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Industrial recruiter and outsourced HR services provider Staffline has purchased training provider Peter Rowley. 

Peter Rowley, principal of the firm, will stay on for at least two years.

Boardwalk Investments has announced its new group structure, which includes recently acquired recruitment firms Staffwise and Simpson Lang Associates.

The Boardwalk Investment group of companies supply temporary personnel across driving, commercial, industrial, automotive, IT, technical, accountancy, education, health and social care divisions.  

Licensing of recruitment agencies in the financial services sector is only a matter of time, recruiters have heard.

Permanent vacancies have risen to their highest levels for 28 months, according to the latest Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs.

The report reveals that both permanent staff placements and temporary/contract staff billings increased at faster rates in November, rising at the strongest rate for 28 and 19 months respectively.

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has chosen international recruiter Manpower to lead its outcome-based recruiting services programme.

The $200m (£111m) contract will see Manpower employ around 300 staff over the next 27 months. The transition period will begin immediately and continue until February’s launch of the formal programme.

Independent commercial recruiter Silvercloud Recruitment has agreed a deal with online and PC-based skills testing and e-learning software provider ISV Software.

Support staff are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with their lot, according to research from the latest SecsLife survey from commercial recruiter Gordon Yates and Guardian Jobs.

While only one in five business sector firms think the current market is tough, trading conditions have declined, according to the latest Bibby Financial Services Business Factors Index.

More than half (52%) of Scotland’s financial service firms say they intend to increase headcount in 2010.


According to a survey from financial services recruiter Joslin Rowe Scotland, and supported by Scottish Enterprise and Scottish Financial Enterprise, this planned increase is up by 10% on last year’s hiring.

Of the top 1,000 UK recruiters, 136 have left themselves open to becoming a bargain acquisition, according to new research from financial research company Plimsoll.

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