With increasingly stringent reference and background checks at banks and other City institutions, director of operations and co-founder of City IT recruiter Cititec has told Recruiter the company is considering creating a screening passport.

International recruitment consultancy Exsurgo has appointed Ed Coleman as principal consultant – consumer markets to its international consumer search business, soon to be rebranded as Capstone Search.

Specialist training and education recruitment agency Alderwood Education has strengthened its work-based learning team with the appointments of Ben Siou and Adam Davison. Siou will work as a consultant while Davison takes on the role of team manager, reporting to operations manager Kimberley Pascoe.

UK workers want greater focus on a meritocratic bonus culture, and are not motivated by coalition-backed employee ownership business models, according to a new poll.