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Executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles International has been retained to lead the search for the new national chief executive of the Girl Scouts of the USA.

The move follows outgoing CEO Kathy Cloninger’s announcement to retire in September and her plans to step down from her position in November next year.

Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance’s recruitment finance division has announced record levels of lending to UK recruiters, averaging £250m in 2010.

The division has also seen its clients’ turnover in the market rise by almost 20% this year.

The majority of 52 Exeter employment agencies visited by National Minimum Wage (NMW) and Employment Agency Standards (EAS) enforcement officers were found to be in breach of employment laws.

Health and social care staffing specialist EVRO Recruit has been awarded a place on the framework to supply temporary staff to Notts County Council.

The firm will supply unit managers, residential social workers to support workers and care assistants.

Firms must develop talent now to prevent a longer-term management skills crisis across the UK, according to Samantha O’Byrne head of resourcing at accountancy firm Grant Thornton UK.

International provider of candidate sourcing technology Broadbean Technology has completed the integration of healthcare jobs board StaffNurse.com.

The planet needs a global joined up solution to take on a looming threat of rising global unemployment, according to a report from international recruiter Hays.

The report, compiled in partnership with economic forecaster, Oxford Economics, reveals:

·     World’s working age population will rise by 1bn in next 20 years

Recruiters’ feedback will help to produce the best possible guidance on new Agency Workers Regulations (AWR), according to an official from the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS).

The official was speaking at an event hosted by the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) and key representatives from BIS on draft guidance on AWR issued on 4 April.

The movement of financial services between the UK and Switzerland has significantly increased, according to Rupert Morley, chief executive of Sterling Relocation.

Morley’s comments follow the firm’s opening of a new office in Geneva, its ninth in Europe due to the doubling in the number of corporate moves to Switzerland from the UK.

Multi-sector recruiter Meridian Business Support has launched a new, intuitive information website.

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