A complaint against a radio advert from Reed.co.uk, which was criticised as offensive to Germans, has been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
The advert featured a man speaking to his boss who responded angrily and loudly in German. The voice-over said: “Boss a bit of a tyrant? Find your perfect boss on the UK’s biggest job site …”.
IT recruiter Concept Information Technology has managed to safeguard against bad debt using a debtor protection policy from Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance.
The decline in the hiring of interims appears to be over, says UK interim provider, Russam GMS.
According to Russam’s latest six month snapshot of 11,000 interim managers, the interim management market increased slightly by 0.9% from June to December last year, in stark contrast to the 15% drop in market activity recorded in the 12 months from June 2008 – June 2009.
Multi-sector recruiter Hudson has appointed Tim Drake as head of its talent management division in the UK.
Drake joins from brewer AB InBev, owners of Budweiser and Stella Artois, where he was director of people continuity, leading the talent management and succession strategy for Western Europe for the last five years.
Financial services recruiter Joslin Rowe and accountancy & finance staffing firm Martin Ward Anderson are joining to create one professional recruitment company.
US recruiter Stateside Solutions has hired Jennifer Scanlon as the vice president for business development, based in the New York office.
Scanlon joins from Enterprise Ireland, the trade and technology board of the government of Ireland where she helped Irish companies with their US market entry strategy and generating business opportunities in the North American market.
Online recruitment marketplace gatszu.com has agreed a deal with Direct Law for Personnel Professionals (DLPP) to offer gatszu.com’s members free legal advice.
DLPP will provide gatszu.com’s members, both employers and recruiters, with a free employment law telephone advice service.
IT and engineering recruiter Connections Recruitment has promoted three of its account managers to practice managers.
Simon Voice, Martin Litherland and Henry Wellesley-Davies have all been promoted to practice manager.
International executive search firm Pedersen & Partners has appointed Kristina Vaivadaite as a new partner and co-owner of the company.
Vaivadaite has worked at Pedersen & Partners since 2004 as country manager for Lithuania and heads operations in Finland and Belarus.
Online marketplace yourpeoplemarket.com has launched, linking recruitment agencies with employers.
After registering as a recruiter on yourpeoplemarket.com, companies can view vacancies posted by employers across all sectors.