The number of people unemployed has fallen again, according to figures from the Office for the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Total unemployment stood at 2.46m for the quarter to December, a fall of 3,000 on the previous quarter.
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Driver and industrial recruitment firm Transline-Resource recorded a 50% increase in turnover in 2009.
The firm’s results show that turnover jumped from £16.9m to £25.4m, while profits were up over 300% to £1m.
Marketing and Communications recruiter 2nd City Resourcing has appointed Simon Harris as a consultant in its East Midlands permanent recruiting team.
Harris will assist the firm’s intended growth in consumer marketing recruitment.
Gareth Purvis has been appointed senior recruitment consultant at accountancy & finance recruiter Aaron Andrews Recruitment.
Three times the numbers of IT directors plan to recruit rather than cut staff, according to research from technology staffing firm ReThink Recruitment.
Temporary employment website provider myFairPartner has chosen mobile messaging operator TynTec to help supply mobile updates for candidates and employers.
TynTec will provide all outbound mobile interactions on the site including interview scheduling, alerts and reminders.
An advert in a local newspaper entitled “halifaxjobstoday.co.uk Launch of new Halifax focused jobs website…” has breached the advertiser’s code of conduct because the advertiser Johnston Press, trading as HalifaxJobsToday, did not make it clear that they are an employment agency.
Human capital solutions provider CareerBuilder has acquired CareerSite.biz.
CareerSite.biz operates two online recruitment niche sites - StaffNurse.com focusing on nursing and RailwayPeople.com for railway workers, as well as virtual career fair site VirtualFair.co.uk.
Multi-sector recruiter firm Smart Solutions Recruitment has relocated its head office and permanent recruitment division to bigger premises in Newport, South Wales.
The Chancellor’s commitment to a formal consultation on reforms to the Default Retirement Age has been attacked as a back door way of raising the pensions age by Chris Walsh, director, at baby boomer recruiter Wise Owls Employment Agency.