks are taking a more “socially acceptable and responsible” approach to bonuses but it is unclear whether they are meeting candidate expectations, according to Steve Leeson, operations director – Morgan McKinley Financial Services.

  • City to retain talent, says Hoar

    Tue, 11 Jan 2011

    The City will continue to be an attractive destination for financial services talent, according to Richard Hoar, director at financial recruiter Goodman Masson.

  • Bumper banker bonuses benefits Britain, says Way

    Mon, 10 Jan 2011

    Big banker bonuses are a form of performance related pay reflective of big profits which benefits Britain as a whole, according to Dave Way, managing director of financial services recruiter Marks Sattin.

  • UK could lose top talent to emerging markets, warns Vooght

    Wed, 5 Jan 2011

    The UK could be set to lose top financial services talent to Switzerland and emerging markets in 2011 due to stricter rules governing pay, according to Nigel Vooght, global financial services leader at PwC.

  • City professionals expect headcount increases in 2011

    Tue, 4 Jan 2011

    Four out of 10 (41%) City professionals believe their organisations will increase headcount in 2011, according to a survey by eFinancialCareers.com.

  • Financial services jobs fall

    Wed, 15 Dec 2010

    The number of new financial services job vacancies in London fell by 5% in November, on October figures, according to the latest Morgan McKinley Employment Monitor.

  • Argyll's new Asian move

    8th December 2010

    Middle management recruitment brand Argyll Scott will open an office in Singapore in the first quarter of 2011. Marek Dalyluk, previously a director and founding partner of finance and banking recruiter Investigo, will head the new office, where the sector focus will initially be on financial services.

  • Financial services ‘booming’, says KennedyPearce director

    Mon, 6 Dec 2010

    Stephen Pearce, a director of KennedyPearce Consulting, told Recruiter that the firm was probably placing double the number of financial sector candidates than a year ago.

  • Surge in senior City staff pay

    Mon, 6 Dec 2010

    The average base pay for senior City staff has risen by 20% over the last year, says financial services recruiter Astbury Marsden.

  • Offshoring hits millions of finance and IT jobs in US and Europe

    Mon, 6 Dec 2010

    More than one million jobs in corporate finance, IT and other business functions were lost at large US and European companies in 2008 and 2009.

  • Banking recruiters expect expansion

    Wed, 1 Dec 2010

    Almost half (46%) of banking recruiters anticipate headcount growth in 2011, according to research from finance, accounting, HR, banking and financial services firm Poolia.

  • Financial services executives urged to start jobs search now

    Tue, 30 Nov 2010

    Financial services executives need to start their job search now rather than wait until the New Year, according Nicole Ghiani, managing director, Executive-Jobs-London.

  • Standard Chartered Bank creates 1,800 new jobs

    Tue, 30 Nov 2010

    Standard Chartered Bank is recruit 1,800 new staff into its financial markets unit over the next three years, according to news agency Bloomberg.Bloomberg says that the firm is to double the headcount in the unit from 1,700 to 3,500, with most new hires occurring in businesses operating in Asia-Pac/emerging markets.

  • City of London office opens for Solutions Driven

    Thu, 25 Nov 2010

    Solutions Driven, the Glasgow headquartered EMEA search firm, has opened a new office in the heart of the City of London.

  • Risk professionals open to relocating

    Wed, 24 Nov 2010

    More than half of risk professionals would consider relocating to an alternative financial centre, according to a survey of 1,000 risk professionals by specialist financial services recruiter, McGregor Boyall.

  • Seven in 10 City firms to pay out bonus

    Tue, 23 Nov 2010

    More City firms (70%) expect to pay bonuses than their staff expect (52%), according to research from financial staffing specialist Ambition.

  • Appointments: Adele Carr Financial Recruitment appoints consultants

    Thu, 18 Nov 2010

    Adele Carr Financial Recruitment has appointed Clare Flavell and Seodhna McGill as consultants.Neither consultant is a stranger to fame. Flavell made the final 100 singers on the first series of Simon Cowell’s hit TV show Pop Idol, while McGill is an Irish dancer and has danced for Irish President Mary McAleese.

  • Financial services job offers fall in October

    Thu, 18 Nov 2010

    The number of job offers made within the financial services sector fell by 5% in October, according to a study by City pre-employment screening firm, Powerchex.

  • ‘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.

  • Huxley's international reach extends

    10 November 2010

  • Revenue rises at Highams Systems

    Thu, 4 Nov 2010

    Financial and insurance recruiter Highams Systems has continued to see improved demand for its services as it revenues rise, according to its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2010.

  • Eversheds advises on Baird Capital Partners’ investment in Nigel Wright

    Thu, 4 Nov 2010

    International law firm Eversheds has advised private equity firm Baird Capital Partners Europe on its investment in multi-sector recruiter Nigel Wright Recruitment.

  • Appointments: DHR International appoints MD, London

    Thu, 4 Nov 2010

    Global executive search firm DHR International has appointed Simon Mansfield as managing director, London.

  • City jobs rise

    Thu, 28 Oct 2010

    The number of new City jobs rose by 2.5% in September on August, according to data from Astbury Marsden.

  • Contracts: Santander selects AMS

    Mon, 25 Oct 2010

    Santander has chosen Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) provider Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) to provide a full RPO solution across the banking giant’s UK central specialist and contact centre and global banking employee operations. The three-year contract sees the AMS handle all of Santander’s professional and specialist recruitment as well as contact centre hiring in the UK together with global banking hiring, expected to be over 2,000 hires a year.

  • BRUIN Financial opens in Singapore

    Mon, 25 Oct 2010

    International financial staffing specialist BRUIN Financial is to open its first Asian office in Singapore. 

  • Spending review: Government urged not to bite the hand that feeds it

    Thu, 21 Oct 2010

    As Chancellor George Osborne announces that a levy on banks is to be made permanent, the government has been urged to resist “biting the hand that feeds it” by Dave Way, managing director of accountancy and financial services recruiter Marks Sattin.

  • Confirmed City jobs offers decline

    Tue, 19 Oct 2010

    The number of confirmed job offers within the financial services sector has fallen for a second consecutive month, according to research from City pre-employment screening firm Powerchex.

  • City jobs decline

    Mon, 11 Oct 2010

    The number of new jobs in the City of London fell by 15% in September, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.

  • Aviva selects hyphen as RPO provider

    Thu, 7 Oct 2010

    Aviva has appointed recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) firm hyphen to manage the company’s recruitment.

  • Contracts: Bray Leino wins Barclay Meade account

    Thu, 7 Oct 2010

    Multi-sector recruiter Barclay Meade, part of the Matchtech Group, has selected communications agency Bray Leino to launch the Barclay Meade brand to the market.

  • Appointments: Eames Consulting promotes two to team leader

    Thu, 7 Oct 2010

    Eames Consulting Group, specialist insurance, financial and professional recruitment services provider, has made two promotions.Ruth Foster has been promoted to team leader within the risk management team in recognition of her achievements over the past six months.Darrin Mathies has also been promoted to team leader within the insurance information technology team as a result of his recent performance in the team.

  • City vacancies reaches highest levels for three years

    Tue, 5 Oct 2010

    Banking and financial services job vacancies in the City have reached their highest levels since 2007, according to the global financial recruitment specialist Ambition. The data reveals that the number of City vacancies is now 260% above Q1 2009’s nadir. There was a slight decrease in the number of vacancies between Q2 and Q3 as businesses slowed activity over the summer months, but overall the number of roles available remain higher than any point since 2007.

  • Goodman Masson reports high temp demand

    Fri, 1 Oct 2010

  • Skilled financial talent hard to find

    Tue, 28 Sep 2010

    UK financial leaders have reported problems finding skilled professionals for finance, accounting and operational support positions, according to a Robert Half report.

  • Appointments: RBS promotes Arden to group head HR

    Thu, 23 Sep 2010

    Elaine Arden

  • Huxley Associates opens Singapore and Sydney offices

    Wed, 22 Sep 2010

    Financial services recruiter Huxley Associates has opened two new international offices in Singapore and Sydney, Australia.

