Financial services recruiter Contracting Solutions Group has announced that turnover fell by 12.5% in its results for the year ended 31 January 2009.
The firm recorded turnover of £31.6m in the period but profit before interest and tax increased to £856,000, up from £547,000 in 2008.
Sales staffing firm Teamsales, part of the Empresaria Group, has acquired rival Sales Link Services.
Managing director of Teamsales Paul Brennan says: “We believe there is a natural fit between the two businesses which will create a number of opportunities for us, including the ability to offer our services across a wider geographical area throughout England and Wales.
International recruiter Fusion People has announced that it is looking to buy owner-managed recruitment businesses that operate in specialist, niche or vertical markets.
As a 48-hour postal strike gets underway, Manpower has told Recruiter that it remains committed to carrying out and providing checks on the temporary workers it supplies to the Royal Mail.
Motor insurance firm Kwik Fit Insurance has begun a major recruitment drive to take the headcount at its Uddingston headquarters to more than 1,000 by the turn of the year.
Kwik Fit Insurance plans to recruit a further 84 posts between now and January 2010 and is inviting local jobseekers to attend its recruitment open day on 31 October.
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority has announced that there will be no increase in licence fees for the year to 31 March 2011.
For the current 1,185 licence holders they will only need to pay the renewal fee, and for those with a turnover of less than £1m this will only cost £400.
Accountancy firm Baker Tilly has offered some handy hints on posting a tax return, with the deadline approaching fast.
The deadline for paper returns this year is 2 November because 31 October falls on a Saturday but HMRC treat a return received in office hours on the first working day after the deadline as being received on time.
Disneyland Paris is on the hunt for UK staff for Christmas and next year’s summer seasons with recruitment drives in London and Birmingham.
Eleven recruitment agencies have received warnings from the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) inspectorate after advertising for asbestos removal workers without having the proper Health and Safety Executive (HSE) licences.
The UK construction sector continued to contract for a second month in row in October, according to the latest CIPS-Markit survey.
The index posted a reading of 46.2 in October, indicating a further fall in UK construction sector activity, and at a faster pace than that in September.