• Specialist legal recruitment consultancy Realm Recruit has appointed Bill Szajna Hopgood as recruitment consultant. Hopgood will work closely alongside associate director Kelly Reid within Realm’s private client division.

• As a result of winning two contracts on government frameworks, global executive search and consulting firm The Barton Partnership has appointed Ben Glitherow as director with 15 years of executive recruitment experience supporting local government and wider public sector clients. Joshua McMahon also joins the firm as principal consultant, with five years of experience specialising in central and local government placements.