  • LV= launches app to tempt ‘tech savvy’ candidates

    Wed, 22 Sep 2010

    Insurance, investment and pensions group LV= is aiming to attract “tech savvy” candidates through the launch of an iPhone app for jobseekers, according to Stuart Affleck, LV= head of resourcing and development.

  • Financial services sector recruitment activity falls

    Tue, 21 Sep 2010

    Recruitment activity in the financial services sector fell by around 10% in August, according to data from Powerchex.

  • Half of accountants plan career moves, finds survey

    Fri, 17 Sep 2010

    Bosses in accountancy firms and in-house financial departments need to more to retain staff and could see many of their staff leaving during the next six to 12 months, according to research by CareersinAudit.com.   

  • Aviva appoints headhunters to seek new chair

    Thu, 16 Sep 2010

    Insurance giant Aviva is working with headhunters to find a new chairman, according to an article in The Times today.The firm is reported to have hired MWM Consulting and JCA Group to draw up a list of potential replacements for its current head Lord Sharman. Neither company was available to comment at the time of writing.It is believed that the insurer is prepared to wait up to 12 months to find the right candidate.

  • Appointments: Pure Taxation makes key appointments

    Wed, 15 Sep 2010

    Specialist tax recruiter Pure Taxation has appointed five new consultants with backgrounds in tax recruitment and the tax profession.   The company has appointed Rachael Henshaw to focus on corporate and international tax recruitment for professional services firms and for the large firms in London and the South-East of England. Prior to joining Pure, she was a tax senior manager at KPMG.   The firm has also hired Ciaran Reilly, who operates within the tax practice ...

  • Deloitte reveals plans to hire 250,000

    Wed, 15 Sep 2010

    Accounting firm Deloitte plans to hire 250,000 staff during the next five years as it seeks to benefit from rising global demand for regulatory scrutiny and risk management.

  • Santander branches to do more recruiting

    15 September 2010

    The HR director of Santander says it is crucial that the bank’s branch managers play “an ever increasing role” in recruiting their own staff.

  • Simon Lloyd

    15 September 2010

    Colin Cottell interviews the UK HR director at Santander

  • Appointments: Perrin heads up European recruitment for BNP Paribas

    Tue, 14 Sep 2010

    Terence Perrin, the chair of the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR), has joined investment bank BNP Paribas to head up both its European campus recruitment and UK experienced hire recruitment. Perrin, who has been chair of the AGR since 2007, was formerly head of recruitment & resourcing EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) at JP Morgan Asset Management for seven years. He has also worked at KPMG, the National Audit Office, Watson Wyatt and Dresdner Kleinwort. ...

  • FTSE 350 firms freeze CEO salaries

    Mon, 13 Sep 2010

    More than half of FTSE 350 companies will not increase the salaries of executive directors in 2010, according to a report by business advisory firm Deloitte.

  • Junior City pay on the up

    Mon, 13 Sep 2010

    Average pay for junior City staff has risen aggressively during the summer, according to figures from financial recruiter Astbury Marsden.   The figures reveal that the average base salaries for City workers at assistant vice-president level have increased by 12% to £70,480 during the past year.   Up until the past three months more junior staff have seen their pay lag behind that of senior City staff.   Astbury Marsden says that the more senior staff ...

  • Contracts: Antal picks Alpha Financial Jobs

    Mon, 13 Sep 2010

    Global professional recruitment firm Antal International has chosen Alpha Financial Jobs as a specialist international job board that will carry Antal’s international vacancies to Alpha’s wide candidate audience. Graeme Read, Antal’s group managing director, says: “Alpha’s reach fits our global operations and I can see this specialist site delivering value and relevant candidates to all our offices across over 30 international locations.

  • Contracts: Verridian agrees partnership with Money Marketing to deliver finance training

    Thu, 9 Sep 2010

    Financial services training and recruitment company Verridian has agreed a partnership with finance business magazine Money Marketing’s training academy.

  • Barclays creates 600 jobs in Glasgow

    Tue, 7 Sep 2010

    Barclays is to create 600 new jobs in Glasgow.The new jobs form part of Barclays’ ongoing expansion in Glasgow and is supported by a grant of up to £6.6m of Regional Selective Assistance funding from Scottish Enterprise. This grant is conditional on Barclays meeting job-creation milestones over a multi-number of years and potentially takes the global financial services provider’s total number of employees in Scotland to more than 2,000.

  • FT 6,000 additional jobs story ‘inaccurate’ says Santander’s HR director

    Tue, 7 Sep 2010

    The HR director of Santander has refuted a story in yesterday’s Financial Times that the bank is on the verge of hiring 6,000 extra staff.

  • Banking talent retained despite supertax, says Goodman Masson

    Thu, 2 Sep 2010

    The supertax on banks has not resulted in a much-feared exodus of financial services talent abroad, according to Richard Hoar, director at financial recruiter Goodman Masson.

  • Assessment centres fall out of favour with candidates, says RBS

    1 September 2010

    The use of traditional assessment centres for senior level roles is on the decline, according to early indications from a benchmarking exercise carried out by RBS.

  • Speedy result for Lloyds

    1 September 2010

    Lloyds Banking Group, with the help of Marks Sattin, hosted an interview speed-dating event to recruit several senior managers

  • Lloyds exits Ireland but jobs saved

    Fri, 20 Aug 2010

    Little opportunity for scalable growth has seen Lloyds Banking group leave the Irish market, but the bank says the majority of jobs will be saved.

  • Financial services job offers rise

    Thu, 19 Aug 2010

    The number of job offers in the financial services sector rose 15% last month, according to data from Powerchex.

  • Summer surge in City jobs

    Wed, 18 Aug 2010

    The number of new City jobs rose by 7% month-on-month in July, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.

  • Appointments: Morgan McKinley makes senior level appointments

    Mon, 9 Aug 2010

    Global financial recruiter Morgan McKinley has today announced three new appointments at board and senior management level.Andrew Evans, managing director, financial services, Morgan McKinley UK has been co-opted to the board of directors of parent company, Premier Group. Chris Leeson, operations director, accounting & finance, Morgan McKinley London and Home Counties has been appointed managing director, accounting, finance & support, Morgan McKinley UK.

  • Banking break-up could create demand for UK recruiters abroad

    Fri, 6 Aug 2010

    Opportunities abound for UK recruiters in immature international markets, should banking giants relocate headquarters if universal banks are broken up, according to Mark Cameron, chief operating officer at Astbury Marsden.

  • Appointments: Ambition promotes Paddy Burtt

    Wed, 4 Aug 2010

    Financial recruiter Ambition has promoted Paddy Burtt to divisional director of banking & financial services.    Burtt takes responsibility for the direction and development of the entire banking & financial services division, which accounts for over half of Ambition’s UK business.

  • Mixed picture ahead for hiring in Britain’s banks, says Evans

    Tue, 3 Aug 2010

    Despite both HSBC and BNP Paribas reporting rises in profits, the prospect for the UK’s banking sector is mixed, according to Andrew Evans, managing director of Morgan McKinley’s financial services division.

  • Santander creates new roles in the UK

    Fri, 30 Jul 2010

    Santander is to create 600 jobs in the UK following a rise in its profits during the first half of the year.

  • Appointments: REC’s Fairweather joins banking association

    Fri, 30 Jul 2010

  • 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.

  • GCS Recruitment launches banking & finance division

    Tue, 27 Jul 2010

    GCS Recruitment Specialists has formed a new banking & financial services division.

  • Eximius Finance launches insurance division

    Mon, 26 Jul 2010

    Eximius Finance, a division of Eximius Group and recruiter of permanent and interim staff to the finance sector, has launched a division targeting the insurance sector.  

  • Regulatory pressure drives demand for IT staff

    Mon, 26 Jul 2010

    Pay for IT staff working in hedge funds and asset managers has surged 13% in the last six months as organisations upgrade their systems post-credit crunch, says ReThink Recruitment, a business and technology staffing company.

  • Appointments: Eximius Group hires across its brands

    Mon, 26 Jul 2010

    Eximius Group has launched the first of its public sector brands, Eximius Social Care, and appointed Mark Fearon from Hays as Eximius Social Care director.

