The London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) has launched Trium, a new undergraduate programme, which guarantees a graduate level, full-time position within six months of graduation.
The programme provides an undergraduate BA degree, several stages towards a professional qualification and a graduate development programme to hone students’ interpersonal and professional skills.
The government has been accused over “playing to the gallery” over plans to dilute incoming Agency Workers Regulations.
The comments come from Tom Hadley, director of policy and professional services at the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC), and follows reports in The Daily Telegraph.
Business Link and DirectGov have published guidance providing greater clarity for businesses who offer work experience, placements and internships, as announced in the Social Mobility Strategy in April.
Online recruiter RecruitmentGenius.com has acquired rival firm imarecruit.co.uk for an undisclosed sum.
RecruitmentGenius.com chief executive Geoff Newman says: “In order to maintain competitive position, we need to stay focused and continue to gain market share.”
Commercial and industrial recruiter business Assist Recruitment has completed a merger with industrial recruiter HC Recruitment.
A broadening of technical recruiter Matchtech Group’s business has helped it post rising revenues, according to preliminary results for the year ended 31 July 2011.
The group’s results reveal:
· Revenue £301.8m up 14% (2010: £264.4m)
· Net Fee Income* (NFI) £29.8m up 14% (2010: £26.2m)
IT and digital staffing specialist Energize Recruitment Solutions has appointed Indi Pahl as division manager.
Pahl joins the firm’s IT division from Progressive, part of the SThree Group.
Executive search firm Korn/Ferry International has appointed Frank Hollmeyer as senior client partner, financial services.
Hollmeyer was previously head of the EMEA asset management practice at Heidrick & Struggles and will be based at the firm’s London office.
Provider of in-sourced direct sourcing solutions, cph, has appointed Lesley Taylor head of client services.
Taylor has been promoted to this newly created position having previously managed three of cph’s major technology sector accounts during her four years at the company.
Her new role gives her overall responsibility for service delivery across all cph’s accounts.
Executive search firm Odger Berndtson has appointed Cheryl Lobell as a partner of the firm’s life science and healthcare division.
Lobell will be based in New York, moving from her current role in Singapore with the same company.
Lobell has 22 years’ experience in human resources with companies including Standard Chartered Bank, Colgate-Palmolive and Astra Zeneca.