Advisory firm Target Corporate Finance has advised on a third acquisition for media staffing specialist Aspire Global Network, formally known as Phee Farrer Jones (pfj).
The Bristol-based corporate finance company advised on the deal, which saw Aspire acquire a majority stake in London creative recruitment specialist Periscope.
Finance staffing specialist Communicate Recruitment Solutions is offering charities two roles per month free of charge.
The firm says it will waiver the fee on two permanent placements each month for any charity on a first come, first served basis.
International recruitment software provider Arithon (www.arithon.com) has partnered with software VoIP PBX provider 3CX.
Recruitment software provider First Choice Software and global interactive CV platform Innovate CV have integrated elements of their software.
The integration provides RDB ProNet users with the ability to create, edit, send and track Innovate CVs directly from within the RDB ProNet recruitment platform.
International retail financial services group Prudential has appointed Randstad Managed Services (RMS) as exclusive provider of outsourced recruitment services for the firm’s global Momentum programme for future leaders.
Innovate CV has completed an integration with Broadbean Technology.
Peter Dunphy has sold the majority of his remaining shares in international recruitment group Dryden Human Capital Group.
Dunphy will also step down as CEO at the group which includes specialist insurance recruiter Darwin Rhodes and search firm Edison Morgan and specialist HR recruiter Personnel Development Recruitment.
Executive career site executivesontheweb.com has launched new Blackberry and Google Android apps.
The apps enable users to search and apply for senior management jobs while also providing instant access to those jobs which match the candidates profile and search on job title, industry, keywords, minimum salary and location within a single search box.
Extending gangmaster licensing to the construction sector would be a “costly and hugely bureaucratic” move, according to Simon Noakes, chair of the REC’s Construction Sector Group.
Labour MP David Hamilton recently introduced a Private Members Bill (PMB) on extending gangmaster licensing to construction, while the bill is due for second reading this Friday (3 December).
Thirty-seven per cent of respondents to the first Osborne Clarke/Recruiter recruitment sector mergers and acquisitions (M&A) barometer survey are looking to buy or sell a recruitment business over the next three months.
The survey also revealed that a massive 90% of respondents believe there will be an increase in M&A in the recruitment sector in the same period.