Media and sales recruiter pfj has acquired a majority interest in RPCushing, a provider of recruitment solutions to the market research and analysis & information sectors.
This is a further development to pfj’s vision of developing a global network of specialist recruitment companies which started last year with the acquisition of ICUR, the Sydney-based media specialist.
Healthcare Locums has announced a number of changes to its board. Kate Bleasdale, founder and chief executive, has been promoted to the newly-created executive management post of executive vice chairman and will continue to lead the business as the senior executive board director.
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International IT staff and services business FDM says that trading in the second half of 2008 continued the positive trend of the first half of the year.
The company reports strong cash flow generation, and predicts net cash flow in excess of £10m at the end of its financial year.
City-based recruiter Healy Hunt has restructured its business and diversified into new markets in response to recent events in the financial sector.
Senior search consultant Sarah Hutton becomes a director of the financial executive search firm, joining chairman and founding partner Paul Hunt, in place of Mike Moore who has left after eight years with the firm.
I’m a sucker for a great orator and must admit to finding Barack Obama’s presidential acceptance speech thoroughly energising. Now, I am well known for being apolitical (neutral), which has served me well in the past, but I thought his statement of hope could be the new call to arms for the UK recruitment industry (and especially the public provision, Jobcentre Plus).
Creative recruiter Purple Consultancy is to organise a series of monthly networking events around the UK with digital media training centre Academy Class.
The free events, for around 50 delegates at a time, will offer software and web technology training, as well as forums for people working in the sector to meet at and exchange ideas.
Multi-sector recruiter Hexagon Human Capital has received an indicative conditional proposal from a third party interested in making an offer for the company.
Discussions are in the early stages and there can be no guarantee that an offer will be made, according to a statement.
A spokesman for the supermarket giant told Recruiter it will use recruitment agencies to staff its new store in Newport, Wales.
“There will be around 450 jobs created when the store opens. The roles available to our colleagues will be varied, but they all receive job specific training,” he said.
Rec-to-rec recruiters are experiencing an increase in demand for multi-lingual consultants as UK-based agencies target international business.
Vic Chuntz, chief executive at rec-to-rec consultancy Aston Taylor, told Recruiter diversification had caused the demand.