Rise Group has appointed Graeme McConnell to be the new business development manager of its Rise Executive arm.
McConnell was previously a manager at Select Appointments where he managed three of its sectoral brands and looked after such clients as Ignis Asset Management, Morgan Stanley and DFS.
Michael Page International says it expects “a significantly improved performance” in 2010. However, the UK “remains challenging” and is likely to miss out on the recovery in the rest of the group.
Developing talent with organisations is a key priority for HR in emerging from the recession, according to an international survey from the Scala Group, the ACE Network and supported by international law firm Salans.
Multi-sector recruiter Jobwisehas been awarded a place on the NHS PASA framework agreement for the supply of non-medical and non-clinical temporary and fixed-term staff.
Jobwise started supplying office-based staff across the North-West region via the PASA agreement from 1 January.
The UK economy is improving but is stuttering out of recession, according to the British Chambers of Commerce Q4 2009 Economic Survey.
The results reveal that several key measures are still negative in both the manufacturing and service sectors. In manufacturing, home orders, employment expectations, and investment in plant and machinery remain in negative territory.
Three workers who alleged that they were subjected to racial discrimination while working for Hays have dropped their claims “without any money being paid to them”, according to a company statement.
Multi-sector recruiter Right4Staff has appointed Claire Giles as a permanent consultant.
Giles, who joins Right4Staff’s Southampton office, will be building the business in its current commercial marketplace, as well as looking for opportunities to move into the hospitality sector.
Multi-sector recruiter IntaPeople has been awarded a place on the Buying Solutions non-medical, non-clinical resources framework agreement to provide recruitment services to the NHS.
Recruitment giant Adecco has completed the acquisition of US recruiter MPS Group Inc.
The deal was for an enterprise value (the theoretical takeover price) of €782m (£691m), or $13.80 (£8.46) per share.
The deal follows the acquisition of Spring Group in the final quarter of 2009.
The US is still the largest search market in the world, according to comScore.
The research shows that the US represented the largest individual search market in the world with 22.7bn searches, equivalent to 17% of searches conducted globally.