Spring Group grew by 20% last year, expanding its international presence and winning several big contracts.
Net fee income is expected to increase by around 20%, according to its update of trading for the year ending 31 December 2008.
Peter Searle, chief executive at Spring, told Recruiterthe company is looking at possible acquisitions.
The Recruitment Society’s website has been relaunched.
The new website features an interactive members area, where members can get help and support and ask questions,” says Steve Huxham, the Recruitment Society’s chairman.
The website will allow members to tap into the society’s wide range of expertise and skills, adds Huxham.
HR and training professionals have a positive approach to what is likely to be a challenging year, according to a new survey.
The survey, from HR recruiter Network HR, shows that while 81% of HR and training staff were experiencing the effects of the downturn, 47% felt ready for the challenge it posed.
Candidates need to be more flexible when job hunting, advises the managing director of Randstad UK Professional Services.
Djanogly: TAWD won’t help
Interim management delivers a more varied and stimulating career than permanent work, according to a new survey of female interim managers.
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has launched a new guide designed to help improve the performance of recruiters in difficult times.
The new guide entitled ‘7 Secrets of Successful Recruiters’ is based on detailed interviews with high billing recruitment consultants, and is intended to provide practical advice.
Global executive search consultancy GRS has appointed Todd Caissie to head up its legal division in New York.
As partner of GRS Legal in New York, Caissie will take full responsibility for the direction and strategy of the division in the US, leading a team of five. The New York office opened in November 2007, with the legal division established in summer 2008.
I receive Recruiter’s email alerts and read them avidly as there are many items which are of interest to me. As a small company employing two recruitment staff plus anything between 15-30 permanent agency staff, I am not in the big league with larger agencies, however I continue to grow year-onyear and have maintained my customer base.
Parity Group has completed the disposal of its training division to ECS.
The disposal was completed on 27 February, and follows an announcement in January that Parity had agreed to sell the division to ECS for a total cash consideration of up to £3m.