Organisations will not gain the long-term benefits of IT investment as they cut budgets as a result of the downturn, warns a report by IT recruiter Modis International.
Over half of the IT decision-makers surveyed name lack of budget as a primary barrier to the implementation of their IT strategy, with nearly a third saying it is hampering their day-to-day work.
BT and Cisco’s MeetMe WebEx software is being used by staff at The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG).
Following an initial trial, the software is now being used across LOCOG operations, with 1,800 licenses to use the software issued so far, and a total of 6,000 expected to be granted by the start of the games.
Business outsourcing and professional services firm Capita has released its interim management statement covering the 10 months to 31 October 2011.
The firm has won 16 new and extended contracts in 2011, worth a total of £1.26bn.
Pending business in Q4 2011, the company expects to have its best ever year in terms of major contract wins, surpassing the £1.89bn won in 2007.
Shipping, logistics and freight specialist SDW Recruitment has launched logisticsjobsuk.co.uk, a niche board for the logistics sector.
The logistics industry currently employs nearly 2.4 million people in the UK, with this figure rapidly increasing as developments such as the London Gateway port continue.
Tent and marquee provider Gala Tent aims to create hundreds of new jobs in 200 showrooms across the country next year.
Supermarket chain Morrisons is to open 25 new stores in 2012, creating 7,000 new jobs.
The job creation includes taking on another 300 people at its new Bridgwater Regional Distribution Centre.
Among the new job opportunities include craft skills jobs such as butchery, bakery and fishmongery.
Removing the default retirement age (DRA) for women represents a good opportunity for the social care sector to retain the talent and expertise needed to meet the demands of Britain’s rapidly ageing population, according to medical, health and social care job board BritishMedicalJobs.com.
Business-to-business multi-platform media group Emap has launched six new career websites focused on the built environment and architecture sectors.
The job boards cover all key areas of built environment recruitment, including the relaunch of Careersinconstruction.com as a leading careers destination for jobs across all sectors of the industry.
The new websites are:
Multi-sector recruiter Eximius Group has strengthened its team with a number of new appointments.
Rebecca Lancelles joins Eximius Operations to head up the new secretarial and support team in the division, along with Richard Humphreys who joins the contracts team.
Siemens has denied claims from Unite union that they have made attempts to hire Bombardier staff.