One in three firms are to introduce flexible working so staff can watch the Olympic and Paralympic Games next year, according tobusiness advisory firm Deloitte.
The research also shows 44% of companies will encourage staff to attend Olympic and Paralympic Games, while 42% plan to install screens for staff to watch live events.
Executive search firm CTPartners has appointed Kate Quinn as partner in its financial services practice.
Quinn joins CTPartners from Westwood Partners, where she served as a partner since 2007, focusing on capital markets
A mass exodus of banking talent to Asia probably won’t materialise but more people are moving East, according to Mark Cameron, chief operating officer at financial services staffing specialist Astbury Marsden.
Information management provider Achilles Group has appointed Paul Wesley as group HR director for its global operation.
Wesley joins from the SHL Group where he was group HR director.
The government has announced the companies and voluntary groups selected to deliver the government’s new Work Programme to help people back to work.
The programme is due to launch in June.
Among the 18 organisations selected, Ingeus won a place on the preferred bidder list in seven regions and A4E in five.
Executive search firm Korn/Ferry International has been selected to lead the search for the new chief information officer of Maryland State Retirement and Pension System.
The previous CIO, Mansco Perry, left last October to become CIO of the endowment fund of Macalester College, Minnesota.
The government has said it will look at the area of indemnity clauses in the guidance notes on the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR), according to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).
Siemens is well on its way to filling 1,000 new roles at its gas turbine manufacturing facility in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Finance staffing specialist Grafton Banks Finance has moved into newly refurbished offices in Sheridan House, Western Road, Hove.
The firm, which launched a new division this year focusing on the recruitment of part-qualified accountants, is seeking a senior consultant to head its interim division.
Recruiters have the chance this morning to engage directly with employment relations minister Edward Davey at a Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) breakfast seminar, following publication of draft Agency Workers Regulations guidance last week.