IT, accountancy, hospitality, leisure and professional services recruiter Kellan Group is cutting the number of its consultants by approximately 10%.
The company says it intends to commence 2009 with a reduced headcount as part of “requisite steps” to reduce its cost base after encountering “continuing deteriorating economic conditions”.
Fortis Scanning Services, a subsidiary of the Fortis Recruitment Group, has purchased 100% of the assets of UK Scan, a national provider of commercial scanning services.
David Mogford is to take personal ownership of the Monmouth-based company and its current contracts worth over £22m per year.
Skill shortages in the IT sector increased during 2008, according to new research.
Trade body the National Computing Centre (NCC) found that perceived skills shortages had increased from 6.8% to 7.9% between 2007 and 2008.
HR departments should priortise nurturing talent, according to HR recruiters.
Caroline Foote, managing director at HR moves, told Recruiter: “We have noticed the increase in organisations recruiting senior talent people of heads of talent or development of talent.
Commercial and transport recruiter The Best Connection has opened a new office in Croydon.
The new branch will cater for the driving, industrial and warehousing & distribution sectors.
Multi-sector recruiter Manpower has announced that David Arkless, Manpower’s president of corporate and government affairs, is going on a field mission to refugee settlements in South Africa, Mozambique and Namibia to better understand the plight of refugees and to identify how the recruiter can help them return to employment.
Executive search firm Whitehead Mann is to close offices in the Midlands, Leeds and Edinburgh.
Following a structural review, Whitehead Mann announced the closures but plans to strengthen its presence in the growth areas of Asia and the Middle East.
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HVS Executive Search, an international retained search firm specialising in the hotel, restaurant, gaming and retail industries, has appointed David Mansbach to co-president for North America.
Mansbach, with 20 years of hospitality experience, rejoins the company and will oversee the executive search and compensation consulting platform.
