Jenrick IT (the specialist IT contract and permanent recruiters) are continuing to report above forecast contract numbers for January 2010.

“January is well above forecast for contract numbers and we have also seen a welcome return of permanent vacancies within the IT sector, which is very encouraging. All people have to do is view our jobs page to see the activity” – Philip Fanthom (Managing Director – Jenrick IT) (more…)

By David Ljunggren, 17 April 2009

The head of a British team walking to the North Pole on a mission to gauge how fast Arctic ice sheets are melting said on Friday he was surprised by how little permanent ice he had found so far.

Pen Hadow and two other adventurers set off in early March on a 1,000-km (620-mile) trek from Canada’s Arctic to the North Pole. The team was set down in an area where scientists had been sure there would be permanent multiyear ice. (more…)