  • Appointments: Communicate Recruitment Solutions hires Ruffley

    Mon, 26 Jul 2010

    Communicate, specialists in placing mid-to-senior finance, treasury and corporate strategy professionals into commerce & industry and consulting firms, has appointed Paul Ruffley as internal recruitment & training manager.

  • Appointments: Astbury Marsden appoints Hong Kong head

    Thu, 22 Jul 2010

    Financial services recruiter Astbury Marsden has appointed Sam Brown to head up its Hong Kong office.  Brown joins Astbury Marsden from Hays Recruitment, where he was a senior recruitment consultant.

  • Contracts: Bright Purple merges with Taranata merger

    Wed, 21 Jul 2010

    IT and financial services recruiter Bright Purple Resourcing has merged with City-based Taranata. Technology recruitment specialist Taranata will now rebrand its London and India operations as Bright Purple, while Taranata’s owner Justin Willis takes on a new role as the head of Bright Purple’s London operation, which has relocated from Kent to Canary Wharf.Nick Price, managing director of Bright Purple Resourcing, says: “This is a huge step forward for us. The ...

  • Goodman Masson lead women on a career path

    21 July 2010

    A City-based financial services recruiter has decided to address the problem of securing a career infrastructure for women to reach the highest levels in the recruitment industry.

  • City job numbers fall in June

    Tue, 20 Jul 2010

    The number of new City jobs fell by 2% in June, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.

  • Appointments: Goodman Masson promotes Michael

    Tue, 20 Jul 2010

  • Banker bonus cap could be 'disastrous' for City

    Thu, 15 Jul 2010

    A cap on banker’s bonuses could have “disastrous” implications for the alternative investment market (AIM) and hedge funds in the UK, according to chief executive of Twenty Recruitment group Paul Marsden.

  • Debt fails to deter students from degrees

    Mon, 12 Jul 2010

    The prospect of thousands of pounds worth of debt does not put off students from going to university, according to research from PwC.

  • Double-dip concerns create City jobs creation slump

    Fri, 9 Jul 2010

    Concerns over a double-dip recession has caused an 18% drop in City job vacancies, according to research by financial services recruitment firm Astbury Marsden.

  • Appointments: Promotions at Eames

    Fri, 9 Jul 2010

    Specialist insurance, financial and professional services recruitment solutions provider Eames Consulting Group has promoted Lisa Webb to head of business operations.Samantha White is promoted to head of risk, compliance and audit, while Richard Griffiths is promoted to head of broking, claims, underwriting and actuarial.

  • Randstad sees ‘strong’ financial sector growth

    Wed, 7 Jul 2010

    International recruiter Randstad has seen “strong growth” in the financial sector over the past year.

  • VAT planning more important than ever, says Morgan McKinley

    Thu, 24 Jun 2010

  • Contracts: Powerchex bought by HireRight

    Wed, 23 Jun 2010

    Powerchex, a pre-employment screening firm for the financial services industry, has been acquired by global employment screening company, HireRight. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

  • Appointments: Talbot heads Lloyds’ recruitment finance division

    Wed, 23 Jun 2010

  • Emergency Budget 2010: Osborne puts levy on banks

    Wed, 23 Jun 2010

    George Osborne announced a levy on UK banks and foreign banks operating in the UK in yesterday’s Emergency Budget.

  • Financial services

    23 June 2010

    Cautious optimism is the feeling among financial services firms, mainly due to the plight of the euro, with recruiters having to adjust accordingly

  • In-house service for staff

    23 June 2010

    Royal Bank of Scotland increased staff uptake of outplacement services over the last year by more than 20% when it handed those responsibilities to a team of in-house recruiters.

  • UK job applicants three times more likely to lie, research shows

    Tue, 22 Jun 2010

    UK job applicants are more than three times as likely to lie on their CVs as those from the rest of the world, a recent study has found.

  • Real Resourcing rebrands as Real Staffing Group

    Tue, 22 Jun 2010

    Real Resourcing, part of SThree, has rebranded as Real Staffing Group.

  • No perfect solution in integrating cultures, says Santander’s Adams

    Mon, 21 Jun 2010

    HR professionals must recognise there is “no perfect solution” in merging and integrating organisational cultures, Mark Adams, HR director for Santander UK, has said.

  • Prospects bleak as 16,500 finance jobs to go in public sector cuts

    Mon, 21 Jun 2010

    Public sector accountants and finance staff will be hit hard by this year’s public spending cuts, according to research by international finance and accounting recruiter Ambition.

  • Morgan McKinley Employment Monitor: City sees second highest volume of new jobs since 2008

    Wed, 16 Jun 2010

    The number of new financial services jobs created in the City rose by 3% month-on-month in May, the second highest volume of new jobs since September 2008, according to the latest Morgan McKinley Employment Monitor.

  • Financial services sector counter-offers on rise

    Tue, 15 Jun 2010

    The number of counter-offers made by financial services firms has dramatically risen, according to financial services recruiter Astbury Marsden.

  • Financial services recruitment activity falls

    Mon, 14 Jun 2010

    The financial services sector recorded a 12% slump in recruitment activity in May, according to research commissioned by City pre-employment screening firm, Powerchex.

  • Appointments: Sellick Partnership selects Drewitt

    Wed, 9 Jun 2010

    Financial recruiter Sellick Partnership has appointed Aaron Drewitt as manager of its permanent finance recruitment division.Drewitt joins from global finance recruiter Robert Half and will be based at Sellick Partnership’s Manchester head office.

  • Arrows Group opens City office

    Wed, 2 Jun 2010

    Finance, IT and healthcare recruiter Arrows Group is opening a new office for its IT and finance teams in the City of London. The firm’s Richmond office will become the centre for the healthcare recruitment operation and both branches will continue to take on new consultants and apprentices.The firm’s Amsterdam office is also expanding its offering by developing a new division specialising in the supply of technology contractors.  

  • Boom time back for graduates in investment banks?

    Thu, 27 May 2010

  • Launch sales team and retire

    26 May 2010

    Financial recruiter Verridian was up against the clock when tasked with sourcing an entire team for start-up venture Just Retirement Solutions

  • Standard Chartered Bank to employ 2,000 in Singapore

    Mon, 24 May 2010

    Standard Chartered Bank is to employ 2,000 more staff in Singapore by 2012.According to The Straits Times, Standard Chartered Bank is to open a new facility in Changi Business Park housing about 2,000 employees in human resources, technology and trade operations.The bank will be recruiting for relationship managers, and technology, risk management and compliance personnel in junior to senior positions.

  • Appointments: Goodman Masson promotes Porges to director

    Thu, 20 May 2010

    Financial recruiter firm Goodman Masson has promoted Chris Porges to director of its temporary and contract business.Porges joined Goodman Masson as divisional director last October to build the temp and contract business across the commerce and financial services markets.Since the launch of the business in January, Porges and his team have taken the 163 temps total to 205, increasing the weekly profit from £38k to £60k.

  • Job offers surge in financial services

    Mon, 17 May 2010

    The number of employment offers made in the financial services sector in April was up 12% on the previous month, according to pre-employment screening firm Powerchex.

  • Senior bankers earn twice as much as Geneva and Zurich peers

    Mon, 17 May 2010

    Senior bankers typically earn double the amount after tax in London than their counterparts in Geneva and Zurich, according to research by financial recruiter Selby Jennings.

  • City jobs fall 12%

    Thu, 13 May 2010

    The number of new City jobs fell by 12% in April compared to the previous month, according to Morgan McKinley’s employment monitor.  The monitor also shows that compared to April last year, when job numbers fell sharply, the month registered a 100% increase in the availability of new jobs.

  • Appointments: Howarth Morris hires consultant

    Thu, 13 May 2010

    Financial recruiter Howarth Morris has appointed Martin Parr as a consultant in its clerical accounting division.

  • Twenty Recruitment's Marsden says banking talent demand on up

    12 May 2010

    The banking industry’s demand for talent in infrastructure areas such as finance and IT is approaching the dizzy heights of 2006, according to the founder of multi-sector Twenty Recruitment Group.

