SkillSoft, a SaaS provider of e-learning and performance support solutions, has acquired the assets of leadership video producer 50 Lessons.
The 50 Lessons Library comprises more than 1,000 video business lessons from over 200 world-class business leaders and helps companies looking to develop engaging and effective leadership programmes.
Time to Train regulations are not to be extended this April to employees of SMEs, the government has announced.
The right for employees to request time for training to aid skills development has been available to employees of large organisations with 250 or more employees since April last year.
Senior management job site executivesontheweb.com has launched a new iPad application for executive job seekers.
The app features access to candidates’ profiles, job search, saved jobs, job application history, CV builder, recruiter directory. It also features a CV guide and interview advice (inc audio and video) and company blog.
Labour market conditions in Scotland improved in January, according to the latest Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs.
International recruiter Hudson Highland Group has removed Jon Chait as chairman and chief executive of the company, effective immediately.
Multi-sector recruiter VGC has appointed Richard Allen as divisional head of VGC Personnel.
Allen will assemble a team of sector-specialist recruiters to develop new markets for VGC Personnel, to build on VGC’s established provision of mid to senior management resource to the rail and construction industries.
UK employers have been urged to conduct an assessment on the impact of impending AWR regulations by Brian Wilkinson, head of Randstad UK.
Wilkinson’s comment follow Randstad research which shows 37% of employers are unfamiliar with the regulations, due to come into force in October.
The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) is to lead a trade delegation to Singapore in May to help members identify opportunities for expansion in the wider Asia-Pacific region.
Specialist marketing recruiter Dylan has appointed Robert Long as a consultant.
Long will also have a focus on driving the agency’s own PR and marketing push starting with its new website www.wearedylan.com.
The increasing difficulties experienced by staffing business in obtaining bank lending are due to be discussed at a forum in London on 11 March.
Senior figures from hirers, banks, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) firms and staffing companies will meet in an attempt to resolve an issue that is increasingly seen as a threat to the financial solvency of recruitment businesses.