The chief executive of Hays has attacked the government’s plans to abolish the VAT staff hire concession.
Despite lobbying by the recruitment sector, including the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, the change still looks likely to go ahead on 1 April.
International recruiter Global Career Company is moving to Hammersmith in West London.
Following an expansion of the team by 75%, the move to bigger premises reflects expansion of their business and the growing team.
Executive search revenues fell in the last quarter of 2008, according to the latest Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) State of the Executive Search Industry Report.
IT recruiters experiencing pressure on fees have disagreed with IT directors who say they cannot get people with the skills they need.
Research from IT consultancy Morse found 52.5% of IT directors believed that they were paying too much for contractors and 71% thought they found it difficult to hire people with the right skills and experience.
Financial service sector jobs are being cut at their fastest rate since 1993, according to a survey from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The survey shows that staff turnover slumped for the fourth quarter in a row due to hesitancy around changing jobs and a shortage of vacancies.
The fall in permanent placements has significantly reduced business profitability, according to BDO Stoy Hayward’s review of the latest data outputs from Recruitment Industry Benchmarking (RIB).
With the margins on temporary placements holding up, the decline in placement volume is having a dramatic effect on the profitability of
International executive search firm Borderless Executive Search has added fast-growing environmental technologies to its sectors of expertise.
The Brussels, Belgium-based search firm specialises in finding and attracting talent in process and converting industries, life sciences and food processing.
Confidence among service sector businesses has continued to recover, according to the CIPS/Markit Business Activity Index.
Confidence rose to its highest level since May 2008, with nearly 46% of the survey panel predicting a rise in activity in a year’s time.
The pound’s recovery will not boost the UK’s foreign holiday market, according to travel recruiters.
Ian Brooks, director at Gail Kenny Executive Search, told Recruiter that sterling has gained some of the ground lost against the Euro but still has a long way to go to get back to last summer’s value.
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