  • Number of candidates per City job vacancies halves

    Wed, 5 May 2010

    The average number of qualified City candidates for each new City job vacancy halved from 5.7 in March 2009 to 2.7 in March, according to research by financial services recruiter Astbury Marsden.Mark Cameron, chief operating officer at Astbury Marsden, says: “These figures indicate we risk returning to the pre-credit crunch City employment market, with regular bidding wars and candidates juggling multiple job offers.“The political storm cloud hanging over the ...

  • Alexander Daniels launches

    Tue, 4 May 2010

    Financial recruiter Alexander Daniels has launched.The firm was launched by former trade minister and CBI director-general Lord Digby Jones at a launch event at Hotel du Vin in Birmingham.

  • Appointments: Wells Tobias Projects appoints director

    Wed, 28 Apr 2010

    Multi-sector recruiter Wells Tobias Projects has appointed Paul Baker as director.Baker, who spent 10 years with finance recruiter Poolia, joins the newly launched business set up by Wells Tobias Recruitment, which will initially focus on the financial services and investment banking sector.

  • Wilson leaves B&C

    28 April 2010

    Neil Wilson has stepped down as managing director of Badenoch & Clark after 10 years in the role.

  • 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).

  • Appointments: Barclays Wealth hires HR business partner

    Mon, 26 Apr 2010

    Barclays Wealth has appointed Gill Baker as human resources business partner in the Isle of Man.Baker has 20 years of banking experience with Lloyds TSB and RBSI, including a number of senior HR posts in the UK and joins from Microgaming Software Systems, where she oversaw their HR department.

  • Appointments: Astbury Marsden appoints compliance team head

    Fri, 23 Apr 2010

    Banking and financial recruiter Astbury Marsden has appointed Clem Cull as its new head of compliance.Cull, who has five years’ experience in compliance recruitment, including most recently a senior role at Joslin Rowe, will be responsible for building on the team’s existing client and candidate base in the compliance space, as well as establishing new relationships.

  • City jobs forecast on the up

    Thu, 22 Apr 2010

    Around 14,000 jobs will be created in the financial sector, according to economic consultancy cebr.

  • Interim roles strong in finance sector

    Tue, 20 Apr 2010

    Banking & finance continues to dominate the private sector interim management industry, with 28% of the share of placements in 2009, according to the Interim Management Association’s (IMA) Ipsos MORI research.

  • Santander launches school leaver programme

    Tue, 20 Apr 2010

    Santander has launched the Santander School Leaver Programme. 

  • City job numbers rising

    Thu, 15 Apr 2010

    The number of new City jobs has reached its highest levels since August 2008, according to the latest Morgan McKinley Monitor.

  • City jobs up 121%

    Thu, 15 Apr 2010

    City job vacancies have risen by 121% in Q1, according to research from financial services recruitment firm Astbury Marsden.

  • Lloyds’ Banking Group in recruitment drive

    Thu, 15 Apr 2010

    Lloyds Banking Group is planning to hire around 35 staff to service corporate customers with access to debt through capital markets.

  • Appointments: FSSC appoints chairman

    Wed, 14 Apr 2010

    The Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) has appointed Trevor Matthews as chairman.  Matthews is chief executive of Friends Provident and a past president of the Chartered Insurance Institute.  

  • Agencies should ‘understand our culture and our business’

    14 April 2010

    The head of group talent and attraction at AXA UK is urging agencies to take a more proactive approach when dealing with the company.

  • RSA deal for Interim Partners

    14 April 2010

    Interim manager provider Interim Partners has won a contract to exclusively provide interim change managers to RSA (previously known as Royal & Sun Alliance).

  • HSBC urges banking industry to help improve graduate confidence

    Mon, 12 Apr 2010

    Financial institutions need to do more to improve confidence among graduates, according to HSBC.

  • Joslin Rowe urges caution on curbing banker bonuses

    Mon, 12 Apr 2010

    The government needs to a tread a fine line over slashing banker’s bonuses, according to Amy Butler, director at Joslin Rowe.

  • Michael Page International: Profits up and 'stronger than expected' in UK

    Fri, 9 Apr 2010

    Profits are up at Michael Page International with a ’stronger than expected’ performance in the UK, according to an interim management statement for Q1 2010.

  • 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.

  • AXA: Increased competition for top talent ahead for UK insurers

    Thu, 8 Apr 2010

    There will be increased competition for top performers in the UK’s insurance sector, according to Samantha Rich, head of group attraction & talent - Human Resources AXA UK.

  • HSBC: Graduates need practical skills

    Wed, 7 Apr 2010

    Graduates need to marry practical skills with academic qualifications, according to banking giant HSBC.

  • IT finance jobs on rise

    Thu, 1 Apr 2010

    The number of IT jobs within the financial sector has increased dramatically in the first two months of the year, according to the latest financial services IT hiring index from IT and finance recruiter McGregor Boyall.

  • eFinancial careers: Four in 10 bankers think finding new job will be easy

    Wed, 31 Mar 2010

    Around four in 10 banking professionals say it would be very or fairly easy to land a new role, according to research from eFinancialCareers.com.

  • City jobs rise

    Thu, 18 Mar 2010

    The number of City jobs continued to rise in February, according to the latest Morgan McKinley Employment monitor.

  • In-house recruiting team created at Balfour Beatty

    17 March 2010

    Support services firm Balfour Beatty Workplace (BBW) has created an in-house recruitment consultancy.

  • 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.

  • Confidence rises among CFOs

    Tue, 16 Mar 2010

    Almost half (47%) of chief financial officers are more or slightly more confident at the economic prospects facing their companies in the next six months, according to findings from financial recruiter Robert Half.

  • Appointments: Argyll Scott International

    Fri, 12 Mar 2010

    Multi-sector recruiter Argyll Scott International has appointed Tod Livermore in its banking and financial services division.Livermore joins from Michael Page and will focus on finance into investment banking.

  • Appointments: Antal appoints head of banking practice

    Wed, 10 Mar 2010

    Executive recruiter Antal Russia has appointed Karl Franzmann as head of its banking practice.

  • Costs controlled but profits down at Robert Walters

    Thu, 4 Mar 2010

    Financial recruiter Robert Walters has managed to keep a tight rein on costs but has seen profits fall in its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2009.

  • Prudency responsible for Harvey Nash profits

    Fri, 26 Feb 2010

    IT and finance recruiter Harvey Nash says prudent management of the businesss has resulted in predicted total revenue of £375m in a trading update for the year ended 31 January 2010.

  • KennedyPearce launches new division

    Wed, 24 Feb 2010

    Financial services recruiter KennedyPearce Consulting has launched KPC Projective, a new division specialising in project and change management.

  • Santander increases graduate intake

    Wed, 24 Feb 2010

    Banking group Santander is to increase its planned number of graduates in the UK to around 230 this year.

  • Appointments: Keillar Resourcing

    Mon, 22 Feb 2010

    Financial services recruiter Keillar Resourcing has strengthened its team with a number of promotions.Both David Tait and Gregor Ormond have been promoted to associate director.Elsewhere, Gary Strachan takes on the role of recruitment consultant from researcher/support consultant.

  • Scotland now UK’s most popular destination for finance candidates

    Thu, 18 Feb 2010

    Scotland has overtaken England as the UK’s destination of choice for finance job candidates, according to research from Scottish Enterprise TalentScotland.The survey of 1,600 global jobseekers from the US, Africa, the EU and Asia,  shows that 49% chose Scotland, 7% up on the 2009 survey findings, while 46% opted for England, 5% down on last year.

  • Robert Half reveals top five finance jobs

    Wed, 17 Feb 2010

    Financial recruiter Robert Half has revealed its five hottest finance jobs.

  • Meridian buys Westaff

    17-February-2010

    Meridian Business Support’s acquisition of Westaff puts the company back on track to hit its £200m turnover target, its chief executive says.

  • 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.

  • RBS’s Bor plans to cut agency use in drive to direct recruiting

    17-February-2010

    Direct recruiters do a better and cheaper job than recruitment agencies, according to RBS’s director of group resourcing.

