Talent management provider Fairsail has appointed Stephen Kelly to its board of directors.
Kelly was previously chief executive of IT firm Micro Focus and joins Fairsail as an investor and board executive.
He was also previously CEO of US customer relationship management vendor Chordiant.
Recruitment software provider Bullhorn has signed up business transformation recruiter Venquis.
Venquis says it chose the recruitment software specialist specifically to support an ambitious and dynamic programme of expansion, which includes a target of £3m profit by 2016.
Not-for-profit recruitment body the Institute of Recruiters (IOR) has appointed employment law consultancy HR Insight to provide services to its members.
Compared to business generally, recruitment firms in the UK coped far better in the second half of last year. Hilton Baird’s survey reveals why
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is to double its number of specialist officers cracking down on labour providers who fail to pay their tax.
Tax evaders face custodial sentences, confiscation of their assets and further sanctions such as financial reporting orders and orders preventing them from becoming company directors.
HMRC cites main compliance problems as:
Norman Broadbent says Q1 trading has been “profitable and satisfactory” as revenues have risen, according to the executive search firm’s audited results for the year ended 31 December 2010.
The group’s results reveal:
· Revenue increased to £6.1m (2009: £6m), with executive search revenues up 9% to £5.7m (2009: £5.2m)
Liz Sutch
Carrot Pharma Recruitment has launched a new sister company, Carrot Intell Recruitment, which is headed up by former senior consultant at Carrot Pharma, Liz Sutch.
Employers must develop talent from within to differentiate themselves, according to Vance Kearney, vice-president, EMEA HR, at Oracle.
Credit insurance product Red Flag Alert Protection has launched.
The new product has been developed jointly by Begbies Traynor, business rescue, recovery and restructuring specialist, and the trade credit & bonds division of independent insurance broker R K Harrison Financial Risks.
There has been a rise in the number of visas issued for those wishing to work in the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics.
In the year to March 2011, a total of 161,815 work-related visas were issued, an increase of 6% on 152,995 in the year to March 2010.