The economy and unemployment concerns top a list of most important problems affecting the US, according to data from Gallup.
The data shows that 33% of Americans say the economy is the most important problem, while 28% said unemployment was of the most concern.
Holtby Turner, an executive search and development consultancy in real estate and construction, has appointed Alex Sturdy as senior consultant.
Based at Holtby Turner’s new head office in Dover Street, London, W1, Sturdy has 10 years’ experience in senior property recruitment with emphasis on the construction, developer and corporate end-user sectors.
Logistics operator Geodis is to implement management solutions provider Jobpartners’ ActiveSuite of solutions.
Medical recruiter ProMedix has appointed Danbro as a preferred supplier of accounting and payroll solutions for its candidates.
ProMedix supplies locums in hospitals on both a temporary and permanent basis.
Advantage Healthcare Group has posted a loss of £1.2m for the year ended 31 December 2009, compared with a profit of £2.5m a year earlier.
A 45-year-old man from the Wolverhampton area was arrested on 24 September in relation to a Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) investigation into the unlicensed supply of workers in the herb industry.
He was later released on bail until 30 November.
The number of recruitment agencies going into administration has decreased for the last six consecutive quarters and in Q3 2010 only nine went through the process, according to analysis by Recruiter.
Halliwell: build on the Fish4 brand
UK recruiters need to look for opportunities in a challenging economic environment as the economy eases through “a fairly slow, protracted recovery,” a senior Barclays Corporate economics expert told an audience of recruiters Thursday morning.
Baird Capital Partners Europe is buying a controlling interest in multi-sector recruiter Nigel Wright Group.
Headquartered in Newcastle, the group places sales, marketing and operations professionals into the consumer sector in the UK and internationally, with clients including Coca Cola, P&G, Diageo and Walt Disney.