  • Susan Bor

    17-February-2010

    Colin Cottell interviews RBS’s director of group resourcing

  • Recruitment at heart of RBS return to standalone strength, says bank’s director of group resourcing

    Mon, 15 Feb 2010

    The Royal Bank of Scotland’s return to standalone strength will be “largely driven by our ability to acquire and retain really good quality people”, the bank’s director of group resourcing has told Recruiter in an exclusive interview.

  • City jobs continue to grow

    Thu, 11 Feb 2010

    Recruitment into the financial services sector in the City continued to grow in January, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London employment monitor.

  • City HR base salaries set to rise

    Tue, 9 Feb 2010

    Base salaries are expected to increase at more than half of City HR departments, according to new research from HR recruiter Digby Morgan.

  • Morgan Stanley to recruit hundreds

    Mon, 1 Feb 2010

    Morgan Stanley is looking to hundreds of additional staff over the next few years, according to a report in the Financial Times.

  • Scottish financial services firms aim to hire

    Mon, 1 Feb 2010

    More than half (52%) of Scotland’s financial service firms say they intend to increase headcount in 2010.

  • 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.

  • Revenues grow at Eames Consulting

    Thu, 28 Jan 2010

    Specialist insurance, financial and professional services recruitment solutions provider Eames Consulting Group has announced its revenues have grown organically by more than 30% in 2009.

  • Appointments: Lloyds Banking Group appoints head of resourcing

    Wed, 27 Jan 2010

    Samantha Davenport has been appointed head of resourcing and talent at Lloyds Banking Group. The former head of resourcing and talent, global retail and commercial banking (GRCB) and head of executive resourcing at Barclays Bank, was previously head of talent acquisition & management at management and technology consultants BearingPoint.

  • Recruitment picks up in banking and retail

    Tue, 26 Jan 2010

    Recruitment activity is picking up across the banking, financial services, retail and fmcg (fast-moving consumer goods) sectors, according to the latest professional talent spotlight from multi-sector recruiter Badenoch & Clark.

  • Financial services urged to target school leavers

    Tue, 26 Jan 2010

    The National Skills Academy for Financial Services (NSAFS) has called upon financial services employers to recruit school leavers who are finishing their ‘A’ level or equivalent courses, due to increased funding for younger apprenticeships.

  • AMS: Finance staff retention key in 2010

    Fri, 22 Jan 2010

    Retention is going to be a key concern for resourcing departments in 2010, according to Ben Barrat, head of talent acquisition (finance) for recruitment outsourcer Alexander Mann Solutions. Barrat says there is no doubt that retention is going to be a huge issue in the finance industry in the coming months. “We have already seen some banks offering 30-40% increases in base salary as a way of retaining staff without using bonuses and employers are going to have ...

  • AMS: Withholding bonuses could lead to top talent drain

    Wed, 13 Jan 2010

    Banking and financial institutions unwilling to pay bonuses should prepare themselves to lose out on top talent, says the head of talent acquisition (Financial Services) at Alexander Mann Solutions.

  • Financial firms: increased pay over short-term incentives

    Mon, 11 Jan 2010

    Financial firms are concentrating on increased pay deals ahead of short-term incentive schemes, according to a new survey from human capital, compensation and employee benefits consultancy Mercer.

  • Job offers increase in financial services sector

    Wed, 16 Dec 2009

    New figures from pre-employment screening firm for financial services Powerchex reveal a 2% increase in job offers from the previous month, raising hopes of a lasting economic recovery.

  • Survey reveals top sectors for IT jobs in 2010

    Wed, 16 Dec 2009

    The latest survey from The IT Job Board has shown that IT professionals believe that banking, software and telecoms will be the key sectors for those seeking IT work next year.

  • 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.

  • Positive signs for South Africa region

    Tue, 15 Dec 2009

    The Kelly Group, a South African service provider in the employment industry, says it is encouraging that 22% of the 750 companies which took part in the Manpower global survey in November expect an increase in hiring in the first quarter of 2010.

  • 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.

  • City hiring levels improve

    Wed, 9 Dec 2009

    City hiring levels increased year-on-year for the first time since 2007, but the number of City jobs dipped marginally in November, according to the latest Morgan McKinley Employment Monitor.

  • Licensing of recruiters only a matter of time

    09-December-2009

    Licensing of recruitment agencies in the financial services sector is only a matter of time, recruiters have heard.

  • No ordinary call centre...

    09-December-2009

    … this was an M&S Money call centre, in one of the most competitive hubs in the UK - Chester. Luckily, MBA was up for the challenge

  • Nurturing growth in recruitment

    09-December-2009

    As the economy starts to emerge from recession, Colin Cottell investigates whether the lines of credit, which was once so freely given, are beginning to reopen to support the industry

  • Tougher regulations mean more demand for quality recruiters

    Fri, 4 Dec 2009

    Bill Haynes

  • SMEs consider offshoring in 2010

    Fri, 4 Dec 2009

    Almost one quarter (22%) of UK small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are considering offshoring, while one in 10 are very likely to offshore elements of their businesses in 2010, according to research conducted on behalf of SLASSCOM, the development body for Sri Lankan outsourcing.

  • Reed creates 400 jobs to cope with recovery

    Tue, 1 Dec 2009

    Specialist recruitment firm Reed is creating 400 new jobs to help meet an upturn in demand as employers look to expand their workforces to take advantage of improving market conditions.

  • Hays offers support to new finance appointments

    Mon, 30 Nov 2009

    Financial recruiter Hays Senior Finance is offering newly appointed senior finance professionals support to help improve cultural fit and assist in resolving sensitive issues candidates can face within the first three to six months on the job.

  • Banks open to ‘good’ businesses

    Fri, 27 Nov 2009

    A conference call hosted by Barclays Commercial Bank entitled ‘Road to Recovery’ this morning heard Barclays reiterate that commercial loans were available to “good business models”, according to managing director Ian Stuart.

  • New City premises for Fortuna Search & Selection

    Fri, 27 Nov 2009

    Specialist executive search consultancy Fortuna Search & Selection is opening a new office in the City of London.Director and head of tax & treasury, Matthew Halford, told Recruiter that the opening, which is due to take place on 4 January, is part of the company’s plans for significant expansion in 2010 and beyond. The new offices are located at 32 Threadneedle Street.

  • Interim compliance managers see spike in pay

    Fri, 27 Nov 2009

    Interim managers working in banks have seen their day rates rise by half since the start of the credit crunch, according to interim management solutions provider Interim Partners.

  • Lehman Bros collapse began shift to direct resourcing

    25-November-2009

    Just over a year since the collapse of financial services firm Lehman Brothers, a senior RPO head said this event was the catalyst for the investment banks’ shift away from pure vendor management to direct resourcing.

  • Appointments: O’Dwyer joins Kinsey Allen International

    Mon, 23 Nov 2009

    John O’Dwyer

  • Growing demand for retail banking roles

    Thu, 19 Nov 2009

    There has been growing demand for retail banking roles, according to international recruiter Hays.

  • Queen’s Speech: Curbs on bankers’ bonuses good news for recruiters

    Thu, 19 Nov 2009

    The government’s plans to legislate to curb excessive pay and bonuses to bankers as outlined in the Queen’s Speech could be good news for recruiters.

  • Highams Systems Services returns to profit

    Thu, 12 Nov 2009

    Financial and insurance recruiter Highams Systems Services has announced a return to profit in its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2009.

  • National Skills Academy for Financial Services launches

    Thu, 12 Nov 2009

    Education charity, the National Skills Academy for Financial Services (NSAFS) launched in the West Midlands today.

  • City jobs on the up

    Wed, 11 Nov 2009

    City job vacancies have risen to their highest number recorded this year, according to the latest Morgan McKinley employment monitor in October.

  • Appointments: Macildowie appoints directors

    Wed, 11 Nov 2009

    Financial and HR recruiter Macildowie has appointed two new directors to its board.Former managers James Taylor and James Calder have both been appointed directors with immediate effect.Taylor and Calder will each hold a special responsibility for developing and empowering staff, keeping employees focused and motivated, and for developing management within the business.John Convery, a director at Macildowie, says: “Calder and Taylor have consistently ...

  • More tough times despite Q4 growth

    11-November-2009

    The recession will end in the current quarter of this year, however, recruiters will continue to face tough times for some time to come, recruiters have heard.

