The Employers Forums on Age and Belief (EFA and EFB) is to relaunch as the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (enei) this October.
Formed out of two existing and well-respected Forums, the enei will run as a charity and cover all nine protected characteristics in The Equality Act 2010 and will aim to lead the workplace and inclusion agenda.
Hotel chain Travelodge is to create around 500 jobs through a National Park expansion.
The £135m programme for 37 hotels is in response to high customer demand for hotels near to the UK’s top rural locations.
Martin: start at the beginning
Mobile consumers’ expectations are not being met, according to a survey published by technology performance company Compuware Corporation.
Leading accountancy and finance recruiter RK Accountancy has today appointed ex-Badenoch & Clark managing director, Lynne Hardman.
Commercial and industrial recruiter Blue Arrow has launched a live web chat, Career Surgery, to improve its engagement with clients and candidates.
Career Surgery, which will be open every Friday between 3-5pm, aims to provide two-way communication and give website visitors fast answers to their questions.
Global executive search firm, HB International, has acquired specialist recruiter Ingram Mayet.
The newly formed joint venture will be branded HB Ingram Mayet.
Over seven years Ingram Mayet has focused on delivering quality candidates to the middle office in the financial services sector, and more recently for developing a front office sales and trading recruitment team.
Business transformation recruiter Venquis has appointed Michelle Sally and Daniel Stockman as consultants on its investment management desk in London.
Recruitment software provider Broadbean has launched the latest in a series of new plug-ins for evolve, its SaaS-delivered front office recruitment database.
In response to your piece “Just Let Them Retain You”, 27 July, Sean O’Donogue, I agree with your principle. However the reason that clients expect it from us is also because retained firms often fail. Time and time again we are getting projects that search firms are just not delivering on. It’s once bitten, twice shy for clients and we need to consider their perspective.
Employers recognise they need to do more than pay market rate salaries to attract and retain staff, according to research from administrative and office staffing specialist OfficeTeam.
The research reveals that 84% of HR directors have already implemented at least one measure to help improve the workplace environment, with flexible working hours topping the list.