The number of young entrepreneurs starting up their own business has increased by nearly a quarter (22%) in the past three years, according to research by information services company Experian.
However, 45% these businesses are wound up within two and a half years, although when a director aged over 26 is also on the board, this rate improves significantly.
The third quarter of 2011 has seen a 22% increase in new assignments for interim managers, according to an Interim Management Association (IMA) quarterly survey.
Conducted by Ipsos MORI, the poll found that the private sector now accounts for 65% of completed interim managerial assignments, up from 61% in Q2, the highest level since Q4 2007, pre-recession.
Disabled people’s chances of being in work vary significantly according to their type of disability, says a report from the Office of National Statistics released in advance of last Saturday’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
Capita’s contract extension contract with Zurich has been labelled “a disappointment” by a specialist RPO analyst.
Yesterday, Capita announced it was extending its service provision to this important client in financial services and insurance out to 2026 in the UK and now incorporating Zurich’s continental European operations from July 2011.
Korn/Ferry International, global provider of talent management solutions, has appointed Jonathan R Holmes as managing director, Middle East.
Holmes’s executive search career with Korn/Ferry spans over 18 years and five countries, where he has undertaken general management searches across a range of geographies and industries, including industrial, consumer and healthcare.
Global executive search consulting firm, Spencer Stuart, has promoted Simon Fenton to chairman of its Greater China operations.
Fenton was head of Spencer Stuart’s business in the growth markets of Brazil, India and China, as well as its global industry and functional practices, and has relocated to Hong Kong. He was previously based in the UK.
Technical and engineering recruitment specialist Scantec Personnel has appointed two new account managers.
Shereese Doyle joins within the firm’s technical engineering contract team, while Chris Stanley strengthens the firm’s electrical and instrumentation team.
Meanwhile, Leanne Stewart has been promoted to payroll supervisor.
Career service cuts in England are risking the futures of young people, according a report entitled ‘Uncertain futures’ by the Institute of Career Guidance.
The survey shows almost one in six respondents said that the entire careers service in their area was due to close or had already closed, while half say their employer had already made redundancies or issued “at risk” notices.
Executive search firm Pacific International has implemented Colleague Recruitment Software to help support its international growth.
Allan Smith, managing director at Pacific International, says: “We needed one complete software solution in place that can support distributed international offices and also our mobile workforce, which travels extensively throughout the world.”
IT job site, CWJobs.co.uk, has entered into partnership with technology trade websites, ComputerWeekly.com, Computing.co.uk, TheInquirer.net and V3.co.uk, to provide jobs related content and services nationwide.
Recruiters can advertise their positions on any of the sites through CWJobs.co.uk, which will then automatically be searchable across all sites.