The launch of games publisher Outplay Entertainment is to create 150 new gaming jobs in Dundee over the next year.
The business has been founded by games industry veterans, brothers Douglas and Richard Hare, who have worked at video games firms The Collective and Foundation 9 Entertainment.
Not-for-profit professional body the Institute of Recruiters (IOR) has agreed a partnership with Peninsula Business Services.
The partnership will see Peninsula host Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses for the IOR members as well as offering access to in-depth sector advice and information.
The impending Agency Worker Regulations do not mean employers cannot continue to benefit from using temporary agency labour, according to Andy Smith, head of regulation and employment law, Adecco Group, UK & Ireland.
Confidence is on the rise among employers in recruiting IT contractors, according to James Smith, director of global recruitment services at IT & telecoms staffing specialist Networkers International.
The Northern Ireland Medical & Dental Training Agency (NIMDTA) has gone live with healthcare IT solutions and services specialist Hicom’s recruitment and applicant tracking system Intrepid Pathway.
NIMDTA ensures doctors and dentists in Northern Ireland are effectively trained and responsible for recruitment of all health specialities throughout Northern Ireland.
Specialist ICT recruiter Penta Consulting has appointed Andrew Crouch to its board of directors.
Crouch has led the firm’s permanent telecommunication division for the past 18 months.
NHS reforms are forcing increasing numbers of disillusioned UK health professionals to seek pastures new in Australia and the Middle East, according to Zack Feather, chief executive at healthcare staffing specialist The Pathology Group.
International recruiter GI Group is to float on the Italian stock exchange, turning the recent purchaser of UK industrial recruiter Right4Staff into a truly global company, according to Stefano Colli-Lanzi, president and chief executive at GI Group.
Financial recruiter Howarth Morris has appointed Steph Hamilton as senior finance consultant.
Hamilton joins North-West England-based Howarth Morris from Hays Senior Finance.
Expansion in the financial sector could be led by small to medium organisations, according to Richard Hoar, director at financial staffing specialist Goodman Masson.