  • Blusource appoints Eadie to lead new division

    Mon, 2 Nov 2009

    Christopher Eadie

  • Witan Jardine begins new phase of integration

    Fri, 30 Oct 2009

    London-based specialist recruiter Witan Jardine is entering a new phase of its identity transition within the international Ambition Group, which bought Witan Jardine in January 2008.

  • Online ads target social networking sites

    Fri, 30 Oct 2009

    Social networking sites account for more than 25% of UK online display ad impressions, according to comScore Ad Metrix.

  • Revenue falls 22% at Spherion

    Fri, 30 Oct 2009

    New York Stock Exchange listed recruiter Spherion has announced a drop in revenue for the third quarter of 2009.

  • Randstad’s profit down but cost control ‘paying off’

    Thu, 29 Oct 2009

    Randstad chief executive Ben Noteboom has hailed the company’s “stringent cost control” since Q3 2008, despite the company’s gross profit being down 35% on last year.

  • Revenue down 29% at MPS Group

    Thu, 29 Oct 2009

    New York Stock Exchange quoted staffing company MPS Group Inc has announced a 29% decline in revenue to $408m (£249m) for the third quarter compared with the same period in 2008.

  • Tesco Bank to create 1,000 new jobs in Newcastle

    Thu, 29 Oct 2009

    Tesco Bank is creating 1,000 new jobs in Newcastle following a decision to establish a customer service centre in the city. Recruitment will start early next year with the first 500 roles to be created by the end of 2010.

  • Maven looks to employees for growth

    28-October-2009

    The founder director of Michael Page’s executive search practice in London, who has been appointed managing partner at Maven Partners, says the company is hoping to establish a long-term brand that will include opportunities for employee ownership.

  • Execuzen appoints CEMA MD

    Fri, 23 Oct 2009

    Specialist financial services search firm Execuzen has appointed Bill Allum as a managing director for Central Europe, Middle East and Africa regions across all product areas.

  • City bonuses to increase by 50%

    Wed, 21 Oct 2009

    City bonuses are set rise by 50% to £6bn compared with earlier in the year, according to research by the centre for economics and business research (cebr).

  • LV= upgrades online recruitment system

    Wed, 21 Oct 2009

    Insurance, investments and pensions group LV= has upgraded its online recruitment system to include an integrated candidate screening solution powered by NorthgateArinso PeopleChecking and linked to StepStone’s applicant tracking system.

  • ‘Dramatic’ increase in financial services recruitment

    Thu, 15 Oct 2009

    There has been a dramatic increase in recruitment activity in the financial services sector in September, according to findings from pre-employment screening firm Powerchex.

  • Number of City jobs fall in September

    Wed, 14 Oct 2009

    The number of new financial services jobs in the City fell by 8% in September, according to the Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.

  • Scottish finance sector’s recruitment troubles

    Tue, 13 Oct 2009

    Scottish banks and financial services firms are encountering difficulties in recruiting new staff to vital business areas, with some teams operating lean to take advantage of any recovery, according to banking and finance recruiter Joslin Rowe.

  • Banking resignations shows confidence returning

    Tue, 13 Oct 2009

    News that a third of RBS Coutts Singapore staff have resigned en masse is a positive sign that confidence is returning to the market, according to the managing director of international banking and finance recruiter Selby Jennings

  • Appointments: Sellick Partnership

    Tue, 13 Oct 2009

    Finance, legal and education recruiter Sellick Partnership has appointed consultant Kate Wilson to Sellick Partnership Legal at its Manchester head office.Meanwhile, Mary Melber joins Sellick Partnership Leeds as consultant, while Tim Platt is recruited as consultant at Sellick Partnership Midlands and Ben Tootell has also been appointed as consultant at Sellick Partnership Chester.

  • Financial services firms rethink brands

    14-October 2009

    Financial services employers are rethinking their model employee profiles and employer brands as they face having to recover public confidence in the wake of the economic downturn.

  • Recruiters lose thousands in unclaimed charge rates

    14-October 2009

    Recruiters are missing out on tens of thousands of pounds by not checking that clients stick to the terms of their contracts.

  • Execuzen appoints managing director

    Mon, 12 Oct 2009

    Specialist financial services search firm Execuzen has appointed Sophie De Ferranti as managing director.

  • Confidence returns to investment banking accountants

    Fri, 9 Oct 2009

    Confidence in finding work in the investment banking sector is growing among accountancy contractors, according to new research by contractor services provider giant group.

  • Tentative return to hiring

    Thu, 8 Oct 2009

    The UK has seen a tentative return to hiring activity, according to Badenoch & Clark’s professional talent spotlight for September/October 2009.

  • Howell buys back EM Group

    Wed, 7 Oct 2009

    David Howell, one of the co-founders of financial recruiter EM Group, has bought back the business. Howell previously sold the firm to IHR Group in March 2007.

  • KPMG appoints global head of people

    Tue, 6 Oct 2009

    Professional services firm KPMG has appointed Rachel Campbell as its global head of people, performance and culture (PPC).

  • Not all bad news for finance sector

    Mon, 5 Oct 2009

    Job losses will continue to hamper the City but some institutions will continue to recruit, according to recruiters.

  • Brewer Morris appoints new director

    Fri, 18 Sep 2009

    Tax specialist recruiter Brewer Morris has recruited Hu Kabir to its tax practice recruitment division as associate director.Kabir is a specialist in recruiting tax professionals into mid-market accountancy firms across all tax disciplines.

  • Financial vacancies rise in London

    Thu, 17 Sep 2009

    The number of financial sector vacancies increased by 18% in August, compared with July - the biggest rise in any one month so far this year, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.

  • City workers feel more secure, says GRS

    Tue, 15 Sep 2009

    City professionals are increasingly confident of their job security, according to international executive search consultancy GRS.

  • Kwit Fit filling of contact centre insurance roles

    16-September 2009

    Stewart: lot of opportunity to grow

  • Goodman Masson appoints director

    Fri, 4 Sep 2009

    Financial recruiter Goodman Masson has appointed Chris Porges from WH Marks Sattin as director of Goodman Masson’s temporary and contracts business.

  • Fewer opportunities at BarCap

    Tue, 1 Sep 2009

    There will be far fewer recruitment opportunities at Barclays Capital, according to its president Bob Diamond.Diamond told Bloomberg TV that BarCap has completed 75-80% of its recruitment drive and will now be concentrating on emerging markets.

  • Banking, insurance and finance

    02-September 2009

    While this is still a candidate-rich sector, resourcing professionals are putting greater demands on recruiters’ margins and services

  • Cautious response to FSA

    02-September 2009

    City recruiters are wary of the Financial Services Authority’s proposed new rules on bankers’ pay and bonuses that would link their pay more closely with the banks’ longterm profitability, and which are planned for implementation in January 2010.

  • Equity participation key to growth for specialist recruiter Investigo

    02-September 2009

    Investigo’s equity participation scheme is one of the main reasons for the company’s recession-busting growth, according to one of its directors.

  • Mixed fortunes for Sun jobsite users

    Fri, 21 Aug 2009

    Despite Severn Recruitment Solutions making the first job placement using The Sun’s new jobsite recruiters have had mixed fortunes using the site.

  • Tesco Scottish recruitment drive a welcome boost

    Thu, 20 Aug 2009

    Tesco’s announcement that it is to create 800 new jobs in Glasgow is a welcome boost to recruitment in the city and in Scotland.

  • Nomura slams Hogarth Davies Lloyd’s ‘misconceived’ claim

    Thu, 20 Aug 2009

    A claim, reportedly worth £90m in unpaid fees, by City headhunter Hogarth Davies Lloyd, has been decribed as ‘misconceived’ by Japanese banking firm Nomura.

  • City jobs maintain momentum

    Tue, 18 Aug 2009

    City jobs retained some momentum in July, according to the Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.

  • More financial job hunters ‘lie’ on CVs

    Fri, 7 Aug 2009

    The number of candidates lying on their CVs has reached a three-year high in the financial sector, according to research from pre-employment screening firm Powerchex.

