Monday 18th August, 2014

The Payments Council, the collaborative body for the payments industry, has appointed Maurice Cleaves as interim CEO. He will take up the role on Monday 3rd November 2014.

Maurice has over 30 years of banking experience, having held senior positions in Barclays, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan.

Thursday 14th August, 2014

According to the latest professional hiring index by Robert Half, senior executives across UK businesses plan to increase staff levels significantly over the next six months.

Professionals throughout the UK’s industries, particularly within financial services as well as those employed across the broader accountancy professions, will experience strong job prospects - an increase of 44%.

Wednesday 13th August, 2014

Middlesbrough Football Club plans to save £30,000 by outsourcing their food and beverage procurement at Riverside Stadium and Rockcliffe Park training ground.

The contract includes overseeing supplier tendering, product sourcing, pricing negotiations to centralising supplier invoicing and payments.

Tuesday 12th August, 2014

The outsourcing giant Serco has appointed Angus Cockburn from Aggreko plc as Group Chief Financial Officer, as from the end of October 2014.

In February this year, Serco appointed Aggreko boss Rupert Soames as chief executive after the tagging scandal. Angus had worked with Rupert Soames for eleven years whilst he served as CEO of Aggreko.

Monday 11th August, 2014

According to the UK Outsourcing Index by business process outsourcing (BPO) provider arvato and industry analyst, NelsonHall, the UK manufacturing sector spent £130m on outsourcing services during the first half of 2014, representing a 132% year-on-year increase.