Minister tells recruiters about ‘road map’ for Employment Rights Bill at RECLive25

The government plans to issue a ‘road map’ for implementing the Employment Rights Bill (ERB), currently working its way through the House of Lords.

12 June 2025

Recruitment industry voices say little detail on workforce from the Chancellor

Recruitment industry observers have criticised Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s failure to move the UK ahead in specific commitments to workforce issues.

APPOINTMENTS: 9-13 JUNE 2025

This week’s appointments include: Evelyn Partners

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 9-13 JUNE 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Firefish Software, Jobmatch Sweden, Liquid Friday

NEW TO THE MARKET: 9-13 JUNE 2025

This week’s new launches include: Lattice, makethehire.com

Trusted partners will matter more in future, says Carberry at RECLive25

Convincing clients and government that the recruitment industry delivers the value of specialism and specialists is key to making “trusted talent advice and fulfilment more essential”.

People 10 June 2025

Former royal nanny offers training to next generation

Alice Romero Drever (pictured), founder of specialist agency Nanny & Governess, is developing an online academy to train the next generation of VIP nannies.

Green energy firm aims to bring skilled jobs to Kent

A green energy company is set to create more than 100 jobs by 2027 with the proposed opening of a £120m plant in Kent.

Nicholas Associates appoints two

Nicholas Associates’ engineering and technical recruitment team has been boosted by the appointments of Joe Worthington as senior consultant and Nathan Fuller as consultant.

Two new starters at Jigsaw Medical

Medical recruiter Jigsaw Medical has hired two new staff members.
Creative/Digital/Media 6 March 2015

Globetec Solutions Group hires security specialist McLeod

John McLeod joins IT services, outsourcing and consulting specialists Globetec Solutions Group as security practice director.

Accounts apprentice Kett joins Career Moves Group

Lauren Kett joins London-based recruiter Career Moves Group’s accounts team as accounts assistant through the Leadership Through Sport apprenticeship programme.
6 March 2015

Bullhorn CEO Papas elected chairman of Career Collaborative

Art Papas, founder and chief executive of customer relationship management (CRM) software provider Bullhorn, has been elected chairman of Career Collaborative.
IT/Telecoms 6 March 2015

LinkedIn settles lawsuit in US

Professional networking site LinkedIn has agreed to compensate up to 800,000 premium account holders to settle a class action lawsuit.
5 March 2015

Randstad CPE comes top of recruiters in Sunday Times list

Recruitment giant Randstad’s construction and engineering staffing business Randstad CPE is the top recruitment company among The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For, employing between 250 and 3,500 workers.

Government departments fined over off-payroll tax issues

Two government departments have been fined nearly £1.5m, and 94 off-payroll civil servants have been “asked to leave” because they could not prove they were meeting their tax obligations, the government has revealed.
Public sector 5 March 2015

Sheffield recruiters visited by EAS over employment breaches

Fifteen recruitment agencies in the Sheffield area have received visits from the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate (EAS) over possible breaches of employment regulations.
5 March 2015

Ward succeeds Reeves at Kellan Group

Recruitment group Kellan has announced executive chairman Tony Reeves (pictured) has stepped down with immediate effect, almost a month after it announced he would remain in post until a new chief executive was appointed.
5 March 2015

Drone industry could create 150,000 jobs by 2050

The drone industry could create 150,000 jobs across Europe by 2050, according to the House of Lords EU internal market, infrastructure and employment sub-committee.

FINANCIALS: Empresaria posts pre-tax profit increase but fall in revenues

International specialist staffing group Empresaria has seen year-on-year group revenues fall 3% but net fee income (NFI) increased 5% in 2014, according to its results for the year ended 31 December 2014.
5 March 2015

Korn Ferry acquires Pivot Leadership

US-listed executive recruiter Korn Ferry has completed its acquisition of Pivot Leadership, a global provider of executive development programmes.
Executive search 5 March 2015

Nursing and allied staffing leads growth for Cross Country Healthcare

US healthcare staffing and workforce solutions provider Cross Country Healthcare has revealed its nurse and allied staffing division is leading the company’s growth.
5 March 2015

UK Power Networks promotes engineering careers at school level

Promoting the careers available to the next generation of would-be engineers has achieved buy-in at board-level at UK Power Networks (UPN).
IT/Telecoms, Engineering 4 March 2015

BAE Systems puts recruitment on display in the Dock Museum

British multinational defence, security and aerospace company BAE Systems is to move its submarines division recruitment team into the Dock Museum in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
Engineering, Public sector 4 March 2015
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