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Public sector recruiter the Capita Group has acquired Cedar HR Software for £15m on a debt free, cash free basis.
Cedar, which provides HR management software to UK policing, will become part of Capita’s secure information services business.
Cedar made a pro forma operating profit for its financial year to 28 February 2011 of £2m on turnover of £6.2m.
Disneyland Paris is seeking 4,000 new recruits as part of a Europe-wide recruitment and sourcing campaign, which will run until 30 March next year.
Most employers in the East of England see a lack of talent and skills as the biggest of inhibitors to business growth, according multi-sector recruiter Cooper Lomaz’s Business Barometer.
The survey shows 42% of employers see the main problem to be the lack of talent and skills, followed by poor transport links (29%) and lack of investment (21.7%) as hindering growth.
Secondment of John Lewis employees at The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games(LOCOG) is already underway, according to the retailer.
Financial sector firms have put the brakes on hiring and are looking to cut headcount, according to the latest CBI/PwC ‘Financial Services Survey’.
The survey reveals the pace of growth in the UK financial services sector continued to slow in the three months to September.
Finance and office professional staffing specialist Parkside Recruitment has opened a new office on Baker Street in London.
Following its recent acquisition by global recruiter Antal International, Parkside has opened the office to complement its accountancy & finance and office professional teams in Uxbridge and Staines.
Online recruitment activity fell in September, according to the latest UK Monster Employment Index.
The index gave a reading of 135 in September, down from 138 in August. However September signalled a 3% annual rise in online job opportunities.
Strong international growth has helped global recruiter Robert Walters offset a fall in net fee income within the UK for Q3 on the same period last year, according to an interim management statement for the third quarter ended 30 September 2011.
The statement reveals:
Gear manufacturer David Brown Gear Systems will create around 80 new jobs at its Huddersfield factory having secured £4.8m in private and government funding.