• Professional services provider FDM Group has announced its apprenticeship programme in partnership with London South Bank University. The FDM paid apprenticeship scheme offers new joiners the opportunity to gain degree-level qualifications as part of the training course. Candidates are given full vocational training in key IT roles, alongside study, as part of the government-approved level six Bachelor of Science degree in Digital and Technology.

• Executive search firm Raines International has opened a London office. Leading the office is managing director Patrick Gray, who relocated to London this summer after opening and leading the firm’s Washington DC office since 2020.