Help is available from Business Link to businesses that are worried about the impact of the cold snap enveloping the country.
Search Page
Technical recruiter Encore Personnel has announced the opening of a new office in Milton Keynes, which will supply utilities and energy staffing solutions to firms across the country.
The public sector will have the best job security this year, according to senior executives polled by job site TheLadders.co.uk.
The survey found that 33% and 30% respectively though that government and healthcare posts would be most secure.
The automotive sector was seen as least secure.
The £34m European cash injection into Scotland’s economy should be used to address an impending skills shortage in engineering, technology, oil and gas and construction, says Darren Montagu, managing director at Hays in Scotland.
IT and engineering recruiter Connections Recruitment has launched a new executive search division.
The new division, headed by search professional Alastair Pascoe, focus on management consulting, HR, finance and supply chain and procurement in the £80,000-£400,000 base salary area in EMEA and APAC.
Office support recruiter Tate has appointed Penny Lee as operations director within its London division.
Lee will be part of the team responsible for Tate London West End and City, Tate Uxbridge and Tate Finchley.
Recruiters could be hit hard by the Chancellor’s decision to raise employers’ National Insurance Contributions (NICs) from 6 April 2011, according to Bibby Financial Services.
Headhunter Odgers Berndtson’s management team has the financial backing to buy a majority stake in the business from parent company OPD Group.
Investec Private Bank Growth & Acquisition Finance has agreed to provided a revolving finance facility and acquisition finance term loan, to enable the partial buy-out (50.5%) to go ahead. OPD will retain the remaining stake.
Three-quarters of employees say it is their responsibility, not that of their employer, to achieve a satisfactory work-life balance, according to new research.
And 70% are concerned about their personal life affecting their performance at work, says a survey conducted by psychologist Richard MacKinnon.