Scottish private sector recovery slowed in June, according to the Bank of Scotland’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI).
The seasonally adjusted index, which monitors activity across Scotland’s manufacturing and service sectors, fell from 53.1 to 52.9.
The index also shows that new order and employment growth both decelerated since May.
Back office solutions provider to the recruitment industry Liquid Friday has appointed Malin Eek as Southern account director. Eek was previously a portfolio manager for invoice financing at RBS.
Elsewhere Mark Slane, ex-Parasol, joins Malin as the Northern account director, while Jon Sanger assumes the role of operations manager based at the firm’s Portsmouth head office.
Software and services provider Safe Computing has launched its dedicated credit control products and services website, as part of its rebranding exercise from Topaz Credit Control to Safe Credit Control.
The move follows the firm’s recent acquisition of Topaz by Safe Computing.
UK workers are finding it tough to take time off, according to a new survey from international recruiter Randstad.
While UK unemployment has fallen, caution remains among candidates and employers alike.
IT recruiter Redrock Consulting has seen a 30% increase in fee income for the first half of the year.
The firm reports that gross fee income for six months from January to June 2010 was £1.430m, up from £1.010m in the six months from July to December 2009.
Executive search firm Horton International has appointed Liam McDowell as a consultant.
McDowell entered the executive search sector in 2006 with PSD Group where he progressed to become senior consultant and sector head for defence, aerospace & security.
Accounting firm Deloitte plans to hire 250,000 staff during the next five years as it seeks to benefit from rising global demand for regulatory scrutiny and risk management.
The company will hire about 40,000 people globally this year, chief executive Jim Quigley said, 2,600 of whom will be employed in Britain.
With more than 150 delegates from both in-house and agency recruiters already signed up, time is running out to attend Recruiter’s Smart Resourcing conference next Wednesday, 22 September.
The Freelancer & Contractor Services Association (FCSA) has warned ministers that a lack of clarity around the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) risks undermining the UK’s freelance workforce, potentially harming the UK’s recovery from the recession.