Executive search and leadership consulting firm Heidrick & Struggles International has appointed Dan Mullin partner in its financial services infrastructure practice in New York.
As a partner within this group, Mullin will deliver executive search and leadership development services to financial clients in the region as well as globally.
Construction and engineering recruitment specialist 4 U Recruitment has helped London Tower Crane Hire and Sales expand into the North of England and Scotland.
Technical recruiter NRLRail has won three nationwide contracts with Network Rail.
NRL Rail has agreed a four-year contract worth £6m to provide nationwide support to Network Rail’s switch & crossing (S&C) grinding fleet, with five teams providing S&C inspection and remedial grinding work, and associated signalling and telecoms (S&T) testing.
Cheese company Groupe Bel is deploying European talent management solutions provider Jobpartners’ ActiveRewarder.
Groupe Bel already uses ActiveRecruiter, ActiveCenter and ActivePlanner and this latest addition completes the set of talent management solutions, which address key business areas including recruitment, career development, succession planning and now reward management.
The use of flexible staffing in the NHS is set to increase as it saves the taxpayer money, according to Kate Bleasdale, executive vice chairman of Healthcare Locums (HCL).
International IT recruiter Randstad Technologies has signed up with web-based agency recruitment software firm Bullhorn.
Rod Jackson, Randstad Technologies chief executive, says: “Bullhorn’s flexibility, ability to integrate with Randstad’s internal platforms and the latest web solutions meant that it was clearly the best option to support our business.”
The public sector is actively working to ensure long-threatened job cuts are as “fair as possible”, according to Dean Shoesmith, president of the Public Sector People Manager’s Association (PPMA).
Recruitment software provider Bond International Software has acquired the US staffing and recruiting software developer VCG for $9m (£5.62m).
Business failures in the North East of England have more than doubled in the past two months, according to the latest Insolvency Index from information services company Experian.
The index reveals insolvencies in North-East rose from 0.06% in August to 0.15% in September.
