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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.

 Sales recruiter Bta Sales Recruitment has relocated to Canary Wharf office to One Canada Square.

The bigger location will house the team and 10 of the firm’s new hires recruited since the turn of the year.

UK online job opportunities rose by 9% in March, compared with the same month last year, according to the latest Monster Employment Index.

The Index reveals demand for skilled craft and tradesmen rose by 24% year-on-year and 4% month-on-month.

Oil & gas staffing specialist Primat Recruitment, part of the AMEC Group, has strengthened its team with a number of new appointments.

Susan Hughes joins as senior consultant for nuclear recruitment, based in Manchester, while Andy Hogan joins as senior consultant for Middle East and North Africa (MENA), based in Surrey with a secondary office in London.

Cloud-based SaaS software provider SuccessFactors has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire learning management system (LMS) Plateau.

The move follows SuccessFactors’ acquisition of social video mobile learning provider Jambok.

Multi-sector recruiter The SR Group has appointed Andrew Harris as head of commercial management.

Harris focuses on ensuring clients get the most out of their relationships with the group’s brands, including liaising on preferred supplier agreements, pitches and service level agreements.

The government is to consider reforming collective redundancy consultation periods, the Transfer Undertakings Protection of Employment Regulations (TUPE) and compensation for discrimination awarded by employment tribunals.

The point based system used to manage UK immigration has a good deal of “room for improvement”, according to Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts.

Yesterday, the Committee published a report which examines the management of work routes of the Points Based System for Immigration from evidence supplied by the Home Office and the UK Border Agency.

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