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International recruiter FiveTen has appointed Aidan Anglin as its new CEO for its European and Middle Eastern operations.
 

Network Rail, Joslin Rowe and CBSbutler were the worthy recipients of two awards each at the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, sponsored by Innovate CV, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane last night.

International recruiter Initio International has appointed Mike Walmsley as non-executive director.

Walmsley was previously managing director at Parker Bridge and set up his own company RecruitmentTraining.co.uk in 2001.

Four individuals have been arrested under the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004.

The arrests follow an investigation into concerns regarding unlicensed gangmasters tasking individuals to harvest clams from an unclassified beach where there were concerns of ecoli contamination.

IT and sales recruiter Connections Recruitment has appointed Ross Williams as head of its new training academy.

Proposed legislation to cut the redundancy terms for civil servants could cause long-term damage to the sector, according to Andy Robling, public services director at Hays.

According to reports, the coalition government is preparing emergency legislation to cut redundancy terms for 500,000 civil servants.

Developing key “employability” skills is integral to winning the war for talent in the engineering sector, according to Nigel Whitehead, group managing director at BAE Systems.

The chairman of ASWEB (Association Social Work Employment Businesses) has called on the government to allow more flexibility after media reports that a temporary cap on immigration is exacerbating  social worker shortages.

An interim limit of 24,100 non-EU skilled workers entering the UK was imposed in July, ahead of a permanent immigration cap.

More than four in 10 creative and media professionals say their lifestyle has been unaffected by the recession, according to research form creative staffing firm Major Players.

The research shows that 44% felt that their career and lifestyle was unaffected by the downturn, although 26% had been hit by redundancy.

Tory efficiency adviser Sir Peter Gershon has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s (REC) public sector summit in June.

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