Angela Hickmore, BrightPool Managing Director, provides an “Expert Insight” article to Executive Grapevine on the state of the UK recruitment industry.

BrightPool in the news: City AM 02/05/2012

02 05 12

Angela Hickmore appointed Managing Director of BrightPool

Surge in demand for banking staff to handle explosion in PPI compensation claims

16 04 12

FSA expects new wave of claims with 12 million letters issued

Prudential to move HQ out of the UK?

27 02 12

UK's biggest insurer considering move to Asia

BrightPool - happy 2nd birthday!

03 01 12

The team grew by over 50% in 2011 and similar growth is estimated for 2012.

Managing Consultant joins BrightPool

31 10 11

Jay Alexander has joined the Financial Services team at BrightPool, bringing a wealth of knowledge in the sector with him.

Key Account Handler joins BrightPool Financial Services Division

19 07 11

Due to the recent on-boarding of a number of key accounts in financial services, BrightPool have hired Jon Goodman to work from the London office. Jon has worked in recruitment for 15 years across a number of sectors, most recently focusing on financial services in the city.

Temp to perm trends highlight value of agency work, says REC

10 04 10

One of the stand-out findings from this month’s Jobs Outlook survey is the marked increase in the number of temporary workers going on to become permanent employees.

Interim Partners wins highly coveted public sector panel appointment

24 02 10

Interim Partners, a leading provider of interim management solutions, has been awarded preferred supplier status by Buying Solutions.

BrightPool makes new appointment

19 01 10

Brightpool is pleased to announce the appointment of Mellissa Cox to its Practice. Mellissa will focus on placing high quality FS professionals in the Midlands and North of England.

Brightpool Supports National Freelancers Day, 23rd November 2009

03 11 09

National Freelancers Day has been established by PCG to gain wider recognition for the contribution that freelancers, consultants, interims and contractors make to the UK economy.

Helen Storey joins BrightPool

20 10 09

BrightPool is delighted to welcome Helen Storey to its business. Based in the Company's Harrogate offices, Helen brings a wealth of experience gained from working in an international recruitment company where she specialised in interim and contract Human Resources recruitment.

Interim Partners wins highly coveted public sector panel appointment

Interim Partners, a leading provider of interim management solutions, has been awarded preferred supplier status by Buying Solutions,* the national procurement partner for public services in the UK. Interim Partners is confident that gaining this accreditation will help it achieve strong growth in its revenues through increased opportunities of working with the public sector.

The award of the framework agreement recognises Interim Partners’ quality as a specialist service provider and means the Company will now play a key role in helping to source high calibre interim managers across a wide number of disciplines within the public sector. The accreditation was awarded after a rigorous evaluation and selection process and means that public sector bodies can turn to Interim Partners for the placement of highly experienced individuals into specialist assignments at short notice. Doug Baird, Managing Director of Interim Partners comments: “This is a substantial step forward in the development of our business. We’re delighted that the quality of our work and the value it delivers has been recognised by this accreditation. This is a great opportunity for Interim Partners to expand our delivery of interims to the public sector. Interims are increasingly vital for the public sector as a cost-effective way of managing projects, vacant periods between senior staff replacement and delivering institutional change.”

According to Interim Partners, budgetary pressures mean that the next five years should see the public sector turn increasingly to interim executives as a cost effective and flexible method to deliver senior management skills exactly where they are needed to improve productivity and performance levels. In 2009, for the first time ever, the public sector’s use of interim executives equalled that of the private sector. And during Q2 and Q3 2009 the public sector made 49% of all interim executive appointments.** In the public sector the biggest user of interims is the health service (31% of all public sector interim assignments), followed by Local Government (29%) and Central Government (13%).** Doug Baird says: “The public sector as a whole is turning increasingly to interims as part of its efforts to help improve efficiencies and raise frontline standards. Public bodies are looking to manage costs on project work by hiring an interim to oversee project consultants and to ensure they are working efficiently to meet key milestones on budget.” * The accreditation was originally awarded by the Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA), which is now part of Buying Solutions. ** Ipsos MORI research, Q3 2009.

For more information please contact Angela Hickmore

BrightPool London

T: +44 (0)20 7936 3011
E: info@brightpool.co.uk

BrightPool Harrogate

T: +44 (0)1423 877060
E: info@brightpool.co.uk

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