An increasing number of legal and contractual roles will emerge in the UK’s IT industry to deal with the complexities of cloud computing, according to James Lyne, director of technology strategy at Sophos.
Specifically, the roles will be created to “ensure that third parties behave correctly and responsibly in the cloud”, said Lyne.
Recent Antal acquisition Parkside Recruitment has appointed Caron Matthews as divisional manger for accounting and finance perm.
She will be based at the firm’s Uxbridge office.
Cloud computing hosting company virtualDCS has launched a ‘private cloud’ service.
The service has been specifically enables recruiters to maintain storage of all of their client and other critical data within their offices.
IT and communications staffing specialist DP Connect has appointed Lucy Rees as a senior recruitment consultant.
Rees joins the firm’s business technology team, placing project managers and business analysts in the UK and mainland Europe.
Manufacturing has been a key contributor to private sector employment growth within Scotland, according to Bank of Scotland chief economist Donald MacRae.
African countries south of the Sahara are set to experience a surge in growth in their banking systems during the rest of the decade, according to new research from the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Financial services recruiter McGregor Boyall has promoted director Stewart Taylor and principal consultant Mark Harris to newly created roles.
Taylor is promoted to director, client relations and Harris to manager, client relations.
Nearly two in three of all public workers are choosing not to move from their current job, according to research from professional recruiter Badenoch & Clark.
The research shows almost a third (31%) claim they are happy in their job.
London now accounts for four in every 10 of all new IT jobs in the UK, according to research from technology recruiter ReThink Recruitment.
Before the recession in June 2008, London accounted for 34% of all IT jobs created in the UK.
According to ReThink, as well as growth in demand in financial services, London is also benefiting from a boom in social networking IT start-ups.
Global recruiter Hays has appointed Victoria Jarman as non-executive director.
She will join the board on 1 October 2011 and wil also hold the position of Chairman of the Audit Committee after Hay’s Annual General Meeting on 9 November 2011.