Recruitment and training organisation Positive Outcomes has appointed Yvonne Palmer as associate director.
Joining the board, Palmer will work with national recruitment manager Jane Roper and will be based at Positive Outcomes Recruitment’s head office in Nottingham city centre.
Legal recruiter RedLaw has appointed Graham Palfery-Smith as non-executive director.
The HR director of Santander has refuted a story in yesterday’s Financial Times that the bank is on the verge of hiring 6,000 extra staff.
According to the FT, “those familiar with [its] recruitment plans, say it is in the market for up to 6,000 over the next year or two.”
Hilton Worldwide is aiming to “nurture and develop” the next generation of chefs with the launch of a new Chef Apprenticeship Academy, according to Ben Bengougam, vice president, HR, Europe, Hilton Worldwide.
The Management Recruitment Group has appointed Iain Stewart as principal consultant in its construction division.
Stewart will focus on the North Home Counties, East Anglia, East London and the City, working with general contractors and construction management contractors across the North Home Counties.
The government’s funding for a green investment bank will see a surge in technical roles in the cleantech sector, according to Zoe Bennett, head of Kinsey Allen Cleantech.
In the spending review, the Chancellor announced the government will allocate £1bn in funding for a green investment bank.
Recruitment giant Adecco and Badenoch & Clark will host free career clinics to help public sector employees prepare for the jobs market, following this week’s comprehensive spending review.
Profits are up at Michael Page International with a “stronger than expected” performance in the UK, according to an interim management statement for Q1 2010.
The financial and multi-sector executive recruiter results reveal:
Not-for-profit recruiter People Unlimited is working with financial services provider Legal & General to place 10 senior management leaders in charity trusteeships.
The UK hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism industry is entering a decade of opportunity, with employment predicted to grow by more than 200,000 by 2017.