The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has announced that it is to clamp down on gangmasters and ‘umbrella companies’ who abuse tax free allowances for workers as a method of undercutting rivals.
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The Association of Executive Search Consultants has announced a number of newly launched searches for its member companies.
Executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates has been retained by ENGlobal to find a new chief executive.
Executive search firm VMA Group has appointed Oskar Yasar, currently managing director of VMA Search, as managing director of VMA International to lead its expansion of VMA Group’s offices in Europe, the Middle East, the Far East and Australia.
In addition, Claire Tuffin now becomes managing director of VMA Group UK and will continue to report to chief executive Julia Meighan.
Executive jobs board TheLadders.co.uk will begin 2010 with a national TV campaign to grow awareness among £50k plus executives across the UK.
Rise Group has appointed Graeme McConnell to be the new business development manager of its Rise Executive arm.
McConnell was previously a manager at Select Appointments where he managed three of its sectoral brands and looked after such clients as Ignis Asset Management, Morgan Stanley and DFS.
Michael Page International says it expects “a significantly improved performance” in 2010. However, the UK “remains challenging” and is likely to miss out on the recovery in the rest of the group.
Developing talent with organisations is a key priority for HR in emerging from the recession, according to an international survey from the Scala Group, the ACE Network and supported by international law firm Salans.
Multi-sector recruiter Jobwisehas been awarded a place on the NHS PASA framework agreement for the supply of non-medical and non-clinical temporary and fixed-term staff.
Jobwise started supplying office-based staff across the North-West region via the PASA agreement from 1 January.
The UK economy is improving but is stuttering out of recession, according to the British Chambers of Commerce Q4 2009 Economic Survey.
The results reveal that several key measures are still negative in both the manufacturing and service sectors. In manufacturing, home orders, employment expectations, and investment in plant and machinery remain in negative territory.
Three workers who alleged that they were subjected to racial discrimination while working for Hays have dropped their claims “without any money being paid to them”, according to a company statement.