• North-East headquartered recruitment firm NRG has successfully conducted a search for business consultancy RTC North as part of the North-East Strategic Plan to create and sustain more Scaleup businesses in the North-East economy.

Jason Legget takes the role of project director of Scaleup North East, a programme led by the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), and delivered by RTC North, which aims to deliver 100,000 more and better jobs by 2024.

• The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) will act as a sponsoring partner for the Women and Work All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) in 2018. As part of the collaboration, the REC will support the group’s activities and bring in its expertise on this year’s topic: ‘How to Recruit Women for the 21st Century’.

Launched in 2016 as a result of increased focus on the role of women in the workforce, the Women and Work APPG’s aim is to provide a forum for debate about what policy makers and stakeholders can do to deliver gender balance within the economy.

The REC has also chosen RedstoneConnect as its premium preferred IT services partner. REC members who choose RedstoneConnect as their managed IT services provider will receive a special bundle of offers including a 10% discount on all services, an exclusive option for a one-month rolling contract and additional discounts on longer-term contracts, saving up to 30%.