The Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) has revised downwards its prediction for UK unemployment.
The CIPD now expects unemployment to peak at 8.7% (2.7m) in mid-2012 rather than 9.5% as previously forecast.
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Technical recruiter Fircroft has agreed a three-year extension of its exclusive contract to act as recruitment consultancy provider for Bentley Motors until 2015.
Fircroft has provided Bentley with its bespoke recruitment services since 1998 and has been the motor firm’s sole recruitment partner in 2003.
Online travel firm Expedia has appointed Jennifer Mullen (left) as lead recruiter.
Business technology enabler and ethernet carrier Exponential-e has chosen on-demand recruitment management solutions provider Advorto to implement an online recruitment system.
Advorto’s system will help support Exponential-e’s recruitment team manage both their academy roles and their specialist hires.
European lifescience and medical technology recruiter Remtec has signed a supplier agreement with lifescience membership organisation One Nucleus.
Around a quarter of UK recruiters are struggling for survival or are seeking rescue through a takeover, according to new analysis from Plimsoll.
The research reveals the strategy for 234 UK recruiters over the next year is to keep their heads above water or seek a buyer for the business.
Financial services recruiter McGregor Boyall has appointed Paul Byrne to lead its new insurance division.
Byrne will lead a new team focusing on senior to mid-level interim and contract IT and business change roles within the insurance and retail financial services sector.
BP is doing okay in terms of recruitment for its North Sea oil operations, according to a spokesperson for the oil giant.
Hospitality and leisure job board Leisurejobs has appointed Simon Reece as recruitment consultant for chefs.
The former head chef joins the firm’s hospitality division.
Professional services firm Ernst & Young has launched a new school leaver programme that will offer more than 60 places available each year.
The five-year training scheme aims to provide an alternative to university.