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High street retailer Next is to recruit 1,000 new employees as part of a major new apprenticeship programme.

The new programme has been supported and backed by the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS), which oversees the delivery of apprenticeships across the England.

SaaS-based talent management provider Taleo has launched Taleo Radar, a new mobile app, which enables professionals to engage with their talent network on the move.

Specialist software solutions company Zeel Solutionsis to move into new premises in late September.

The new address is: Zeel Solutions, Solutions House, Pendeford Business Park, Wobaston Road, Wolverhampton, WV9 5HA.

Global recruiter Antal International has opened a Nordics office.

The Denmark office brings its total office network to 103 locations in 33 countries.

The new Copenhagen-based team will cover Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland, and will be led by Bjorn Andersen.

An ad placed by recruiter Rightstep Recruitment has been ruled as misleading by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

Multi-sector recruiter Renard Resources has moved to new offices in Covent Garden in London.

The move has seen the firm upgrade its candidate training and interviewing facilities while also adding further space for expansion into new sectors.

Financial recruiter Allemby Hunt has seen a 29% increase in turnover for the year ending August 31 2011. 

Permanent placements rose 24% along with gross profit, up 16% to £936k. 

Forget the terminology, concentrate on the outsourcing, advises Simon Ward, head of UK recruitment at insurance giant Legal & General (L&G).

Speaking at the KellyOCG-sponsored RPO & e-Recruitment Forum in London last week, Ward told delegates the “jungle of phraseology” surrounding recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) could be overwhelming.

Nearly two-thirds of UK IT jobs are now with software houses and outsourcing firms, according to a report by specialist IT websites CWJobs and JobsAdsWatch.

The survey also shows an increase of 19% in IT vacancies advertised over the last 12 months, although growth in the last quarter has slowed with just a 1% rise in permanent roles.

TriSys Business Software has released the latest version of its recruitment software designed for use with cloud computing services.

Amazon, Microsoft and Google cloud services are supported, and the software works with a number of social networks including LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

TriSys Version 10 is available from the company’s website in trial mode.

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