UK unemployment fell by 36,000 in the three months to the end of March to 2.46m, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The rate of unemployment in the UK now stands at 7.7%. However, unemployment among 16-24-year-olds is 935,000, with one in five (20%) young people now out of work.
Almost half of respondents in a Wales-based business survey were prompted to leave their jobs due to the ‘aggressive’ leadership style of their employers.
Capita HR Solutions has agreed a three-year deal with DC Leisure to provide a range of HR services.
DC Leisure specialises in the development and management of leisure facilities in partnership with local authorities across the UK.
The services Capita will provide include:
Recruitment consultancy JAM Recruitment has launched a dedicated global mobility team at its newly established London office.
The new team aims to further develop its strong presence in the expanding expatriate management market.
Recruitment group Nurture People (previously known as Connect Group Consulting) has acquired a number of healthcare recruiters.
Midas Medical Recruitment, Elite Healthcare, and Empire Locums all join the group which also includes Core Medical and Direct Nursing.
The Institute of Recruiters (IOR) which launched on Wednesday (see 1 June issue of Recruiter) has no intention of poaching members from industry trade bodies, according to its founder.
IT recruiter Leading Resolutions has appointed Ashley Somerville as client delivery director.
Somerville joins from Virgin Media, where she was IT development and support director.
Multi-sector recruiter Better Placed Executive has appointed Rob Hill as director for its consumer practice in its London office.
Hill specialises in senior level FMCG marketing and commercial briefs and will recruit senior talent for the firm’s FMCG, retail and consumer durables divisions.
Legal staffing specialist ASA LAW has appointed Andrej van Oudgaarden as consultant.
Van Oudgaarden will focus on personal injury and clinical negligence recruitment.
Executive search firm Hitchenor Wakeford has appointed private equity specialist Hazel Cameron to its board.
Cameron opened a late stage private equity office for US hedge fund Bowman Capital, headed up the UK for US technology venture capital company Cross Atlantic Capital Partners.