Executive search firm The Buffkin Group has been retained by HealthTeacher in the US in its search for senior vice-president of sales.
HealthTeacher, developed by health educators and health professionals, provides an online resource aimed at teaching good health habits to children.
The government has been urged not to rush through any merger of income tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs) by Ellie Gamble, senior tax manager at Grant Thornton UK.
Yesterday in the Budget, Chancellor George Osborne announced a consultation on plans to merge the operation of income tax and NICs.
Flat-fee digital recruiters Guru Careers has hired Lisa Howard as account manager in its client services team.
Howard joins from TMP Worldwide where she was an account manager.
International service company Serco Group has appointed group HR director of Lloyds Banking Group, Angie Risley, as a non-executive director.
Risley is a member of Lloyds Banking Group’s executive committee, with responsibility for developing group-wide people practices for over 110,000 employees. She was an executive director of Whitbread until May 2007.
New tax regulations could “severely restrict” the mobility of talent, according to Sean Drury, international mobility partner at PwC.
A third of business leaders want HR to present programmes or initiatives as a business plan, according to research from jobsite CareerBuilder.co.uk.
The research also shows 16% want to see a projected return on investment for each HR initiative.
Umbrellas key to flexible labour market
HR GO Recruitment has opened its third branch of the year with its latest addition in Witham, Essex.
The Wincanton branch in Somerset was the first in January, managed by Caroline Drew. The second branch, based in Newport, South Wales, is headed up by Michael Williams and the Witham branch is lead by manager Ailsa Hegarty.
Technology staffing specialist The ReThink Group says it is seeing “continued demand and growth” across its whole business, according to a trading update for Q1.
Before the firm’s AGM today, the group revealed that Q1 revenues are 24.5% ahead of the same period last year and net fee income (gross profit) is 37.7% ahead.
As the industry awaits Wednesday’s Recruiter Awards for Excellence, supported by Innovate CV, Recruiter is inviting all Twitter users to Tweet using the hash tag #recruiterawards.
The awards ceremony takes place at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane in London.