National driver recruiter, Driver Hire, is training all its drivers in techniques to reduce fuel consumption.
The company calculates that by saving up to 27% in fuel costs, a category C driver covering 80,000 miles a year could save a client £6,700 per annum.
Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group has announced that it has taken a 29.34% stake in German HR software and services vendor Personal & Informatik.
“Everything and everyone is ok.” That’s the word from three contractors working through UK IT and telecoms recruiter First Point Group in Iran, where political demonstrations and rioting in the past few days have captured the world media spotlight.
Mark Bull
Recruitment giant Randstad is to merge technical and professional staffing firms Beresford Blake Thomas (BBT) and Hill McGlynn as part of a major rebranding strategy.
TSSI, a supplier of biometrics and ID document verification solutions, has launched its latest software offering, Validate, a pre-employment ID checker.
Ian Temple, Hydrogen
Hydrogen Group says it is does not expect “any significant improvement” in the company’s performance in the first half of 2009.
Without due care: some drivers’ agencies fail with safety checks
Recruitment giant Randstad has lodged an appeal against the decision of the Authority Financial Markets (AFM), to fine the firm €96,000 (£82,000) in its capacity as legal successor of Dutch rival Vedior.
The UK’s love affair with online shopping is set to continue, despite a predicted sales decline, according to recruiters.
Research from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index reveals that there is a slowing rate of growth as online sales in June fell by 1.3% compared to May.
Top posts are the preserve of the rich, claims a new report into social mobility.
Former minister Alan Milburn is to report to the prime minister on how to increase access to high-status jobs.
Milburn says young people in England should have access to much better careers advice to further their ambitions.