International law firm Reed Smith has appointed Lucy Calver as Europe and Middle East (EME) HR director.
Before joining Reed Smith, Calver worked in a number of operational and HR roles in Asda, while her last appointment before joining Reed Smith was group HR director for the financial services company Cattles.
A £1m penalty imposed on multi-sector recruiter Eden Brown for its part in a cartel of construction industry recruitment agencies was “plucked out of the air” and “arbitrary”, a court has heard.
Paul Harris, counsel for Eden Brown, told a Competition Appeal Tribunal in London yesterday that the figure “does not bear any reference to the circumstances of my client”.
A report claiming that unemployment among the over 50s has reached a 10-year high has been slammed as “potentially very damaging” by Geoff Newman, chief executive of Recruitment Genius.
Radio industry executives are to converge upon Salford for Move on Up at the Radio Festival, an event aimed at addressing under-representation of black and minority ethnic workers in the radio industry by setting up one-to-one meetings with key industry executives.
Executive search firm Meridian Business Support is opening a new office in Wellington, Shropshire.
The opening is planned for 6 September.
Accountancy, insurance and legal recruiter Heat Recruitment has appointed four new consultants.
Damien Kelland and Gaby Thomas will recruit for financial services, while Will Langdon joins the firm’s accountancy and finance division. Ross Bennett joins the insurance and legal team.
Independent recruiters’ network TEAM (The Employment Agency Movement) has appointed Phillippa Hart of Hart Recruitment, Great Barr, Birmingham its new TEAM Midlands director.
Hart takes over from previous director, Tony Battersby.
Permanent placements rose at their weakest rate for 10 months, according to the latest Report on Jobs from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation and KPMG.
The data indicates the slowest increase in permanent appointments since October last year, while temporary staff billings growth hit a 10-month low.
Two of the original founders of multi-sector recruiter Huntress have re-entered the recruitment sector with the launch of commercial recruitment company Love Success.
Dialogue Communications, a specialist in mobile messaging and mobile billing solutions, has launched an SMS application for Bullhorn software.