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Interim management provider Alium Partners has extended the responsibilities of managing consultants John Bloor and Kate Mansfield.  

Bloor’s new remit includes leadership of the finance practice as well as business transformation, while Mansfield will lead Alium’s HR practice while managing consultant Chloe Watts is on maternity leave.

Deloitte tax partner Brian White is calling on HM Revenue & Customs to scrutinise travel and subsistence schemes for temporary workers and “stamp out those that are not operating within the law”.

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While the recession may be coming to an end, prospects for economic growth may be hampered by the public deficit.

The UK’s new chief construction officer has been urged by recruiters to demonstrate a clear understanding of value for money.

The government has announced it will appoint a chief construction officer, tasked with securing better value for money from the public sector’s construction spend, to oversee industry procurement.

Social care and child care specialist Personnel & Care Bank (PCB) has appointed Janine Desmond as managing director.  

Desmond joined PCB in 1994 as a consultant and succeeds Rosalind Payne, who started the company in 1986, now takes over as chair from Dave Ainscow who recently retired.

The construction sector contracted at its slowest rate in 18 months, according to the CIPS/Markit Index.

The index posted a reading of 47.7 in August, while incoming new business posted a further decline in August, and at a marginally steeper rate of contraction compared to that recorded in July.

Mat Armstrong, PeopleChecking

Background checking solutions company PeopleChecking has appointed Mathew Armstrong (left) to the newly created role of head of business development.

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One of the biggest inhibiting factors that continues to hinder the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA) region’s local job market has been the failure to adopt education programs that cater to the current needs of the society, according to a report by TalentRepublic.net.

Candidates are swamping the market as permanent and temporary placements contract at their fastest rate in the last 11 years, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation and KPMG ‘Report on Jobs’.

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