ONLINE RECRUITMENT NEWS

The Brightwork Group, the influential Scottish recruitment specialist, has strengthened its team with the appointment of senior consultants Alan Kenny and Alan Marshall.

New Year, new you, new job?

Ryecroft Glenton Corporate Finance has advised on the acquisition of growing London-based staffing business, Amanda Smith Recruitment Ltd, by Berry Recruitment Group.

BCL Legal - one of the UK’s leading legal recruitment consultancies which has offices in London, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Liverpool and Bristol – is starting the New Year with a bang after being named as one of the ‘Small Best Companies to Work For’ (50 to 250 employees) in the Sunday Times lists for 2016.

As Britain went back to work this week, the expected January jobs rush has more than lived up to its billing, according to the UK’s largest job board, reed.co.uk.

In 2015, the UK experienced a significant increase in the number of people breaking away from traditional employment into freelance and self-employed roles. According to official figures from the Bank of England, between 2008 and 2015, the number of self-employed workers rose by 700,000.

Paul Reynolds has joined global leadership and advisory boutique, Wilton & Bain Group as Managing Partner, Financial Services Practice. He will work closely with WBMS, the Group’s consulting arm to offer a full range of integrated resourcing solutions from board and executive search to interim management and consultancy.

Penna, the global people management business, today announces it has won a contract to provide outsourced recruitment services to London Borough of Barking & Dagenham (LBBD). Penna will be recruiting 60 social workers on behalf of the local authority over the next two years, through a mix of resourcing consultancy, design, delivery and assessment services.

Recruitment company Keene and Lord have secured a £4 million funding agreement with the UK’s largest invoice finance provider, Bibby Financial Services (BFS).

Over half (54%) of UK workers wish they could change career, rising to 72% for those aged between 25 and 34, according to research by long term investment savings specialist Standard Life. But worry about being too old to change direction (11%), valuing their current stability (11%), not knowing where to start (10%), and a lack of confidence (10%) are key reasons for not taking the plunge.

UK office workers are the most likely in Europe to look for a new job if they request a payrise but are turned down, according to new research by specialist recruitment firm Robert Half

Staff retention is set to become one of the biggest HR challenges for 2016

71% of UK employees feel satisfied in their current job, according to research by business psychologists, OPP. The study of more than 2,500 employees found that while employee satisfaction is on the rise, there are key regional differences as to where Britain’s most satisfied employees reside.

Following a year of record growth, recruitment consultancy Macildowie has announced a number of high-level appointments to its ever-expanding team. The company, which has offices in Nottingham, Leicester, Derby, Northampton and Milton Keynes, has announced ambitious plans to double its workforce over the next three years.

Recruitment advertising company JVP Group is celebrating a successful second year since launch after doubling their client base in 2015, leading to expansion plans to double their internal workforce and launch new services in 2016.