Hill McGlynn has announced an increase in profits for 2008.
After tax profits reached £10.38m in the 12 months ended 31 December 2008, compared with £7.31m in 2007.
Profits were boosted by the sale of Hill McGlynn Australia, which contributed £2.67 million to the bottom line. Without this profits would have been virtually unchanged from 2007 (£7.32m).
The UK recruitment industry can play a crucial role in meeting the skills needed to manage major infrastructure projects such as the multi-billion pound nuclear energy contracts.
Recruitment software provider Dillistone has agreed a contract with international executive search association International Executive Search Network (IMSA). Filefinder, Dillistone’s executive recruitment software, is to be rolled out across most of IMSA’s office network to facilitate crossborder data sharing.
Logistics recruiters BiS and George Henderson are to unite under a single entity, BiS Henderson. The newly merged company can now service executive recruitment and interim management requirements in sectors including retail, manufacturing, utilities, freight (air, sea and land), public sector, defence and telecoms.
Outsourced recruitment solutions firm CPH Consulting has agreed a contract with Asian B2B e-commerce company Alibaba.com. The initial project is to manage all experienced hire recruitment for Alibaba.com office in London.
In these worrying economic times, it’s reassuring to hear that some recruiters are seemingly unaffected.
Pride of place must go to Robert Harverson, former chairman of Penta Consulting and now a nonexecutive director, who has allegedly paid a cool £250,000 for the personalised number plate 1RH. And we thought the days of brash and ostentatious spending was over.
With the downturn in financial services continuing to bite, an exodus of expatriate finance professionals from the City to their country of origin is creating opportunities for recruiters.
We’re only just into a new year and still the spectacle of hairy recruiters pop up to haunt us. However, the moustachioed chaps of the SRGroup were doing all their hirsuit-ness for charity as part of a Movember team. At the start of November (Movember) guys register with a clean shaven face at the official website (www.movember.com).
Upping standards: JobPlant aims to raise video CV quality
Specialist recruitment firm Hays says it is “defending itself vigorously” against allegations of racism that have been made against the company to the Employment Tribunal Service (ETS) by two recruitment consultants. The claim was filed with ETS on 7 December 2008, the service told Recruiter.