The service sector continued to contract in December, while the jobs climate is the worst on record, according to the CIPS/Markit Survey.
The survey showed that the adjusted Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS)/Markit business activity index remained well inside negative territory, posting 40.2, broadly unchanged on November’s series low of 40.1.
The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has appointed Iain McIlwee as its new head of commercial development.
James O’Brien, a director of LPA Legal, told Recruiter that law firms didn’t want to be seen hiring staff in one area while making redundancies in another. However, he predicts that after a quiet first quarter, things will pick up.
Albemarle Interim Management, part of recruitment giant Randstad, has appointed two directors.
Chris Bernard is promoted to operations director and Gary Belchem is appointed finance director for Albemarle. His previous role was financial controller for the Vedior Commonwealth Zone, part of Randstad Holdings.
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Roddy Hammond, founder of Hammond Resources, has announced that he is leaving the company today (12 January).
Hammond steps down six months after the accountancy and legal recruiter was purchased by Rise Group.
Multi-sector recruiter Robert Walters has appointed John Robinson as head of sales and marketing recruitment.
Robinson, a former director of the consumer marketing division of niche marketing recruiter EMR, has experience of placing marketers of all levels within leisure/travel, retail, media/entertainment, FMCG and consumer product sectors.
Food and facilities management firm Sodexo, has appointed Scott Jarvis to the new post of director of transformation and resourcing.
Jarvis, who joined the company in March, takes charge of developing and delivering the organisation’s resourcing strategy, leading a team of eight recruiters.
