Jobs growth was maintained at “solid pace” in December, according to the latest Report on Jobs from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG.
The report reveals permanent staff placements and temporary staff billings both continued to rise in December, though the rates of growth recorded were slightly weaker than the three-month highs of November.
2010 saw demand for IT personnel climb steadily, according to data from specialist IT recruitment website CWJobs.co.uk
The data reveals an 8% increase in Q2, followed by 8% in Q3 and 5% in the final quarter of the year.
However, job levels remain almost half the pre-recession levels seen in 2007 and 2008.
There was a 91% increase in full-time employment in the energy sector between 2007/08 and 2009/10, according to a study from RenewableUK.
Commercial recruiter A&L Recruit has launched.
The firm has been set up by recruiters Anna Drobycz-Maher and Lisa Jarvis who were made redundant from their previous roles.
A&L Recruit, based on Broad Lane in Sheffield, also works with welfare-to-work companies, helping to get the long-term unemployed back into work.
The government’s new Employer’s Charter will give employers more confidence to hire staff, according to Prime Minister David Cameron. The government added that in the next few months it will consider the requirements on employers when they take on staff to ensure that it is as simple and straightforward as possible.
The number of businesses failing in the UK fell by more than 10% in January on the same period last year, according to the latest Insolvency Index from Experian.
The index reveals 1,266 businesses failed in January 2011 compared with 1,426 in January 2010.
Recruiters featured prominently in this year’s Sunday Times ’Best Companies to Work For’. Topping the list of recruiters employing more than 250 staff are: Office Angels (12), Adecco (26), Huntress Search (30), Pertemps Recruitment Partnership (38), Hydrogen (45), Blue Arrow (57); Michael Page International (58), Robert Half (72), Randstad (75), PULSE (76).
Focusing on the integration of Spring and MPS was a primary reason for the fall in Adecco UK and Ireland’s revenue reduction in Q4 of 2010, according to Adecco.Adecco Group’s results showed that while revenue growth for the Adecco Group as whole increased by 32% (17% organically, ie excluding the impact of currency, acquisitions and divestitures) compared with Q4 in 2009, Q4 year-on-year growth
Almost seven in 10 small businesses have put off hiring due to uncertain economic conditions specialist, according to research from business group buying website Huddlebuy.co.uk.
The research also shows 95% of small business owners feel the government does not do enough for small businesses.
Almost half (49%) of UK employees say they were more likely to stay with an employer that encourages its workforce to donate time or raise money for charity within working hours, according to a survey from social software provider LeapCR.