International professional recruitment and IT outsourcing group Harvey Nash has opened a new office in Manchester.
The firm says the office opening is in response to increasing client demand in the North-West for technology experts such as software developers and web specialists, as well as experienced IT leaders.
The number of new financial services jobs rose by 5% for the full quarter to June 2011, according to research from Powerchex.
The figures show that, quarter-on-quarter, growth was strongest within insurance, investment banking and investment management. However, figures for hedge funds and stockbrokers were down significantly quarter-on-quarter.
The most recent ‘Worldwide Cost of Living Report’ carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has ranked London as the 15th most expensive city in the world.
Rising costs and a stronger pound are to blame along with ‘sin-taxes’ on alcohol and cigarettes, where increases in prices as high as 50% have been recorded in the last five years.
UK worker confidence in landing a new role has increased, according to research from recruitment giant Randstad.
The research shows compared with the rest of the world, UK worker confidence in finding a new position within six months has risen by the greatest amount in the last quarter, up 8%, to 64% of all employees surveyed.
Job board JobServe has introduced bar codes for jobs accessible by phone.
JobServe job adverts now feature a new ‘dotted’ barcode, which candidates can scan using most modern mobile phones once a suitable (and freely available) app is installed.
Blackpool has seen the largest gain in new job creations among UK cities, according to SimplyHired.co.uk’s July UK Employment Outlook.
The report reveals London saw the smallest increase in job creation along with Bradford, with just 4.7% growth in new jobs.
UK SMEs are set to create 470,000 new jobs in the next year, according to research from GE Capital.
The recent expulsion of four critics of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) from an REC-run online forum has erupted into an upgraded war of words and rumblings of possible legal action.
Qatar scores highly for future growth
The long-feared introduction of the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) does not take effect until 1 October, but already the government is looking ahead to a two-year review of the legislation’s impact, Edward Davey MP, minister for employment relations, has revealed.