Dillistone Group, parent company of executive recruitment software Dillistone System, has appointed Giles Robin Fearnley as a non-executive director.
Fearnley has 35 years’ experience in the passenger transport industry, from founding Prism Rail through to its sale to National Express.
Private equity board practice specialists Directorbank has appointed Kikka Makela as European account manager.
Operating from the firm’s London office, Makela will support Directorbank international clients with their European investment strategies and develop the company’s client and candidate network in the wider European market, especially in the Nordic region.
RIG Medical Recruit has announced that three of its trading companies - RIG Radiography, RIG Occupational Therapy and RIG HSS Recruit will now trade as RIG Healthcare Recruit.
The new entity will specialise in providing locums in 24 clinical areas of AHP and HSS and 10 specialities of hospital doctors to both the public and private sectors, nationally.
Employers are offering resigning accountants 20% pay rises to retain their services, according to data from WH Mark Sattin.
The data shows the average counter-offer made to departing employees was roughly 10% above their existing salary in 2008, while top talent is now being offered a pay rise of up to 20% to stay in their current jobs.
Oriel, the specialist provider of outsourced financial solutions and business services to recruitment agencies, has appointed two new business development executives.
Jane Kimpton, who joins from The Richard Denny Group, will be responsible for developing the contractor division and Adam Jones, previously at Venture Finance, will focus on strengthening Oriel Support.
A new report from HR consultancy, Penna, warns that poor handling of business restructuring will affect employer branding and will cause problems for future recruitment activities.
Penna has produced a set of guidelines on how to manage a restructure sensitively to reduce stress to all involved parties and avoid any future negative effects on employee branding.
The UK economy will need to grow by at least 2.5% per year, to offset impending public sector jobs cuts, with only slightly less growth having dire consequences for job prospects, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
International built environment staffing specialist Macdonald & Company has launch an environmental & energy division.
The new division has been launched in the firm’s London and Dubai offices.
Kate Bleasdale, HCL
More than a third of UK small businesses say flexible hiring is the most significant change to their business as a result of the recession, according to new research from online business marketplace PeoplePerHour.com.