IT recruiter Steria has won a three-year, managed recruitment services contract with Getronics UK, the ICT services company owned by Dutch Telecom company KPN.
Steria Recruitment is charged with delivering all UK contractor resources and permanent hires, and is supported by the SJB Group, which delivers all senior permanent hires.
Businesses improved their late payment performance during October, according to the latest Late Payment Index from Experian, the global information services company.
Jobs board oilandgaspeople.com is to go live to recruiters on 5 January, offering agencies the ability to post jobs and search candidates for free.
Oilandgaspeople.com will only ever charge a fee when a candidate is placed in a position or accepted for an interview, according to the company.
Healthcare recruiter Day Webster has launched its new niche market healthcare website at www.daywebster.com.
The website offers access to operating theatre jobs in London, as well as nationally.
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Positive inflation is likely to inform pay deals in 2010, according to the Labour Research Department (LRD).
Multi-sector recruiter Plum Personnel has been awarded a place on the Buying Solutions framework agreement to provide recruitment services to the NHS.
Irish recruiter Cpl Resources has seen gross profits fall by 37% on the same period last year, in its results for the six months ended 31 December 2009.
The group recorded:
Shipping, marine and oil & gas recruiter Faststream has relocated to bigger headquarters.
The firm, which was located at Town Quay in Southampton, has moved a mile up the road to a waterfront premises at Ocean Village, a marina, offices and entertainment centre in the port city of Southampton.
Global executive search firm Korn/Ferry Whitehead Mann has appointed Anthony J Vardy head of its London office.
Vardy joins after 15 years at Spencer Stuart, where he was head of the firm’s London office and a founding member of the technology, communications & media practice in Europe.