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Cambridge-based life science recruiter Remtec has strengthened its board with two new appointments.

John Morley has been promoted to business development director and Lorna Rutter to operations director/company secretary.

Graduates in the regions can expect a starting salary of £15,000 to £18,000, at odds with recent statistics stating average graduate starting salaries of £25,000 across the UK.

Oriel Holdings, a specialist provider of outsourced financial and business services to the recruitment sector, has appointed Brian Sumner to its board as a non-executive director.

Simon Noakes, the chair of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation Construction Sector Group, has questioned the accuracy of recent Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures on construction orders.

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The newly appointed managing director of Kellan Group company RK Supply Chain is looking to grow the business by five or six consultants over the next six to nine months.

The number of new professional jobs in Ireland fell slightly in May month-on-month, according to the latest Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor.

The monitor reveals in the number of new professional jobs in the Irish market was down 3% from April to May.

However, there was a 35% increase in new professional job vacancies compared to May last year.

Belfast-based software solutions provider Lagan Technologies is seeking software engineers, QA engineers, project managers and support analysts following the award of a contract by Brisbane City Council in Queensland, Australia.

Scottish employers have continued to add to headcount albeit at a more modest pace, according to October’s Bank of Scotland PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index) from Markit.

The headline seasonally adjusted Bank of Scotland PMI posted 49.9 in October, only fractionally below the 50 no-change threshold, and little-changed from 49.8 in September.

Dalkia BioEnergy has appointed Astute Technical Recruitment to recruit all staff for its new biomass plant at Chilton near Durham.

The plant, a £40m build, is due to become operational in Q1 2011.

First 4 Staff has recruited James Purshall and Nick Davis as consultants.

Purshall joins the firm’s Wolverhampton branch, while Davis will be based in the Cannock Office.

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