Recruitment firm S&H has appointed Graham Nyman as business development director.
Nyman has worked in the financial services consultancy sector for such firms as Catalyst, Quic and Algorithmics.
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Empresaria Group has acquired the remaining 25% of Lumley Employment Company.
The acquisition of the original 75% stake in Lumley was announced on 8 April.
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has launched a website to offer free advice on employment law.
The site, www.smallbusinesschannel.co.uk, contains video-based information on business-related issues including employment law.
New research from the FPB shows that employment law costs small business £2.4bn.
I agree with Roger Philby on the power of Twitter and LinkedIn when it comes to distributing a message (Social networking calls for ‘blind faith’, 16 June). Using primarily these two tools, I got 600 unique visitors to my recruitment blog, The Savage Truth, in its first five days.
In his daily newsletter for Singer Capital markets, Kean Marden, an analyst at the firm, writes: “According to recent surveys by Hudson and the Singapore National Employers’ Federation (SNEF), more employers here plan to add to their headcount in the next three months in anticipation of business picking up next year.
There are signs of improvement in the London financial services industry with new job numbers in June the highest this year, according to Morgan McKinley’s employment monitor.
The main findings of the monitor were:
Two thirds (66%) of young people are seeking internships due to the recession, according to a poll by the National Council for Work Experience (NCWE).
The poll reveals that that two thirds (67%) feel exploited or undervalued by working unpaid, while 49% of respondents have worked unpaid for four weeks or more.
As the levels of swine flu cases increase, commercial recruiter Tate recommends having a contingency plan in place should absenteeism rise to critical levels.
Agreement over a long term financing deal between Hexagon Human Capital and its bankers is taking longer than anticipated, according to the company.
In a statement to the London Stock Exchange, Hexagon says that while the board “had hoped these discussions would be concluded by 31 July 2009, this has not proved to be the case.”
Older workers are more flexible and fulfilled, according to a survey from people assessment firm Talent Q.