Industrial recruiter Ethos Recruitment has agreed a recruitment contract with logistics firm Unipart.
Ethos will be the sole supplier of a range of positions including customer service personnel, pickers and packers, fork lift drivers and warehouse staff.
Profits at Saville Group, the AIM listed human resources consulting group, remained virtually unaltered for the six months ended 31 December 2008.
Pre-profits tax were £750,000 compared to £752,000 for the same period in 2007.
Revenue rose 57% to £4.77m compared with £3.04m in 2007.
Multi-sector international recruiter Hudson has announced a fall in profits in its full-year results for 2008, and plans further restructuring.
Revenue for 2008 was $1.08bn (£75m), down from $1.17bn (£82m) for 2007.
Capita Group has announced a 16% increase in profits.
Profits before tax (and amortisation) rose to £277.2m for the year ending 31 December 2008, compared with £238.4m in 2007.
Turnover increased by 18% to £2,441m from £2,073m in 2007.
Drive, focus and singlemindedness are essential qualities for any recruiter wishing to become a successful entrepreneur, according to Kate Bleasdale, founder of Healthcare Locums.
Bleasdale told Recruiter: “You have to have very good focus in what you are going to do. You have to say to the troops behind you ‘I am
The candidate’s experience needs to be improved so that more precise placements are made
If any reminder was needed of the volatility of shares in the staffing sector, it was demonstrated once again during the past two weeks.
Select Education will rebrand as Randstad Education under a two-year transition programme.
John Dodsworth, regional sales director, the Royal Bank of Scotland, told Recruiter: “This kind of get together between owner and managers to share best practice is useful. There were very interesting debates about best practice in the current environment and which sectors are performing well.”
Tesco’s 10% increase in profits over the year is likely to create jobs, according to recruiters.
Rupert Eastell, head of retail at BDO Stoy Hayward, predicted that such profits will boost jobs.