• Sarah Parker, branch manager at transport and logistics recruiter Driver Hire Wakefield, has bought the business from the previous owners.

• One of the feature races in the Irish horse racing calendar is to be sponsored by global recruitment specialist, ersg. The feature race, which will take place on Saturday 1 February as part of the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown Racecourse, will from today be known as The ersg Arkle Novice Steeplechase.