More than eight in 10 contractors (81%) are optimistic about their ability to continue contracting, despite more than five out of 10 (54%) saying that the recession had impacted on their business, according to research initiated by specialist accountancy firm Simply Contracting.
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Live-in care and daily care services employment business Universal Care has launched a new service to provide private clients in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire with out of hours access to general practitioner care.
Telecoms and technology recruiter RP International (RPI) has opened its first Hong Kong office.
Located in the Central Plaza building, the new office is the fourth RPI site in the Asia Pacific region and is headed up by Stella Ng who has been providing resourcing solutions in the region for over a decade.
Just 3% of UK businesses plan to replace IT staff to fill the skills gap left by the recession, according to a recent survey commissioned by specialist IT managed services provider Esteem Systems.
Rec-to-rec specialist McCall is planning to expand to a number of international locations, including the Middle & Far East, South-East Asia, Australia & Europe.
Recruitment specialist Meridian Business Support has launched a new, intuitive website in a move to further integrate its new arm of the business following the company’s acquisition of Westaff.
Ian Temple, Hydrogen
Hydrogen Group says it is “encouraged” with its performance for the first half of the year in a trading update for the six months ended 30 June 2010.
London and the South East creates almost two thirds (64%) of all new IT jobs in the UK, despite making up just 27% of the overall population, according to research by business and technology staffing specialist ReThink Recruitment.
Prior to the recession the region accounted for 58% of all IT jobs created in the UK.
Job board reed.co.uk has relocated to a new head office in Central London.
The firm, which has seen its headcount grow four fold in the last two years, has moved to Covent Garden.
The firm’s new address is Dragon Court, 28 Macklin Street, London, WC2B 5LX.
Half (49%) of all interims say that social networking supports their role as an interim, according to a survey by interim management solutions provider Interim Partners.
More than nine in 10 (92%) interims use LinkedIn and nearly a quarter (23%) use Twitter, while 55% say that growing and keeping in touch with their business network is the most important reason for using social media.