Aspire Global Network (formerly known as pfj) has acquired a majority stake in creative and design staffing specialist Periscope.
Aspire Global Network comprises pfj, The Graduate Recruitment Company, RPCushing, Sydney-based ICUR and now Periscope. The new acquisition takes Aspire Global Network’s headcount to 84.
The chief executive of umbrella company Parasol has welcomed the Chancellor George Osborne’s announcement that IR35 is to remain in place.
In documents released to coincide with yesterday’s Budget, the Treasury said that rather than scrapping IR35, it will be simplified and administered better.
Talent management specialist Ramsey Hall Group has appointed Jenny Ludford as a chartered occupational psychologist.
Ludford, who previously worked at QinetiQ and A&DC on a number of initiatives for public and private sector clients, including training delivery and personality profiling and assessment, will help the group keep pace with its growth and expansion.
International professional services staffing specialist Management Consulting Group (MCG) has appointed Allen K Merrill to one of its companies.
Merrill will head up the global financial services practice within global management consultancy Kurt Salmon. Based in New York, he will grow the practice, particularly in the US and in Asia.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is calling for more immediate action on extending the right to request flexible working to all employees.
Staffing companies that help PAYE temps and umbrella workers operate through personal service companies (PSCs) could seriously reduce the value of the company, according to a specialist recruitment sector lawyer.
Australian recruitment agency, Andersen Partnership, is looking for private equity investment to fund a worldwide expansion that could see it employing up to 700 recruiters.
The recruitment sector is seeing slow but steady growth in M&A activity, according to Tim Evans, managing director at Boxington Group.
Trinity Mirror Digital Recruitment (TMDR) has appointed Dan Richards as sales director.
Richards will be responsible for overseeing the commercial development of the UK’s largest portfolio of specialist job sites, including GAAPweb, totallylegal, SecsintheCity and more recently Fish4jobs.
Adele Carr Financial Recruitment has appointed Clare Flavell and Seodhna McGill as consultants.
Neither consultant is a stranger to fame. Flavell made the final 100 singers on the first series of Simon Cowell’s hit TV show Pop Idol, while McGill is an Irish dancer and has danced for Irish President Mary McAleese.