• Umbrella company Liquid Friday has launched Liquid Stride, an insights dashboard for recruitment agencies. The platform allows recruiters of temporary and contract workers to retain existing talent, enhance redeployment rate and reduce candidate drop off. Liquid Friday’s new contractor app, launched in alignment with this technology, updates their agency when they are considering or actively seeking their next assignment.

• Legal search firm SSQ has opened its first US office in New York. The new office will be led by James Newton, an experienced legal recruiter who has relocated from London to lead SSQ’s new US initiative. The team in New York will offer a wide range of services to both law firms and in-house legal teams, placing talent across the US.