IT and telecoms recruiter ITHR Group has opened its first group office in Scotland as its IT banking and financial brand 7 Fifty Two opens in Edinburgh.

7 Fifty Two was acquired by ITHR in July, and the recruiter already has offices in London and Singapore.

The new Scottish venture will be led by sales director Phil Notley, who previously worked with multi-sector technical recruiter Cyberteam Resource Managmeent and in IT recruitment with Spring Group.

Notley and ITHR chief executive Sean Gallagher previously worked together in the late 1980s and again in the mid 1990s.