Middle management contingency firm Argyll Scott has appointed a new director and strengthened its team with a number of appointments.
Caroline Hudson joins as a director. Hudson was previously a director at financial recruiter Martin Ward Anderson and will lead Argyll Scott’s London operation.
International recruiter Manpower has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Not For Sale Campaign (NFSC) to help fight against human trafficking and forced labour.
Permanent placements have grown at their fastest pace in February since July 2007, according to the latest Report on Jobs from the REC and KPMG.
Temporary/contract staff billings also rose, although this latest rise was the slowest in three months.
International measurement company Agilent Technologies has outsourced recruitment in the EMEA region to talent management specialist Ochre House.
OSR Recruitment Services has labelled a story which appeared in The Mail on Sunday, suggesting that the multi-sector recruiter had supplied workers to a meat producing factory solely on the basis that they could speak Polish, as ‘out of context’.
Interim management firm Russam GMS is launching Athene Interims, a new company specialising in placing interim marketing and communications professionals to meet growing market demand for these roles.
In partnership with sister company Peterborough-based consultancy Athene Communications, Athene Interims will be providing interims specialising in marketing and communications.
The Chancellor Alistair Darling’s decision to double the value of capital gains that can be made under Entrepreneur’s Relief is potentially good news, for entrepreneur recruiters, according to the chairman and chief executive of Twenty Recruitment Group.
Specialist recruiting group Hays is today unveiling a nine-point Manifesto for Employment in which it details what it sees as serious shortcomings it sees in Britain’s job market.
The UK government needs to do more to market the UK hospitality sector as a career choice for candidates, according to Beverley Stewart, HR director at hotelier Radisson Edwards.
Earlier this week, the CIPS-Markit index for the services sector recorded a 17th consecutive month of job shedding adding to an ever growing talent pool.
