Up to 800 jobs could be created in the UK’s steel industry after the takeover of a Middlesbrough steel works by Thailand’s biggest steelmaker.
Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) paid India’s Tata Steel £291m ($469) to take over Teeside Cast Products.
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Commercial and industrial recruiter Blue Arrow has appointed Karen Orton as regional director for the Midlands and West region.
Orton was a regional manager at Adecco and then Hays. She will be responsible for the operational management and strategic development of her regions.
Jaguar Land Rover has doubled the number of graduates it plans to recruit this year.
The company plans to hire 280 graduates in 2011 compared to 135 last year.
Provider of interim managers Interim Partners has appointed Jo Sands as head of food and drink.
Sands previously spent more than four years at Odgers Berndtson where she built a successful interim consumer practice specialising in FMCG, consumer durables and food and drink.
Indian executive search firm, Positive Moves, has opened its second European office in London.
According to the firm, London is a key office, given its strategic advantage as a financial centre of the world.
Square One, a resources specialist in SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Microsoft Technologies, digital media, testing and infrastructure, has implemented SABER Analytics across its entire business.
Executive search firm Parker Executive Search has been chosen by the University of North Carolina Wilmington to find its next chancellor.
Driver and industrial recruiter Extrastaff saw its revenue and profits increase in 2010 as market conditions improved.
In the 12 months ending 31 December 2010, profit before taxation rose from £46,709 in 2009 to £238,805.
Turnover rose by 30.5% to reach £12.553m, buoyed employers’ continuing reluctance to take on permanent staff.
Engineering recruiter TechConsult UK has appointed Steve Affleck as consultant.
Affleck will help expand operations at the firm’s offices at the Wilton Centre, near Redcar, Teesside.