Business secretary Vince Cable has announced funding of £100m aimed at safeguarding and creating jobs by supporting the reshoring of manufacturing jobs back to the UK.
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Tim Watts, chairman of The Pertemps Network Group, is to be honoured this Tuesday 15 April as he is bestowed with the centuries-old title of High Sheriff of the West Midlands in a Declaration Ceremony to be held at Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts in Birmingham.
The recent abolition of a statutory process that allowed people claiming discrimination in hiring to put written questions to an employer, and its replacement by more informal arrangements, is unlikely to produce less hassle for employers and recruiters, employment lawyers tell Recruiter.
At a launch last night [Thursday, 10 April], LinkedIn announced a number of updates to its recruitment tools, including the launch of a new Androd App.
SurveyMonkey, the online questionnaire platform, is to open an office in Dublin, employing more than 50 people in the first 12 months of operations to support the company’s many existing Irish and European customers.
The US Department of Labor today will provide Florida with a $2.1m (£1.3m) National Emergency Grant supplemental award to provide training and other re-employment services to oystermen to prepare for careers in other industries.
Organisations representing the recruitment industry have welcomed yesterday’s announcement that the Gangmasters Licensing Authority has become part of the Home Office, moving from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
Hays UK & Ireland recorded its fastest increase in quarterly net fee income (NFI) for six years as the international recruiter reported a 8% rise in NFI in the quarter ended 31 March 2014.
The prime minister’s officer says the government intends to consult on new regulations to tackle recruitment agencies that only recruit workers from abroad by advertising jobs overseas only in that country’s language.
This week’s Q1 statements from Hays and Robert Walters fully support the numerous economic confidence and activity surveys published this year, which point to rising confidence, broadening economic recovery and increased hiring intentions.