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Global executive search firm Kinsey Allen International has acquired specialist cleantech and renewable energy search firm RUSTON wheb.

Employers are focussing on “progressive” rather than “defensive” HR strategies with recruitment and training graduates in increased demand, according to James Callander, managing director at graduate recruiter FreshMinds Talent.

Blue Pelican Pharma has appointed Richard Wellbelove and Andy Stevens as consultants.

Wellbelove is to focus on drug safety/pharmacovigilance and medical information across Europe, while Stevens will specialise in quality assurance.

Technical and engineering recruiter TechConsult UK has been appointed to help Stockton-based engineering firm TAS Engineering’s plans to double its workforce.

TechConsult UK will help TAS Engineering recruit highly skilled and qualified technical and design staff in electrical, instrumentation, control and automation engineering.

Almost seven in 10 recruiters anticipate a shortage in temporary agency labour over Christmas, according to research from de Poel, a procurer of temporary labour agency.

Headhunters have a role to play in helping women break through glass ceiling, according to Gail Kenny, managing director at Gail Kenny Executive Search.

Executive search firms should educate and encourage clients to embrace diversity, believes Kenny.

International executive search firm Pedersen & Partners has appointed Annetjie Moore as a consultant in South Africa.

Moore was previously HR director at IT solutions firm ATIO responsible for both strategic and operational human resources.

The 2011 business environment finds innovation, globalisation and expansion topping the list of challenges for most organisations, according to new research by leading industry research and consulting firm Bersin & Associates.

The public sector will need to fill 2.1m job vacancies by 2015/16, according to a report from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) and Totaljobs.com.

The report also outlines that a £2.5bn saving can be made by the public sector by changing its employment practices by 2015/16 and makes the following policy recommendations:

Contractors claimed a total of around £500,000 in unpaid invoices after the collapse of the UK arm of neutral vendor and workforce management company Albany at the beginning of the year. 

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