Workplace consultancy, information services and software provider Croner, part of Wolters Kluwer, has acquired HR software services provider Simply Personnel.
Wolters Kluwer will continue to market Simply Personnel’s existing products.
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Engineering and technology recruiter CDI Corporation has reported continuing ‘signs of a modest recovery’ in its results for the first quarter of the year.
The firm’s results reveal:
Executive recruitment and interim management firm Executives Online has launched accelerated senior management search service Executive RPO.
Councils in the South-East, East Midlands and South-West are collaborating to advertise jobs on the internet through new regional recruitment portals.
Southeastjobs.org.uk will be available to jobseekers in July, while portals in the East Midlands and South-West are expected to follow shortly thereafter. A further portal is being considered by local authorities in the North-West.
The newly formed coalition government has been urged to withdraw the planned National Insurance rise by David Frost, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).
UK employers are cautiously optimistic about hiring in the next 12 months, according to a survey from online jobs site CareerBuilder.co.uk.
The improving global economy has meant that 39% of UK employers plan to hire full-time workers in the next 12 months, while 47% plan to add part-time or contract or temporary workers.
The state of the economy has overtaken jobs as the top problem afflicting the US, according to Gallup.
Gallup’s data shows that after two months as the clear No 1 perceived problem facing the country, unemployment/jobs dipped to No 2 in May, while the economy in general moved back into the top position.
The ‘fairer tax’ messages emanating from the new coalition government has been welcomed by Martin Hesketh, managing director of Brookson, providers of accountancy, tax advice and support services to contractors and self-employed professionals.
IT and telecoms recruiter The MRJ Group has recently appointed Matthew Williams as a trainee recruitment consultant.
Williams will focus on the .net market.
Sunil Wickremeratne has stepped down as chief operating officer at international recruiter SThree.
Wickremeratne will remain in his current post until the end of November to ensure a handover of his responsibilities, which will be divided between existing group executives, before leaving the board at the end of the current financial year.