The enforced sale of BAA’s airports could boost travel jobs, according to travel recruiters.
Last week, the Competition Commission told BAA that it must sell Gatwick, Stansted and either Glasgow or Edinburgh within the next two years.
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James Caan, chairman of Hamilton Bradshaw Private Equity, has launched its new initiative to help recruitment SMEs.
HB RIDA is a joint venture between Hamilton Bradshaw and the Recruitment Industry Development Agency (RIDA) and, with a development capital pot of £2m, offers owner-managed recruitment firms support in building their business.
New York-based Dowd Associates Executive Search has successfully completed a senior level treasury search for international corporate treasury consultancy PMC Treasury. Manuel Rivero, former vice-president finance and treasury for Revlon, has been recruited as a senior treasury consultant.
Multi-sector recruiter Reed is planning to expand its presence in the UAE after success in the emirate of Qatar.
Maria Brown, associate director of the Middle East at Reed Specialist Recruitment, told Recruiter the company’s Qatar office had grown from a single person operation to 15 people in two years.
In a trading statement at Healthcare Locum’s AGM today, Alan Walker, chairman of HCL, announced the following figures for 2008.
- Revenue up 23% to £166.4m.
- A 44% rise in adjusted operating profit to £21.2m.
- A 45% growth rate in gross margin in the second half of 2008 compared to the second half of 2007.
At today’s AGM of specialist professional recruiter Hydrogen Group, Ian Temple, executive chairman made the following statement:
“As anticipated at the time of our preliminary results announcement on 10 March 2009, the uncertain macro-economic environment continues to result in challenging trading conditions across a number of our key markets.
Global executive search firm Boyden has announced the election of its new board.
Trina Gordon was re-elected to a second two-year term as chairman. Jim Hertlein, managing director Houston and a member of the firm’s global industrial practice, and Erkki Panula, senior partner of Boyden Helsinki and member of the firm’s global technology practice, were elected as directors.
Professional recruiter Antal is to open four new offices in Frankfurt, Munich and Nuremburg in Germany and Barcelona in Spain.
The move takes the Antal network to 62 business units across 29 countries.
Antal’s Nuremburg office will be led by former Siemens employee Ralf Roehrle who will focus on appointments in the engineering, manufacturing and transportation sectors.
Multi-sector recruiter Personnel Selection has purchased the assets of commercial and industrial staffing firm Jann UK.
Simon Garbett, managing director at Personnel Selection, says: “The integration of the Jann UK business into the group will benefit both clients and candidates alike and further enhance our coverage of the Portsmouth region.”
Recruitment giant Adecco has migrated all UK job postings from Conkers to Broadbean.