Multi-sector recruiter Forde Recruitment has renewed a year-long contract with ready meals manufacturer Greencore.
The six-figure deal sees Forde Recruitment source HGV drivers to deliver thousands of meals to supermarkets chains across the UK every month.
Myles Thomas Associates has appointed Dave Litte as division manager, charged with expanding the firm’s IT sales division.
Meanwhile, Georgia Hewett, joins the business to head up resource & candidate support and senior consultant, Carl McFarlane has been appointed to help grow the financial sales division.
Barclay Meade, part of the Matchtech Group, has appointed Jo Macartney as senior consultant.
Macartney will be based at the Whitely head office in Hampshire and will report to Matthew Scott, HR operations manager. Her focus will be on HR recruitment along the South Coast of England.
Public sector cuts must not have a disproportionate impact on the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, according to Sandra Kerr, national director of Race for Opportunity.
The impending review of the vetting and barring scheme needs to offer a more robust system where all criminal convictions are checked, according to John Dunn, director at educational staffing specialist, Randstad Education.
Two-fifths of British workers would consider setting up their own business if they were made redundant, according to research by Home Learning College.
Barclays Wealth has appointed Gill Baker as human resources business partner in the Isle of Man.
Baker has 20 years of banking experience with Lloyds TSB and RBSI, including a number of senior HR posts in the UK and joins from Microgaming Software Systems, where she oversaw their HR department.
Additional funding for businesses to hire workers over the age of 50 is one of the jobs-related policies senior managers would like the winner of Thursday’s general election to address, according to a poll from TheLadders.co.uk.
Other issues highlighted were:
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has responded to government plans to cap immigration from outside the European Economic Area by warning that hospitality skills gaps still need to be filled.