Midlands Business News

An expanding recruitment agency has set up a specialist Finance and Accountancy division due to demand.

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Nottingham business bosses can find out how social media can help their company grow and expand.

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Recruitment, training and healthcare services provider H1 Healthcare has appointed Hayley Green as business manager.

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A long-standing recruitment business in Ashby de la Zouch has been acquired by a national firm.

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Following a speculative emailed invitation to Worcester MP Robin Walker, staff at the Edgar House offices of Pertemps People Development Group

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Recruitment consultancy Appointments Personnel based in Newcastle-under-Lyme have appointed a new member of staff to their eight-strong team.

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Specialist logistics recruitment company Templine Employment Agency Limited, which is backed by private equity house Key Capital Partners, has completed the acquisition of A&A Recruitment Limited. Ashby-de-la-Zouch-based A&A Recruitment is a well-established agency with 27 years’ experience, a reputation for high service levels and a significant profile in the area’s industrial andcommercial markets. This is [...]

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Making plans for a Director’s wedding, locating 300 mink fur teddy bears and buying thermal underwear for the boss are just some of the more bizarre requests being carried out by Personal and Executive Assistants (PA/EAs) across the West Midlands.

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Birmingham based BCL Legal – one of the UK’s legal recruitment consultancies which also operates from its network of offices in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Bristol and Reading – has launched its annual salary survey of in-house lawyers working across the region.

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Work experience with a twist was showcased to city leaders thanks to four Wolverhampton apprentices who took part in a cultural exchange.

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Experienced recruitment consultant, Jo Glover, has become the latest addition to the team at Brampton Recruitment.

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Shrewsbury headquartered Travail Employment Group is celebrating after collecting a clutch of prestigious awards at a glittering awards ceremony held to recognise outstanding achievement within Travail’s nation-wide network.

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The feel good factor is returning to the employment market reports a Wolverhampton based recruitment agency and the creation of jobs is having a positive impact on their fortunes.

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Odgers Interim – one of the UK’s leading interim management recruitment firms which has an office in Birmingham – has this week announced that its total revenues have increased by 31% in the last twelve months

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A Derbyshire-based training provider has seen the number of 16-18-year-old apprentices taken on by businesses rocket by more than 60% in the last year.

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Some of the city’s biggest employers are speaking at a special event for careers advisors in Nottingham. The event, hosted by leading careers advice service Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Futures, will help its staff keep up to date with the demands of employers so they can help local people into jobs. Domestic & General, Boots, Hays [...]

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MP Andrew Mitchell visited supply teaching agency in Sutton Coldfield, Aspire People, to meet two apprentices and speak to them about their experiences.

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The coveted title of Birmingham Young Professional of the Year 2013 has been awarded to Deutsche Bank’s graduate recruiter, Sean Sales.

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West Midlands businesses are missing out on attracting some of the region’s top talent due to the poor standard of work experience being offered.

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A local recruitment agency has launched a guide aimed at firms across the region providing top-line tips on how to successfully recruit.

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Walsall College has launched its own job shop, which aims to help students and unemployed members of the public into work, and support employers with their training and recruitment needs.

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A Notts service which provides careers advice to young people in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and across the rest of the country, has received a prestigious national award.

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A Worcestershire recruitment firm has opened a new Kidderminster branch and training centre – creating new jobs and opportunities for local people to boost their skills and employment prospects.

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Three teenagers got more than expert advice when they visited a Black Country Apprenticeship showcase – they each also netted an iPad.

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An Advanced Apprenticeship is on the cards for a teenager from Stafford, after training from Positive Outcomes helped her to start a career in residential lettings. Lauren Cartridge, 19, is making plans to train for an Advanced Apprenticeship qualification after completing an Intermediate Apprenticeship in Business Administration while working for local firm Little Mansions. Lauren [...]

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‘Apprenticeships aren’t just for school leavers’ is the message from a Mansfield apprentice who has landed a management role following training from Positive Outcomes. Rita Flynn, 54, has just secured a new role as Senior Operative at storage and distribution specialists, Prolog, after completing two work-based apprenticeships with Positive Outcomes, including an Intermediate Apprenticeship in [...]

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Birmingham-based Skillsfirst Awards, an awarding organisation that develops qualifications and apprenticeships, has put its knowledge into practice with the appointment of its very own apprentice – Emily Adkins.

