Public sector interim management placements has outstripped the demand in the private sector for the first time since tracking began in 2006.
According to findings from the Interim Management Association’s (IMA) Ipsos MORI report, 51% of all completed interim assignments in Q2 were from the public sector, up from 43% in Q1.
David Taylor and Mark Payne, managing director and account director at telecoms recruiter First Point Group, have attended a special evening reception for 2009 Queen’s Award winners hosted by Her Majesty The Queen and other members of the Royal Family.
Back office support services provider Cash Simply is sponsoring the new strip of Forest of Dean Ladies Football team.
The team will show off the new strip in the first round of the FA Cup against Wolverhampton Wanderers Ladies on Sunday 27 September.
Engineering recruiter Wynnwith Group is the new official sponsor of Harlequins Rugby Club.
The three-year deal will see Wynnwith’s logo appear on the back of the famous quartered Harlequins playing shirt in conjunction with stadium branding.
One UK hotel firm is going out of business every other day, according to accountancy firm Wilkins Kennedy.
More than 2,000 jobseekers attended the Monster.co.uk ‘Keep the UK working’ career fair at the Business Design Centre in London.
The diverse range of employers with vacancies to fill included Boots, Coca Cola, Calvin Klein Underwear, Camden Council, Logica, PokerStars.com, the Royal Navy, SELEX Systems Integration and Siemens.
Tax specialist recruiter Brewer Morris has appointed Tom Wilkinson to its in-house tax recruitment division as an associate director.
Wilkinson studied accounting & finance at The University of Birmingham and has more than four years’ tax recruitment experience gained initially with Michael Page and most recently with Pure Taxation.
August recorded a slight growth in permanent and temporary appointments, according to the latest REC/KPMG Report on Jobs.
The growth of permanent appointments was the first in 17 months and the first increase in temp billings since July 2008.
The rate of contraction in staff demand eased and the latest drop in overall vacancies was the weakest for just over a year.
Education recruiter Sellick Partnership has appointed Richard Matthews to its Newcastle operation.
Matthews, who has worked previously for competitors Hays and Celsian Education, joins the division as a consultant, where he will be responsible for recruiting education professionals into schools across the North East.
IT recruiter Modis has been chosen to provide technology staff as a Tier 1 vendor for Canadian financial institution ATB Financial.
Modis will provide both contract and permanent IT resources for ATB Financial which serves nearly 700,000 customers through a network of 164 branches, 133 agencies, a customer contact centre, automated banking machines and the internet.