Tesco gives Armed Forces employment support

Tesco has agreed to support Armed Forces veterans into employment, and also help spouses and partners of serving personnel to get jobs at stores in areas with large armed forces communities.

Singapore remains top place for doing business

Singapore tops the list of business-friendly economies for the ninth consecutive year, according to the World Bank Group’s Doing Business 2015 rankings.

Mercer adds Jeitosa’s HR and IT strengths

Global talent, health, retirement and investments consultancy Mercer will acquire Jeitosa Group International, a global HR business consultancy and IT systems integration firm.

Broadbean ties up with Australia’s FastTrack

Broadbean, which provides candidate sourcing tools to recruitment companies, has said it has entered an exclusive partnership with Australasian recruitment, payroll and billing software company FastTrack.

TLTP recruiter updates Ebola guidance for NHS agency staff

Public sector recruitment specialist TLTP Group, which places teaching staff in schools and ancillary healthcare staff into the NHS, said it now requires all agency workers to verify whether they have recently visited or plan to visit any of countries affected by Ebola.

HMRC to drop IR35 Business Entity Tests

The IR35 Business Entity Tests will be dropped from 6 April next year, Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced.

Co-op Bank rebuilds temp recruitment systems

The Co-operative Bank is overhauling procurement of temporary staff as it separates from the wider Co-operative Group, Supply Management magazine reports.