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Since 1997, Teachers UK has set its sights high, delivering a high quality service supplying teachers and support staff to the education sector across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire,

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A specialist in IT and engineering recruitment has opened a new office in Coventry as part of its ongoing expansion.

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A career in finance is finally paying dividends for a 20-year-old apprentice from Nottinghamshire, whose decision to swap A-Levels for an apprenticeship with Positive Outcomes has led to a permanent role and a promotion. Jack Naylor has been promoted to Senior Claims Manager at Assured Money Solutions, a financial advice specialist based in Sutton-in-Ashfield, after [...]

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Lord Digby Jones has welcomed an innovative scheme designed to help West Midlands jobseekers grappling with limited employment opportunities kickstart their career.

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BCL Legal – the Birmingham based legal recruitment firm – last week sponsored the Annual General Meeting of the Birmingham Trainee Solicitors’ Society (BTSS)

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A local recruitment agency has announced the launch of its new CV writing service which aims to help jobseekers better their chance of standing out in the crowded jobs market.

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An 18-year-old apprentice who has landed her dream job with help from training provider, Positive Outcomes, is encouraging other young people to apply for an apprenticeship. Sarah Creighan, of Hall Green, Birmingham, is currently training for an Advanced Apprenticeship in Customer Service after joining Right Estate Agents as an administrator. Sarah, who started her apprenticeship [...]

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A recruitment firm with branches throughout the Midlands has welcomed plans to double the maximum fine for employing illegal workers. David Cameron announced the measure on Monday in a wide-ranging and controversial speech on immigration. If the proposal is implemented, a company found to be employing a worker who isn’t legally entitled to work in [...]

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A West Midlands emergency motorcycle delivery service is helping premature babies to survive as they deliver donated breast milk throughout the region.

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Leicester based Barker Ross Recruitment has been short-listed by Recruiter Magazine for Best Temporary Recruitment Agency award in the Recruiter’s Awards for Excellence 2013. This comes in the year when Barker Ross is celebrating its 25th Anniversary, having built much of the business on a bedrock of expertise in temporary recruitment. Founder and chief executive [...]

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Following an extensive period of growth, independent recruitment business Outsource UK, that has an office in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, has strengthened its management team

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After 10 years of growing its dominance and influence in the regional legal recruitment sector, Birmingham based BCL Legal has this week (w/c 18th March, 2013) made the move into the London market

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Training from Positive Outcomes has helped an apprentice from Newark secure a permanent position with a local telecommunications firm. Sophie Watkins, 19, has joined Newark-based Globalnet in a customer service role after successfully completing an Apprenticeship in Business Administration with training provider Positive Outcomes. Sophie is one of the 90% of 16 to 18-year-old apprentices [...]

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Derby based Develop Training, the UK’s leading technical training provider, is running a free Business Breakfast where companies can learn about the value of Apprenticeships from leading experts including the National Apprenticeship Service and City & Guilds.

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One of Birmingham’s leading recruitment agencies is launching a new networking group later this month, aimed at the people who keep many of the West Midlands’ most influential business figures on track. Key Personnel, which has recently moved into new offices in Waterloo Street, will host the first ever PA/PM event at Marco Pierre White’s [...]

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“Two apprenticeships and counting” is the message from one of Positive Outcomes current apprentices, who is quickly making great progress in her career after completing two qualifications at a Mansfield firm.

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Businesses and young people are being urged that now is the perfect time to consider an apprenticeship.

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A recruitment scheme to get the unemployed into work is reaping rewards for local people.

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Birmingham-based awarding organisation Skillsfirst Awards has been involved in a pioneering project to introduce a dedicated apprenticeship for the recruitment sector. The news comes after calls for standardisation of training across the recruitment sector. It will bring a benchmark for the industry with the introduction of this first dedicated apprenticeship – with the qualification now [...]

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Birmingham based BCL Legal – the legal recruitment consultancy which operates from its network of offices in Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Bristol and Reading – has this week (w/c 4th March, 2013) launched its latest survey

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Hundreds of teenagers flocked to a Wolverhampton careers roadshow where they got the chance to sign up for apprenticeships.

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An organisation specialising in the virtual world of interactive digital media is giving jobless young people the opportunity to develop exciting new careers in the real world.

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Three staff at Derby-based Syntax Consultancy are busy preparing for international trips, supported by the company.

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