Multi-sector recruiter Absolute Recruitment UK has acquired Bralin Recruitment for an undisclosed sum.
Bralin Recruitment, which operates mainly in the commercial and industrial sectors, will service businesses in North Cheshire and South Lancashire, adding to Crewe-based Absolute’s success in South Cheshire and Staffordshire, explains managing director Jessica Marshall.
Thames Water may move its call centre to India, according to a report in the Daily Mail.
The company currently employs over 500 people in its call centre Swindon, however, the company has admitted that it is in discussion with a number of outsourcing firms.
A new government-backed free recruitment service for schools and local authorities threatens jobs and should be scrapped, according to the chief executive of an education job board.
HR business solutions provider Kenexa has announced the opening of its newest international office in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The office, Kenexa’s first in Latin America, is located at Gorostiaga 2355 12th Floor C1426CTQ CABA Argentina.
The number of women on FTSE 100 corporate boards has remained at the same level as in 2008.
International real estate, infrastructure and commercial property recruiter Prime People has seen net fee income fall but says it is well placed to capitalise on opportunities posed by the recovery in its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2009.
The UK’s business community is at its strongest financially since July 2008, according to Experian’s insolvency index.
Blacklisting workers for employment due to trade union membership or activities is to be made unlawful, under plans outlined by employment relations minister Lord Young.
The services sector continued to grow in November, according to the latest Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS)/Markit survey.
The Business Activity Index in November recorded 56.6, down from October’s 26-month high of 56.9.
