A £6.5m investment to deliver a new generation of engineering leaders in renewable energy has been announced by Business Secretary Vince Cable.
Universities and industry with firms like EDF Energy, Shell and Rolls-Royce will provide training for up to 50 top engineering students as part of a new Industrial Doctorate Centre in Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE).
Global executive search and assessment firm Russell Reynolds Associates has made two important additions to its knowledge management and marketing capabilities.
EWS Search, an executive search firm and a member of a global network across Europe, Canada, US and APAC under the EXS network, has appointed Mrinal Guha as partner in the firm.
Louise McCarthy-Teague has stepped down as HR director at multi-sector recruiter Meridian Business Support.
She leaves to take a new senior HR opportunity with training and enterprise company Avanta Group.
Global executive search firm Odgers Berndtson has appointed Lisa Tromba as partner in the New York office within its consumer and industrial practices.
Tromba will focus on executive search and leadership assessment engagements for global consumer/retail and industrial manufacturing organisations spanning the Fortune 500, as well as private equity-backed and held companies.
Organic growth into emerging markets is one of the primary aims of the newly enlarged technology recruitment business Nakama Group following technology staffing specialist Highams Systems Services Group proposed purchase of the group for £1.28m.
Nearly half of Russian companies do not believe there will be a double-dip recession next year, according to a survey by Antal Russia.
The FiveTen Group executive recruitment company based in Russia and CIS questioned 300 companies. Half the respondents were confident of further growth, in fact.
Bruno Serey and Jean-François Monteil have joined executive search firm TRANSEARCH International’s office in Paris as co-managing partners.
Serey entered recruitment with Spencer Stuart in 2005 before joining TRANSEARCH in 2011. He specialises in a variety of technological areas having had 18 years’ experience experience in the sector.
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has announced that liquefied natural gas producer Bechtel will offer 400 ‘adult apprenticeships’, reports Australia’s ABC News network.
The UAE (United Arab Emirates) ministry of labour has introduced a number of ministerial resolutions which affect all employees who fall under their jurisdiction.