Four Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) have been relicensed, Business, Innovation and Skills Secretary Lord Mandelson has announced on behalf of the UK government and the Devolved Administrations.
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Specialist hospitality recruiter Towngate Personnel has just filled an unusual seasonal brief for a client based in Lapland.
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Multi-sector recruiter Allen Associates has relocated to bigger premises and boosted its team with two hires.
The Oxford-based firm has recruited Clare Wheeler as office manager and Hannah Bush as recruitment administrator.
Kate Allen, managing director at Allen Associates, says: “The office move will help make room for growth in 2010.
Multi-sector recruiter Huntress has announced that Barclays Ventures has acquired a substantial stake in the company.
Audio visual and technology recruiter Elementary Resources has acquired AV recruiter – AV Jobs.
Candidates can now register their CVs online at both websites www.avjobs.co.uk and www.elementaryresources.co.uk.
The number of recruitment agencies going into administration increased for the third consecutive six-month period at the end of 2009.
In the second half of the year 57 recruitment companies went into administration, compared with 45 during the same period in 2008, according to monitoring service Business Sale Report.
Medical jobsite Jobs4Medical.co.uk has moved into the Irish recruitment market, which it says is a significant growth area.
Are you thinking of setting up an office in the US? If so, then make sure you are aware of all the legal foibles which can vary from state to state.
For example, in the US state of Maine businesses can be fined if they still have Christmas decorations up after 14 January (own up: who hasn’t removed the dried up Christmas tree from the corner of the photocopying room?!).
A study has revealed that the role of interim executives in delivering change had more than doubled to 33% from a base of just 15% in 2008.
A new report by Executives Online, the fast-track headhunting company, entitled ‘Challenge of Change 2010’, shows remarkable consistency in responses surrounding the ‘drivers of change’ against the previous study conducted two years ago.