Blue collar recruitment shrinking fast
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The recruitment industry shrank by an estimated “7% to £26.22bn in 2008″, and contraction is set to continue in 2009. Predictions after taking into account an expected recovery beginning in 2010, state that the industry will contract by 3% between 2009 and 2013. The MBD Commercial Due Diligence reflects “the slow level of growth that is likely to [...]
Les Armitage: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-26
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Bristol tomorrow. Another 247 Professional Health branch. http://247phc.co.uk. I desperately need an office in Manchester. £60m market. # Well wht a busy week. Last time I looked at the time it was Sunday. 2morrow its Friday. In background of the financial news; business gr8. # Anyone running windows 7? Any views on it? Funny right [...]
247 Professional Health welcomes the news and is ready to provide staffing throughout the Greater Manchester area for Comensura
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Comensura wins £60m contract extension – 247 Professional Health welcomes the news and is ready to provide staffing throughout the Greater Manchester area for Comensura. The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) has extended its temporary recruitment contract with neutral vendor company Comensura, until 2012. The total value of the contract extension is estimated to be [...]
Social Care – recruitment drive
HCL has launched a recruitment drive in its social care division, which includes Bluecare, a UK social care staffing company. To meet rising client demand, HCL is looking for around 30 specialist recruitment consultants for its London office and 10 for its office in Skipton, North Yorkshire. Mark Staniland, Managing Director of HCL’s social care division, [...]
Les Armitage: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-22
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U know U look at the news. We have Morgan on Breakfast TV; Mugabi; the bloke in North Korea & unrest in Iran & Pakistan. wht is going on!!? # Don't you just love mowing the lawn and strimming? Mind you it's a preamble to a bloody mary and a BBQ. Minted Lamb shanks+the timmings+GAVI [...]
One born every minute..
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Going one up on fraudsters who promise unrealistic high returns, Kazatsugi Nami invented his own currency to pay them. And people believed him. When, on 4 February 2009, Kazatsugi Nami was approached by police as he sipped a beer with his breakfast at a central Tokyo restaurant, he knew the game was up. They were [...]
Huge job cuts’ for public sector
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The CIPD (The Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development) says public sector cuts will impact on service provision. As many as 350,000 public sector blue collar jobs could be lost over the next five years; education and health care being the exceptions but notwithstanding the robustness a transfer to flexible workforces is inevitable Chief economist John [...]






