Peoplelink Staffing Solutions acquires Texas trades recruiter MEP

Indiana-based recruitment group Peoplelink Staffing Solutions has acquired Dallas, Texas-based skilled trades contract recruiter MEP.

Recruiters bounce back in Fast Track league of growth companies

An expanded cohort of 17 companies represents the recruitment industry on this year’s The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 list of fast-growing private firms.

Built environment recruiter Bromak hires and promotes

Built environment recruiter Bromak has promoted Rachel Scott to senior consultant and made two further hires.

Staffline acquires Leicestershire agency Magna Recruitment

Listed recruitment and outsourcing firm Staffline Group has acquired Magna Recruitment, a single-branch agency in Lutterworth, Leicestershire.

Exec search body ‘impressed’ by Chinese approach to talent issues

The president of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) tells recruiter.co.uk he was “encouraged” and “shocked” by the frankness with which Chinese officials addressed talent issues at a recent event hosted by the organisation.

Oil contractors recruiting up, but operator hiring drops, finds survey

Contractors in the oil & gas sector are looking to recruit at higher levels in the next 12 months, although operators are softening hiring plans, finds the 19th annual Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce Oil and Gas Survey, which is available online.

North-South recruitment divide highlighted by construction sector boom

The number of job vacancies across the UK rose 9.2% to 748,923 in October, but a North-South divide, especially evident in construction, is splitting the labour market, finds jobs search engine Adzuna.