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Talent management specialist Ochre House has appointed Kieran Scally who joins as principal solutions consultant, based in London and Staines. Meanwhile, the firm welcomes new talent attraction specialists Eva Krcova and Degnouma Diarra, while Tania Rabindiran and Inderjit Kaur both join the firm’s Bupa team as candidate attraction specialists.   

More students receiving their A-Level results are looking to training schemes in the workplace, rather than be saddled with university debt, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

An increase in demand for shipping workers means that the retail sector could be in for a bumper Christmas, according to Steve Wyeth, director at sdw Recruitment.

Discussions over the possibility of private-sector investment in NHS Professionals are ongoing, according to a spokesperson for the not-for-profit organisation.

The number of job offers in the financial services sector rose 15% last month, according to data from Powerchex.

Following Healthcare Locum’s (HCL) general meeting of 2 August, the healthcare recruiter has announced that the acquisition of the Redwood Health business has been completed.HCL has also appointed Lloyds Banking Group as its sole banking partner.

Recruiters have hit back at claims by unions that recruitment agencies have been guilty of “ripping off” hospitals by charging “outrageous fees”.

The number of business insolvencies fell in July, according to the latest insolvency index from information services firm Experian.

The number of new City jobs rose by 7% month-on-month in July, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.

Multi-sector recruiter Central Employment Agency has appointed Denise Low as team leader of its commercial division.Low will be responsible for leading the commercial team and will also look after temporary vacancies including vacancies from local public sector organisations, private business and the NHS.

Technology, finance and healthcare recruiter Arrows Group has promoted Charlie Sell from technology manager in its London office to Netherlands country manager.Sell will now head up the firm’s technology and finance operations in its Amsterdam office and will also oversee plans to open two more European offices over the next couple of years.

As China overtakes Japan as the second largest economy in the world, the country is suffering a talent mismatch, according to David Arkless, executive board member at Manpower and vice president of the China International Council for the Promotion of Multinational Corporations (CICPMC).

Recruiters, employers and healthcare workers have welcomed plans for the introduction of a ‘skills passport’. A one-year pilot project was conducted among nursing staff at seven English NHS Trusts during 2009/10 seeking to test ‘proof of concept’ for the passport which allows workers to create a verified online record of their skills, qualifications and experience. This can be viewed by prospective or existing employers as required.According to research from ...

Public sector recruiter and outsourced services provider Servoca has acquired the business, trade and assets of nursing recruiter Phoenix Employment Services.

The executive search sector saw the highest rise in revenue since before the recession in Q2, according to research from the Association of Executive Search Consultants.

BT has received more than double the number of applicants for its apprenticeship schemes this year, compared with last, according to Alex Wilson, BT’s human resources director

There has been an “overwhelming” response from UK Premier Inn employees looking to work at the international hotel chain’s new Delhi location, according to Jaspreet Khurana, Premier Inn human resources director in India.

The number of top graduates on the market is decreasing, according to Soraya Janmohamed, head of graduate recruitment at gradudate recruiter FreshMinds Talent.

Demand for interim managers is rising, according to a new survey from interim management solutions provider Interim Partners.The research shows that the number of new assignments for interim managers rose by 24% in Q1 on Q4 2009, with the number of banking assignments rising by 44% over the last quarter.  Doug Baird, managing director of Interim Partners, says: “The banking crisis led to a huge wave of takeovers and mergers presenting interims with an unprecedented ...

Michael Page International has seen profits grow due to an increase in permanent hires and international business, according to its half year results for the period ended 30 June 2010.