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FINANCIALS: Harvey Nash convinced of specialist benefit as gross profit rises 6%
Albert Ellis, the chief executive of IT recruitment and outsourcing Harvey Nash tells Recruiter that in the IT market in particular, specialism and a strong brand has been key to its business growing revenue by 15% and gross profit by 6% in the first half of 2012.
G4S at the Games: vetting and screening took four times longer than expected
Vetting and screening of candidates took up to four times longer than G4S expected, contributing to its failure to deliver on its £238m London Olympic and Paralympic Games contract.
H1 Healthcare starts work in Northern Ireland
Recruitment, training and healthcare services provider H1 Healthcare has expanded into Northern Ireland. It is recruiting registered nurses for roles including carrying out insurance medicals.
FINANCIALS: Move to framework supplier sees HCL revenues hit
Healthcare recruiter Healthcare Locums (HCL) saw revenue drop by £15.7m to £101.1m in the 26 weeks to 1 July 2012, with almost all of this (£14.8m) incurred as it moved to become a framework supplier to the NHS in the UK.
Alleged discrimination in hiring UK reservists must stop as numbers set to increase
Employers and their recruitment processes must become more open to employing military reservists as the size of the UK’s reserve force is set to double and become a more central part of the defence force throughout the current decade.


INTERNATIONAL Australia: Tax office call centre to bring 200 jobs
Contact centre and business process outsourcing (BPO) firm Stellar is set to hire around 200 people for a new call centre for the Australian Taxation Office in Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
INTERNATIONAL Canada: Airline hires 1,000, of which 200 new jobs
Airline Air Canada has announced it will hire over 1,000 employees over the next 12 months, of which 200 are new positions for flight attendants and pilots at the airline’s low-cost carrier, which is due to launch next year.
FINANCIALS: Norman Broadbent grows despite challenging conditions

International executive search and leadership consultancy firm Norman Broadbent grew its revenue by 15% to £4m in the six months ended 30 June 2012 compared with £3.5m in 2011.
Contracts/Deals: Ph.Creative to work with power saving firm Dialog
Digital marketing agency Ph.Creative has been appointed by power saving technologies provider Dialog to drive its new recruitment strategy.
Tax convention update opens door to tax probes
A recent update to an international tax convention could make it easier for tax authorities to investigate umbrella firms and contractors who may be avoiding tax, according to the chief executive of an international contractor compliance management advisory firm.
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