Technical recruiter Matchtech Group has agreed an extension with business process outsourcer Xchanging Procurement Services and its client BAE Systems until the end of 2012.
The new agreement allows access through Xchanging to supply technical and non-technical staff for BAE Systems across the UK.
Creative advertising agency archibald ingall stretton… has promoted Emma Shelton-Smith, to operations director.
Shelton-Smith, who was previously HR director, will continue to oversee all HR, but has added IT and project management to her responsibilities as well as managing the day-to-day running of the agency.
Talent management software provider StepStone has completed the sale of its StepStone Solutions talent management software division to European sector focused private equity investor HgCapital for €110m (£95m).
The UAE is “very optimistic” over agreeing a deal with Research in Motion (RIM), the Canadian maker of BlackBerry, to stop suspension of the handset services in the country next month, according to the secretary general of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council.
Jim Albert is the managing director for recruitment giant Adecco UK & Ireland’s IT and engineering brands including Modis International, Spring, Computer People, Roevin, and Glotel.
The former president and managing director at Modis International’s remit has been extended to include the firm’s technology brands following Aidan Anglin’s move to FiveTen.
Almost half of employers think the provision of outplacement and career transition services should be made compulsory, according to a survey from Hays.
Financial services training and recruitment company Verridian has agreed a partnership with finance business magazine Money Marketing’s training academy.
The partnership provides training support and resources for those financial advisers preparing to take QCF Level 4 qualification before the retail distribution review.
Mexican industrial food company Grupo Azucarero Mexico (GAM) is to implement talent management solutions provider StepStone Solutions’ Talent Management system for its sugar mills and corporate office.
The number of new financial services jobs created in the City rose by 3% month-on-month in May, the second highest volume of new jobs since September 2008, according to the latest Morgan McKinley Employment Monitor.
Sir Robert Worcester KBE DL, founder of market research firm MORI and chancellor of the University of Kent, has been appointed president of the Institute of Business Ethics.
Worcester succeeds Sir Peter Walters, now non-executive director of Nomura International, formerly chairman of BP, who has served as IBE President since 1994.