  • QPS Group chooses Microdec Profile solution

    Mon, 20 Jul 2009

    IT and financial services recruiter QPS Group has chosen Microdec Profile RPM recruitment software for use across the group.

  • Accountant openings on the rise

    Mon, 20 Jul 2009

    Openings for newly qualified accountants increased by 28% between Q1 and Q2, according to research by financial services recruiter Joslin Rowe.

  • ABPM Recruitment moves from Leeds to Wakefield

    Thu, 16 Jul 2009

    Financial recruiter ABPM Recruitment has relocated its Leeds operation to new office premises in Wakefield. The move sees the firm take space in the St John’s Business Centre on St John’s North in the city centre.

  • London financial services market improving

    Wed, 15 Jul 2009

    There are signs of improvement in the London financial services industry with new job numbers in June the highest this year, according to Morgan McKinley’s employment monitor.

  • One in five UK companies too lean

    Tue, 14 Jul 2009

    One in five UK firms are not adequately staffed to take advantage of the recovery, claims the latest ‘Robert Half CFO Confidence Index’.

  • Financial services recover after slump

    Mon, 13 Jul 2009

    Financial services recruitment is recovering after a prolonged slump, according to data from pre-employment screening firm Powerchex.

  • Sellick Partnership opens Derby office

    Mon, 13 Jul 2009

    Finance and accountancy recruiter, Sellick Partnership has opened a new office in Derby.

  • London financial markets more stable

    Tue, 7 Jul 2009

    Stability has returned to recruitment in the London financial markets, but there are no green shoots, according to the chief executive of Michael Page.

  • Standard Chartered in growth

    08-July 2009

    Unlike others in the banking sector, Standard Chartered Bank is enjoying “a high growth phase”, said Geraldine Haley, group head forleadership effectiveness and succession.

  • C&M launches travel financial division

    Mon, 6 Jul 2009

    Travel staffing firm C&M Travel Recruitment is launching a financial division.

  • Financial services more optimistic

    Mon, 29 Jun 2009

  • Lloyds trebles corporate restructuring division

    Tue, 23 Jun 2009

    Lloyds Banking Group is trebling the size of its corporate restructuring division, according to a report in The Mail on Sunday.

  • Employers’ ‘wait and see’ attitude could prove costly

    Mon, 22 Jun 2009

    Badenoch & Clark says that employers remain cautious in their hiring, but warns that they need to gear up for hiring now or risk missing out when the upturn comes.

  • Vacancies rise in banking

    Thu, 18 Jun 2009

    Banking and financial vacancies continued to rise in May, according to Morgan McKinley’s London Employment Monitor.

  • Korn/Ferry acquires Whitehead Mann

    Mon, 15 Jun 2009

    Korn/Ferry International has acquired City recruiter Whitehead Mann. Financial details of the merger have not been revealed.

  • Interim Performers awarded NHS PASA Commercial Resources Framework

    Mon, 15 Jun 2009

    Public sector, finance, HR interim management service provider, Interim Performers has been awarded the NHS PASA Commercial Resources Framework.

  • Verridian advises Jobcentre Plus

    Fri, 12 Jun 2009

    A quarter of Jobcentre Plus offices are now using a career advice and guidance service launched by financial services recruiter and training company Verridian.

  • Recruiters’ reactions to ‘end of the recession’ claim

    Thu, 11 Jun 2009

    Recruiters have given a mixed reaction to claims made by a leading economic think-tank yesterday.

  • Capita completes £523m AXA deal

    Mon, 1 Jun 2009

    Capita has signed a £523m deal to become the strategic outsourcing partner of AXA Sun Life (AXA) to administer 3.2m mature life and pensions policies.Under the 15-year partnership, Capita will provide customer servicing, policy administration, claims activity and related IT support to a proportion of AXA’s business. The service begins today (1 June).

  • Rise Hammond successfully integrated

    Tue, 26 May 2009

    Rise Group has completed its integration with Glasgow and Edinburgh-based legal, accountancy, financial services and management consulting recruiter Hammond Resources, following its acquisition just over a year ago. The division has now been re-branded as Rise Hammond.Rise Group, backed by Murray Capital, the private equity arm of Murray International Holdings, offers specialised recruitment capability in contact centres, hospitality and catering, professional services and ...

  • Contact's nothing to sneeze at

    27-May-2009

    Banking, commerce and industry, secretarial and IT recruiter Contact Recruitment is taking steps to reduce the risks of swine flu spreading among its staff and clients.

  • Specialist recruiters to forge ahead

    Fri, 22 May 2009

    Specialist areas of financial services will continue to thrive despite the sector as a whole growing at a slower pace than in the recent past, according to a new report.

  • Parkhouse Bell leads HireScore’s top 10

    Wed, 20 May 2009

    Finance and education recruiter Parkhouse Bell leads the list in recruitment scoring website HireScores.com’s top 10 recruiters for 2009 so far.

  • Overtime at banks trebles

    Mon, 18 May 2009

    Overtime in the banking sector has almost trebled, according to a survey by banking and finance recruiter Badenoch & Clark.

  • Women gain ground in bid for City jobs

    Thu, 14 May 2009

    A larger proportion of City job offers are being made to women, a survey by financial recruiter Joslin Rowe shows.

  • BarCap on hiring spree

    Mon, 11 May 2009

    Barclays Capital (BarCap), the investment banking arm of Barclays, is on a hiring spree to take on another 100 bankers, according to a report in the Independent. This is in addition to 140 bankers and traders taken on since September.

  • 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.

  • Premier Group rebrands finance recruiters

    Tue, 28 Apr 2009

    New look for Premier

  • Appointment times double, says Joslin Rowe survey

    Mon, 27 Apr 2009

    The average time taken to make appointments within the financial services sector has doubled to six weeks since last September, according to a survey by Joslin Rowe. 

  • Morgan McKinley: Positive signs in financial hiring

    Fri, 24 Apr 2009

    Hiring activity rose for a third consecutive month in March, according to a survey by financial recruiter Morgan McKinley.The survey shows that the number of new job vacancies within London’s financial services sector increased by 10% compared with the previous month.The number of financial services professionals who began looking for a new job also jumped in March, up 9% on February.

  • CEBR: City jobs outlook gets brighter

    Mon, 20 Apr 2009

    The outlook for City jobs is improving but the recession will continue to bite, according to research from the centre for economics and business research (CEBR).

  • Charterhouse cuts 10 UK-based staff

    Tue, 14 Apr 2009

    Financial recruiter Charterhouse has reduced the size of its London office in response to weakening economic conditions.

  • Astbury Marsden ups incentives

    01-Apr-2009

    At at a time when many recruiters are scrutinising costs, finance and IT recruiter Astbury Marsden is altering its commission structure in a bid to attract and retain good consultants.

  • Financial service jobs cull fastest since 1993

    Mon, 30 Mar 2009

    Financial service sector jobs are being cut at their fastest rate since 1993, according to a survey from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

  • Financial services recruiters question mortgage lending figures

    Wed, 25 Mar 2009

    Financial services recruiters say they have seen no signs of increases in demand for mortgage staff, despite mortgage lending jumping to a 10-month high.

  • Coningham Lee pulls out of Dubai move

    Tue, 24 Mar 2009

    Finance recruiter Coningham Lee has decided not to go ahead with a planned office opening in Dubai as a result of the slowdown there.

  • 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 ...

  • Agg Jones Search and Selection secures £475,000 investment

    Mon, 16 Mar 2009

    Newport Wales-based specialist search and selection company Agg Jones Search and Selection has secured equity and debt co-investment from Finance Wales, HSBC and the Welsh Assembly Government as part of a £475,000 expansion.

  • Michael Page: profits fall after “year of two halves”

    Thu, 5 Mar 2009

    Michael Page International has announced a 5% drop in profits before tax for 2008.

  • Morgan McKinley survey: Financial services staffing hit by “extremely difficult” conditions

    Thu, 19 Feb 2009

    Financial services recruitment is experiencing “extremely difficult” conditions due to the recession, according to a new survey.

