In her article about Non Executive Directors (Recruiter, 22 July 2009), Vanessa Townsend stated that there is no statutory definition of an NED. In fact, the Companies Act 2006 places clear and equal statutory duties on executive and non-executive directors alike and the Combined Code on Corporate Governance (2006 and 2008) gives further guidance specifically to NEDs.
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Low-cost carrier Ryanair’s cutting of routes will present opportunities and vacancies for its rivals, according to recruiters.
Last week, Ryanair announced that 600 jobs will be shed at Manchester airport pulling nine of its 10 routes from the city, while Jet2.com announced three routes out of Manchester for summer 2010, creating 250 new jobs.
Following on from news that the number of recruiters not training staff has doubled (Recruiter.co.uk, 26 August), Dan Barrington and Steve James, directors of pharma recruiter Barrington James, are to partner with Jonathan Jenkins at Recruitment Store to enhance the existing training programmes for all its recruitment sales staff.
Recruiters have given a mixed response to the Institute for Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) Business Confidence Monitor (BCM), which recorded an increase in optimism from -28.2 to +4.8, the first positive reading in two years. Although the figures point to an improving economy, some recruiters felt that the UK was not out of the woods.
Job board reed.co.uk has launched a film competition with a top prize of £10,000 in cash.
The online competition is open to anyone to upload their own short film under the heading ‘workplace’.
Judges will select the winner of the £10,000 prize for the best film in January.
Proposed immigration reforms to the points-based immigration system to allow companies to transfer graduates to the UK from overseas offices could lead to an increase in non-EU workers coming to the UK on intra-company transfers (ICTs), according to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).
Amy Renz
ALEX Desktop is a new software that allows recruiters to convert CVs into searchable Microsoft Outlook contacts that can then be synchronised with a mobile device.
Agency management recruitment firm de Poel has witnessed an increase in its sales this month which, it says, is indicative of a recovering labour market.
The firm has taken on its highest number of new clients during August – the first increase in agency appointments in 18 months.
The UAE’s construction industry is facing a problems connected to late payments, according to an industry round table conducted by Emirates Business.
The round table revealed that timeframes for payments had doubled from 90 to 180 days, while banks are cautious over private sector lending with no pick-up for the sector predicted until early next year.
Modern society has a ‘destination addiction’ which focuses all of a person’s attention on future happiness, psychologist Robert Holden told 40 HR directors in London last Thursday night.