Insurance giant Aviva is working with headhunters to find a new chairman, according to an article in The Times today.
The firm is reported to have hired MWM Consulting and JCA Group to draw up a list of potential replacements for its current head Lord Sharman. Neither company was available to comment at the time of writing.
JobServe made a pre-tax loss of £5.8m in the year ended 30 September 2009, compared with a profit of £2.2m in 2008.
Healthcare recruiter Pinnacle Staffing Group has made a pre-tax loss of £5.68m, according to half-year results for the period ending 4 July 2010.
The group’s results reveal:
Pertemps has reported a rise in profits to nearly £2m.
Profit rose to £1,939,000 in the 12 months to 31 December 2009. This compares with £1,726000 in 2008.
Turnover was up slightly at £231,531,000 (2008: £225,991,000)
Kelly Services is banking on specialisation to build its business in Singapore.
Recruitment-to-recruitment consultancy Aston Taylor has strengthened its team with a number of new appointments.
Jay Gohill, Greg Pedder, Sarah Alberts join as consultants.
Keith Canning, sales director of Aston Taylor, says: “We’ve hired three new consultants and expect to hire another six by the end of the year.
Bob McKinlay and Monika Kaluzna are new owners of transport and logistics staffing specialist Driver Hire’s Twickenham franchise.
The Twickenham franchise covers all Twickenham and Uxbridge postcodes but initially McKinlay and Kaluzna will operate the business from Driver Hire’s Wimbledon office before moving to new offices in Twickenham in December.
Medical revalidation of doctors should also apply to locum doctors, according to Richard MacMillan, chief executive of healthcare staffing agency PULSE.
Financial services executive advisory and search firm Veni Partners has appointedJulia Gallop as chief operating officer and Anna Marietta as principal.
More than half of Middle East firms are planning to increase headcount in 2010, according to research from Middle East job site Careertunity.com.
The research also shows that jobsites are the preferred method of recruitment for most respondents, while salary growth is expected to average between 7 and 7.5% in the United Arab Emirates and 7.9% across the Middle East region this year.