  • Bonus cuts affects banking recruitment

    Wed, 18 Feb 2009

    Cuts in bonuses such as those announced yesterday by Alastair Darling for staff at the Royal Bank of Scotland, and bad publicity surrounding the banking industry, are having a major effect on recruitment in the finance sector, say recruiters. The chancellor says that this year’s total bonus pot at the bank, which has been bailed out by tax payers, will be cut from £2.5bn last year to £340m this year. 

  • Public sector: £1bn West Midlands investment may create 40,000 jobs

    Fri, 30 Jan 2009

    Local councils in the West Midlands have entered into talks with government over a £1bn statutory city region plan which could create more than 40,000 jobs in Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country.

  • Finance recruitment: Darwin Rhodes wins Aon contract

    Fri, 30 Jan 2009

    Finance and insurance recruiter Darwin Rhodes has won a contract to support recruitment staff at Aon’s new Centre of Excellence in Dublin, Ireland.

  • Finance: Ardent launches video service

    Wed, 28 Jan 2009

    Financial services recruiter Ardent Search & Selection has launched a web-based video service to help in selecting candidates.

  • Change Recruitment: Diversification key for Scottish finance recruiters

    Tue, 27 Jan 2009

    Diversification is the key to surviving, as Scottish finance recruiters are urged to tough it out, says Change Recruitment director.

  • Fortuna Search & Selection: City bonus crackdown drives candidate behaviour

    Mon, 26 Jan 2009

    The Treasury crackdown on the City bonus culture is affecting jobseeker’s behaviour, according to a City recruiter.

  • FSS survey: Hiring to stay level

    Fri, 23 Jan 2009

    Most  employers plan to maintain recruitment levels of finance professionals.

  • Banking and finance: Thesiger and Webster leave Imprint

    Wed, 21 Jan 2009

    Robert Thesiger has resigned as chief executive of the Imprint Group, according to a statement released late yesterday by the board of recruitment services firm Premier Group, Imprint’s parent company.

  • New job vacancies in the City fall further

    Wed, 14 Jan 2009

    The number of new City job vacancies coming onto the market in December 2008 fell 65% compared to the same time in 2007 and a 52% drop on November 2008, according to Morgan McKinley’s London Employment Monitor.

  • Graduate jobs: Job vacancies for graduates fall by a fifth

    Wed, 14 Jan 2009

    Job vacancies for students graduating this summer have fallen by almost a fifth – and most have already been filled, according to a new report.

  • Moving into new sectors is not the answer to downturn

    14-Jan-2009

    Diversification: not always the longed-for pot of gold

  • Finance/Legal recruitment: It’s not all doom and gloom in the City, says Hays’ Venables

    Fri, 9 Jan 2009

    Despite continuing job losses, and uncertainty about hiring intentions, Paul Venables, finance director at Hays, says, it’s not all bad news for recruiters in the City. There are grounds for optimism in certain niche areas.

  • IT/Finance recruitment: Falling IT contractor job offers from the finance sector

    Thu, 8 Jan 2009

    A winter chill in IT contractor offers from the finance sector has not frozen recruitment in the sector.

  • Banking & Finance: Opportunties in Energy?

    Mon, 5 Jan 2009

    The booming energy sector is providing light for finance recruiters as salary gaps close and positions provide opportunities for the glut of candidates hitting the market.

  • WH Marks Sattin launches risk and compliance division

    Mon, 22 Dec 2008

    Finance recruiter WH Marks Sattin is launching  a new division to take advantage of increasing demand for risk and compliance staff.

  • Contact Recruitment cuts staff and closes Dublin office

    Fri, 19 Dec 2008

    Banking, commerce and industry, secretarial and IT  recruiter Contact Recruitment has cut 14 jobs in London, and is closing its Dublin business as a result of deteriorating market conditions. 

  • Finance expats return home

    Thu, 18 Dec 2008

    With the downturn in financial services continuing to bite, an exodus of expatriate finance professionals from the City to their country of origin is creating opportunities for recruiters.

  • Recruiters benefit from financial services job cuts

    Thu, 18 Dec 2008

    Recruiters are benefiting from jobs cuts in financial services as smaller companies take advantage of the situation to hire good quality staff, according to one recruiter.

  • 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%.

  • Finance professionals move to Switzerland

    Tue, 16 Dec 2008

    With the UK financial sector continuing to be affected by the downturn, Switzerland has become an increasingly attractive destination for finance professionals, according to recruiters.

  • Santander cuts 1,900 jobs

    Mon, 15 Dec 2008

    Spanish bank Santander has announced that it will cut 1,900 jobs across its three UK businesses - Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley.The bank said that the cuts will occur in 2009 to reduce costs and have not ruled out compulsory redundancies.

  • Arrows Group launches European office

    Fri, 12 Dec 2008

    Arrows Group’s first operation on the European continent has its headquarters in Amsterdam, leading the way in Project Management, IT and Finance recruitment. The Amsterdam office is the hub of the European function that also services the French, German and Belgium markets in both permanent and contract staff.

  • 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.

  • Marketing agency EMR reports good news for investor relations staff

    Fri, 12 Dec 2008

    Marketing specialist agency EMR has reported another healthy year within its corporate investor relations and financial communications both in the UK and abroad.

  • Michael Page announces changes to its senior management team

    Fri, 12 Dec 2008

    Finance recruiter Michael Page has made changes to its management team.

  • ‘Stabilise top bank talent’

    10-Dec-2008

    Heavy staff cuts are forcing investment banks to put talent at the top of the corporate agenda, HR executives at UBS and Nomura told a recent SHL roundtable event.

  • QPS Group

    Tue, 25 Nov 2008

    QPS acquires Irish financial recruiter SSC

  • 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.

  • Candidate shortage for Channel Islands

    12-Nov-2008

    The financial sector in the Channel Islands is yet to feel the full impact of the economic crisis, as long-term candidate shortages preserve placement numbers.Jenny Mitchell, director of Guernsey-based finance recruiter Situations Recruitment, told Recruiter the company continues to have problems sourcing good candidates.“We are feeling quite bullish [about the market]. The Channel ...

  • QPS on track for growth as Gerstein hits back at critics

    12-Nov-2008

    The chief executive of QPS Group, the company which acquired failed IT, legal and banking recruiter Greatfleet in July this year, has told Recruiter that the resurrected company is already in profit and on course for future expansion.Colin Gerstein said that profits at QPS were already “in six figures” for the first quarter.He said that revenues were on track for e10m (£8m) in the first year. However, this is set to increase later this month after it ...

  • Call for delay with VAT hire concession

    15-Oct-2008

    A recruiter is calling for a delay in the removal of the VAT staff hire concession, which could cost employers using recruitment agencies £400m and could lead to fewer temporary staff being hired.Nabila Sadiq, managing director of Joslin Rowe Temporary, told Recruiter that with turmoil in the financial services sector, removing the concession would only add to clients’ woes. “There is so ...

  • New site for more global candidates

    15-Oct-2008

    Michael Page International has launched a new website for international candidates to reflect the increase it has seen in professional and qualified candidates looking outside of their home country for a career move.Oliver Watson, regional managing director at Michael Page International, told Recruiter it is also seeing increased international interest from clients. “Clients with international operations that offer overseas postings want to see candidates with international ...

  • People Moves 15th October 2008

    15-Oct-2008

    Majithia to lead Emerson Chase City’s growth in finance sector

  • Manpower optimistic for opening of City branch

    1-Oct-2008

    Manpower will open a new branch in Liverpool Street in the City on 20 October, in a clear message that there are still staffing opportunities despite the economic downturn which is crippling the financial sector.In an effort to recruit workers to the new branch, the multi-sector recruiter held two open evenings in September for prospective employees. On the first evening four candidates turned up ...

  • Recruiters scramble to mop up Lehman talent

    1-Oct-2008

    Recruiters are scrambling to net the best talent following the collapse of investment bank behemoth Lehman Brothers, which released 4,500 people on to the jobs market.Agencies have been competing with in-house recruiters and outplacement firms to benefit from the short-term deluge of talent, setting up shop in Canary Wharf and cherry-picking candidates on the day of the bank’s closure on 15 September.

  • Financial Services

    20-Aug-2008

    Companies in the financial sector are tightening up their financial recruitment policies, as the number of positions in the sector falls