Ministers are calling for businesses and individuals to submit evidence on the default retirement age to feed into the review taking place next year.
The government is asking for evidence including:
- the operation of the default retirement age in practice;
- the reasons that businesses use mandatory retirement ages;
Randstad chief executive Ben Noteboom has hailed the company’s “stringent cost control” since Q3 2008, despite the company’s gross profit being down 35% on last year.
The company posted gross profit of €596m (£541.5m) in the third quarter of this year, on a revenue of €3,178m.
Over 200 UK recruiters are ending the year in financial difficulty, according to a new report from Plimsoll.
Permanent placement numbers have risen at its fastest pace for two years, according to the latest Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs.
The former chairman and chief executive of headhunter Heidrich & Struggles, John Viney, has died. Viney, who went on to found board level search firm The Zygos Partnership in 2002, was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour in May 2009.
Law firm Dundas & Wilson has acted on a secondary fundraising by HR consultancy Savile Group on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).
Multi-sector recruiter NRL has appointed Mike Connolly as business development consultant for its Wigan office.
Connolly, who has worked for a number of blue-chip engineering companies including Amec, Crown House and Haden Young (now part of Balfour Beatty Engineering Services), has recruited for projects including Liverpool One Shopping Centre, Liverpool Arena and London Underground.
The UK’s Jobcentres could be transformed into an all-encompassing internet experience, if ideas outlined by employment minister Jim Knight come to fruition.
The new senior management team for the Adecco Group UK & Ireland, which includes the integration of the Spring Group, has been revealed.
As announced previously, Peter Searle will take on the chief executive UK & Ireland role for the multi-national recruitment company. According to Adecco UK & Ireland’s website, the rest of the senior management line-up includes:
Gatszu.com, an online recruitment website that connects employers boasting qualified vacancies to registered recruiters across the UK, is to launch in February.
In partnership with The Sunday Times HR business network, Gatszu.com aims to connect recruitment agencies to employers, ranging from SMEs to blue chip companies, all with immediate, qualified vacancies.