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Multi-sector recruiter Badenoch & Clark has reported improved profits for the year ended 28 December 2008.
Turnover increased to £254.96m in 2008, from £239.23m in 2007.
Gross profit grew from £62.68m in 2007 to £64.96m in 2008, while profit for the financial year rose from £11.61m to £11.82m.
Ed Percival, business coach
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The number of people out of work grew by 88,000 to 2.47m in the three months to August, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
Unemployment benefit claimant numbers rose in September by 20,800 to 1.63m.
City bonuses are set rise by 50% to £6bn compared with earlier in the year, according to research by the centre for economics and business research (cebr).
cebr has upwardly revised its April 2009 forecast for bonus payments next year from £4.1bn due to better than anticipated second and third quarter profits for many leading financial institutions.
Online accountancy firm Brookson has appointed search engine optimisation (SEO) firm bigmouthmedia to handle its search marketing activity.
In its first venture outside Europe, interim management provider Practicus is opening an office in Sydney, Australia on 2 November.
The UK’s manufacturing sector has ‘turned a corner’ and showing signs of growth, according to the CIPS/Markit Index for October.
Software provider idibu has agreed a three-year contract with international recruiter SThree.
idibu will provide fully integrated multi-posting software via its new XML feed service and is idibu’s first contract agreement that spans for more than 12 months.
Lloyds Banking Group’s recruitment finance arm has seen an 8% contraction in lending to the recruitment industry. However, there are some cautious grounds for optimism that the worst may be over.