Poorly managed proposed cuts to the UK’s public sector workforce could pose significant long-term problems affecting the capacity and capability of public bodies to provide vital services, according to the Link Tanks research forum.
The forum has highlighted key areas for improvement regarding current approaches to public sector procurement and management staff:
Permanent recruiter Time Appointments has recruited Wayne De’Ath as a consultant to its Ipswich office.
De’Ath brings experience from a sales and client services background, having worked for a local recruiter and insurance brokers, where he was responsible for maintaining existing client accounts, sales and renewable business.
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.