An investigation by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has seen an Aberdeenshire farmer fined £2k for supplying temporary workers without the necessary gangmaster’s licence.
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Sales were up 14% on the year and profit before tax rose 21% at technical recruiter Morson in the year its parent company was acquired and went private, a transaction that formally took place last August.
Holiday village operator Center Parcs has begun a drive to recruit 1,500 employees for a variety of roles at its new £250m Woburn Forest village.
The finance director of recruitment group Hydrogen tells Recruiter that the German market and the infrastructure sector are next on its hit list – but the firm is not ready to pull the trigger just yet.
Contractor financing solution Fund My Contractor is now available in a total of 14 currencies, and the company is looking to expand its global reach further, the firm tells Recruiter.
Recruitment and resourcing firm Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) saw profits double in the year 2012, while the year to 30 September 2012 was challenging – but not as much as bottom-line profit would suggest – for online recruitment services company Jobserve, according to results filed by the firms at Companies House.
Twelve firms operating in the recruitment industry have made the Sunday Times/HSBC International Track 200 of the UK’s mid-market private firms with the fastest-growing international sales.
June saw growth of permanent staff placements rose significantly, reaching the fastest rate since April 2011, according to the latest REC/KPMG Report on Jobs.
Three-quarters of the UK’s part-time workers feel trapped rather than liberated by their flexible working arrangements, with over a fifth saying they would never expect to be promoted while in a part-time role.
A senior manager at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) says the organisation is unlikely to call for an “outright ban” on controversial zero hours contracts.