Eames Consulting Group, specialist insurance, financial and professional recruitment services provider, has made two promotions.
Ruth Foster has been promoted to team leader within the risk management team in recognition of her achievements over the past six months.
Accountancy recruiter Balance Recruitment has appointed Daniel Cumberworth in its legal accounts team.
Cumberworth will place permanent and interim staff within the legal sector in London.
Almost a quarter of UK recruiters are ending the year in financial difficulty, according to a report from Plimsoll.
The 2011 edition of the ‘Plimsoll Industry Analysis’ shows that 243 companies in the market are finishing the year in financial trouble.
Provider of senior interim executives Alium Partners has appointed Nigel Peters as director of the firm’s private sector practice.
Peters joins Alium from outsourcing firm Serco, where he was most recently the business development director for nuclear and energy and managing director of a sustainability services business unit.
IT recruiter Parity Group has won a contract with NHS Direct to develop and support a new health information search portal.
The £1.4m contract is due for completion in March 2011.
The new system aims to help NHS Direct call centre staff in dealing with requests for information and enquiries from the general public.
As Recruiter readers expressed an interest in learning more about the importance of choosing company vehicles that match the personality of employees following a web story on Friday, Ling Valentine, founder of car leasing website www.LINGsCARS.com, presents the case for matching company cars to the personality of your workforce which, she believes, has a positive impact on productivity
IT and technology recruiter Quantica Technology has appointed Mark Thomas as head of practice of its London office
Thomas has eight years experience within the IT recruitment field, most recently in business development at Computer People.
Recruitment process outsourcing firm Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) has agreed a three-year contract with Premier Foods to manage the firm’s contingent workforce across 70 locations nationwide.
Premier Foods brands include Hovis, Mr Kipling, Bisto and Branston.
With reference to Alex Brock’s Bloggers with Bite (Recruiter, 28 April), what a cracking article.
