Dalkia BioEnergy has appointed Astute Technical Recruitment to recruit all staff for its new biomass plant at Chilton near Durham. The plant, a £40m build, is due to become operational in Q1 2011. Astute’s managing director, Terry Buckel...

Global construction firm Skanska has chosen talent management solutions provider Taleo’s unified talent management suite. The aim is for Skanska to have an “integrated and tailored approach” to talent management. Adam Brenner, group vice...

Building services group Kier has agreed a deal to implement eploy’s applicant tracking and recruitment software system across all its UK business divisions, including Kier Support Services, Kier Homes, Kier Construction and Kier Regional. ...

Online candidate network iProfile has signed up three new clients. Parity, ReThink Recruitment and MBN have all agreed to implement the web-based CV. The iProfile CV contains precise definitions of a professional’s skills,...

Digital recruitment and marketing solutions provider Optimal has been chosen by recruitment specialist Milestone to run its rebranding and website redevelopment project. Meanwhile, VMR Consultants has selected Optimal Internet to design and...

Jark Driving, a provider of skilled drivers to the transport and distribution industries, has been appointed as a preferred supplier for Turners of Soham. With this new business win resulting in the opening of a new branch in Wakefield,...

Technical recruiter Matchtech Group has agreed an extension with business process outsourcer Xchanging Procurement Services and its client BAE Systems until the end of 2012.  The new agreement allows access through Xchanging to supply...

Chongqing ChangAn Automobile Company, one of China’s leading car manufacturers, has announced it will be creating over 200 jobs at its new site in Nottingham by 2015. ChangAn, China’s third largest auto manufacturer, has selected local...

Whelan: choice of partner important Atlan, which was acquired by Advantage Technical Resourcing earlier this year, will be using eploy’s web-based system to manage and co-ordinate selected suppliers and to standardise the...

Capita HR Solutions has announced a three-year deal with insurance company esure to provide payroll administration services to esure’s 1,500 employees across the UK. The services Capita will provide include a managed payroll service;...