A UK recruitment group that was amongst the UK’s fastest growing companies in the sector in 2008 was among the recruitment businesses that went into administration in Q1.
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City job vacancies have risen by 121% in Q1, according to research from financial services recruitment firm Astbury Marsden.
The research shows that 11,020 roles were created, up from 4,970 in the first quarter of 2009.
New candidate registrations also rose by 21% in the first quarter of 2010 on Q1 2009.
New web-based recruitment service GiBrain has launched in the UK.
GiBrain, which offers instruction, information and training on recruitment and hiring practices using web videos, started operating in Australia and Asia-Pacific earlier in this year.
The Capita Group has acquired Premier Medical Group (PMG), a provider of medical reporting and screening service, for £60m.
It’s been a quiet couple of weeks for staffing business results.
International legal search and recruitment consultancy Shilton Sharpe Quarry (SSQ) reported profits before tax is up 24% to £1.53m on turnover/gross profit of £7.02m (up 6%) in its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2009.
The government’s Budget announcement to speed up plans to raise the state pension age for men to 66 by as early as 2016 is a positive move, according to a spokesman for pension and investment adviser Scottish Widows.
The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) is set to move into a new Central London office as part of an ongoing expansion.
APSCo takes residence in its new premises on Bermondsey Street in the City on 27 August.
Global recruiter Hays has seen profits fall but is currently seeing return to growth driven by its international business, according to its preliminary results for the year ended 30 June 2010.
The group’s results reveal:
The use of temporary agency workers in the UK hit a year high in August, data from de Poel has revealed.
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