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IT recruiters Ifftner Solutions and Anglia IT have announced plans to rebrand the company.

The move follows Ifftner’s acquisition of Anglia IT in 2009.

A balance needs to be struck between stopping false self-employment and ensuring that the UK construction industry retains its flexible workforce, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).

The REC’s comments follow construction union UCATT’s call for a government review of payroll companies in the construction sector last week.

Executive search firm CTPartners has appointed John J Keller as vice chairman, CEO and board services.

Keller joins from Korn/Ferry International, where as senior client partner he focused on CEO, senior-level executive and board recruiting, as well as succession planning.

He will based in the firm’s New York office.

Employers need to look at all options when looking for talent, according to the head of diversity practice at BT.

Dennis Gissing was speaking at a Graduate Recruitment Roundtable in London last week, supported by Michael Page, Recruitermagazine and the Employers Forum on Age.

Software provider idibu has appointed Paul Higgins as UK sales director.

Higgins will be based in London and will report to managing director Steve Walker.

Alec Reed CBE, founder and former chairman of the Reed staffing and learning empire, will receive a knighthood this year for services to business and charity.

Software providers SMART, Software Europe and Zircadian, which form an NHS Workforce Solutions consortium, have reported 57 new NHS contracts in 2010. 

Together the firms provide solutions include rostering for doctors, nurses and other staff, time and attendance, staff bank management, payroll and interface to ESR and expenses management. 

RMG, an executive search and specialist recruitment consultancy, has appointed Matthew Baxter as senior consultant to bolster its healthcare team.

Desire to move into the private sector outstrips opportunities for public sector professionals, according to Andy Lowe, head of talent management at outplacement consultancy Right Management.

Lowe told Recruiter:“People are definitely looking to move to the private sector. I’m not sure many sectors are recruiting, so there is more desire to move than opportunity.

The immigration cap is hindering employer’s attempts to fill skills gaps, according to the research from law firm Speechly Bircham and King’s College London.

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