Bromak staff trained to fit life-saving face masks

Staff at built environment recruitment and training firm Bromak have attended a training course to learn how to provide respiratory protective equipment to workers it supplies.

HR recruits needed as Environment Agency prepares for redundancies

As the UK faces further floods, redundancies that are expected to affect flood responses continue at the Environment Agency. Meanwhile, its HR team is looking to add to its ranks.

PayMatters takes on accountant and business development consultant

Contractor accountancy firm PayMatters has taken on two new staff.

Smallman sets up recruitment support firm Deleso

Deleso, a new recruitment consultancy back office support provider, has been launched by professional services firm 1st Option and its new recruit Richard Smallman.

Lowering hiring expectations as new EU workers arrive

The New Year influx of Bulgarian and Romanian workers to the UK has not been as dramatic as some predicted, but recruiters are already sizing up the possible effects.

Vacancy growth outstrips applicants, says Reed

The latest Reed Job Index from reed.co.uk suggests the start of 2014 will see the tide turn for the UK jobs market, with the rate of growth in new vacancies overtaking the number of applicants for the first time in five years.

Jobs to rain in Spain in 2014 says economy minister

Spain’s economy minister says the country will see a “net creation of jobs” in 2014, with a drop in unemployment, Reuters reports.