More than six in 10 (61%) of managing directors of UK SMEs are worried about losing talented people from their organisations, according to research from talent and career management consultancy Right Management.
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Service sector activity fell in December, according to the latest CIPS/Markit UK services Purchasing Managers’ Index.
Supermarket Waitrose is creating management and non-management roles, as well as food specialists in meat, cheese, fish and wines, to fill new 3,000 new roles.
Bristol-based IT recruitment firm Redrock Consulting is launching a web portal next month that allows clients to hire contractors direct, which it claims could save around 33% on recruitment costs.
Hotel firm Travelodge is creating 700 new jobs in the UK through the construction of 35 hotels this year.
Eight of the hotels will be in London, three in Birmingham, with other hotels being constructed in Manchester, Cardiff, Liverpool, Bristol, Lancaster, Canterbury, Cambridge and Hull.
The Scottish Labour market showed signs of improvement in December, according to the latest the Bank of Scotland Labour Market Barometer.
The barometer registered 52.6 in December, up from November’s figure of 50.9.
This is the second consecutive month the Barometer has recorded above the 50.0 no-change level.
Energy firm E.ON has appointed Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) as its UK employer brand and resourcing communications agency.
Four staffing firms have joined international recruiter Empresaria’s recruitment hub in Singapore, launched in January.
John Lewis is to create 650 new jobs, with the opening of a new store next to New Street Station in Birmingham city centre, the department store, Network Rail and Birmingham City Council have confirmed.