Output in the manufacturing sector slowed in September, according to the seasonally adjusted CIPS/Markit UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI).
The index recorded a reading of 49.5 in September, down from 49.7 in August and below the neutral 50.0 mark for the second month running.
Executive search firm Ellis Fairbank has gone into administration.
Logistics services provider Bibby Distribution has acquired part of warehouse management system developer Data Driven Software.
The move increases the Stafford-based development team, and gives the company the flexibility to develop new innovations in warehousing technology, and enter the software market to provide IT solutions to third parties.
Outsource recruitment provider ResourceBank has launched ResourceBank Lite.
ResourceBank Lite offers online application programmes for companies with 500+ employees looking to regularly recruit positions under £30k, bringing significant cost-savings and improvements in both quality and overall performance.
In response to Neil Wilson’s ‘The industry must change!’ Trends piece (Recruiter, 2 September), I agree 110% with the opening comments.
Financial services employers are rethinking their model employee profiles and employer brands as they face having to recover public confidence in the wake of the economic downturn.
Executive search firm Redgrave Partners has launched Argyll Scott, a new middle management recruitment business, to compete with established companies, such as Michael Page.
Recruitment training provider Pure Recruitment Training has launched www.purerecruitmenttraining.com.
Pure Recruitment Training provides online, seminar and webinar-based recruitment and headhunting training.
Public sector recruiter Hays Public Services has recruited a diverse start-up team for the new Bristol-based Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC).
Hays filled 35 positions, from management to support roles, across the many disciplines in the organisation, including planning, finance, IT, human resources, communications, legal, administration and secretarial.
The Royal Mail will need to prove that additional temporary workers who are hired are not there to perform the duties of workers out on strike, according to law firm Blake Lapthorn.