Kate Bleasdale has resigned from the board of directors at healthcare staffing specialist Healthcare Locums.
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Executive search firm Boyden has integrated its two London operations.
The firm says the integration involving the London financial services practice will enable it to focus resources on serving clients across all sectors in which Boyden operates.
Professional network LinkedIn has launched the beta version of LinkedIn Today, a new product that channels the top headlines and stories being shared the most across multiple industries by LinkedIn professionals.
The service allows members to access their professional news through three different connections, industry and the broader global professional network.
Verification and people finding technology provider 192business has launched Auto Doc-ID.
The solution enables online verification of scanned identity documents.
Using proprietary Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to capture and verify document details Auto Doc-ID aims to reduces the vetting process time by an average of 30 minutes.
Confidence is growing among IT professionals on their career prospects, according to new research by jobsite reed.co.uk.
The research shows three in four IT think they’ll be offered the job they want within the next six months, with the same proportion predicting that a growth in technology will give the UK’s job market a boost this year.
The number of firms in Russia currently recruiting has decreased slightly to 72%, according to the latest quarterly survey from Antal Russia.
The research also shows, however, the number of the employers that are reducing staff has dropped to 38%.
The government has revealed its new ICT strategy aimedat delivering better public services for less cost.
The strategy calls for ICT to be open to the people and organisations that use its services and open to any provider – regardless of size.
The government has committed to:
· introduce new central controls to ensure greater consistency and integration
Sarah Gordon
Technical and professional recruiter Matchtech Group has seen revenues rise, according to its unaudited results for the six months ended 31 January 2011.
The group’s results reveal:
• Revenue up 13% to £141.1m (2010: £125.4m)
• Total Net Fee Income (NFI) up 9% to £13.6m (2010: £12.5m)
• Profit before tax of £2.3m (2010: £4.4m)
The UK Border Agency’s permanent immigration cap has come into force.