Outsourcing firm The Capita Group has appointed Paul Bowtell as an independent non-executive director.
Bowtell is an associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and in November 2007 was appointed a non-executive director of SThree.
BCL Legal, which has offices in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Bristol and Reading, says it registered nearly 70 in-house legal jobs in Q1 of 2010 compared with 35 in Q1 of 2009.
Talascend, a global engineering and construction resourcing consultancy, has appointed Aytan Hilton as recruiting manager for its London team.
With over four years in the recruitment industry, Hilton started as a consultant and quickly worked his way up to key accounts manager, firstly in the construction industry, then moving into the rail sector three years ago.
Standard Chartered Bank is to employ 2,000 more staff in Singapore by 2012.
According to The Straits Times, Standard Chartered Bank is to open a new facility in Changi Business Park housing about 2,000 employees in human resources, technology and trade operations.
Headhunter Hitchenor Wakeford has placed a senior marketing director with a leading fashion retailer.
Hash Ladha will take up the role of group multichannel director on 1 June with Aurora, the group behind such brands as Coast, Karen Millen, Oasis and Warehouse.
The government needs to do more to promote science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects to create future engineering talent, according to Richard Hamer, education director & head of early career programmes at BAE Systems.
I read with interest ’Value for money is going to be vital for those in charge of procurement and recruitment providers will need to demonstrate they can deliver’ (Recruiter 26 May).
Careers in professions including banking, politics, law and journalism are perceived to be closed off to ethnic minorities living and working in Britain, according to a report from Race for Opportunity, Business in the Community’s race diversity campaign.
British businessman Gerald Ratner urged BP on Thursday to acknowledge responsibility for the oil spill disaster in the US. “It’s completely my fault and I feel absolutely terrible about it’ - then you’ve got to move on” he said to rebuild the company’s success.
Recruitment software provider i-Business Resources (i-BR) has partnered with email marketing service Constant Contacts.
The move is designed to help i-BR’s clients stay in touch with their candidates, which is paramount in today’s market.