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Take a Netwalk on the kind side

A walk organised by TEAM raised awareness of isolation, as well as money for charity.

7 May 2025

Analytics functions to merge into single workforce intelligence organisation

What will talent intelligence look like in the future?

7 May 2025
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Redefining the role of humans at work

Talent leaders are in the midst of redefining work that will be “more pro-human than in any other point in human history”.

7 May 2025
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Social recruiting: May/June 2025

Whether you’ve been trekking up a hill, making a team look brill, donating chocs to fill [a foodbank] or walking a mill-ion steps, you lot have been busy!

APPOINTMENTS: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: Zellis

PeopleIT/Telecoms, HR 6 May 2025

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Firmus Consulting

NEW TO THE MARKET: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Heidrick & Struggles, Matrix, ProdigyPB, Project Brains

The rise and rise of agentic AI adoption

Agentic AI adoption is expected to grow 327% by 2027 as HR leaders plan to redeploy a quarter of their workforce, according to new research by Salesforce.

Skill-based hiring can have ugly consequences – what can go wrong?

Skill-based hiring (SBH) is a hiring strategy that focuses on recruiting and selecting candidates based primarily on their demonstrated ability to perform each skill required for the position.

HR 2 May 2025

Ward joins Acorn as new MD

Bernard Ward (pictured) has been appointed as the new managing director of Acorn Recruitment. He succeeds Matt Southall.

People 1 July 2021

Tribunal rules furloughed worker didn’t accrue annual leave

In what may be a landmark decision for UK business, an Employment Tribunal has ruled that a contract-for-services worker did not accrue holiday while he was on furlough.

Legislation 30 June 2021

‘Don’t delay, apply today’ plea for EU Settlement Scheme

Midnight tonight is the deadline for applications to the EU Settlement Scheme, allowing European citizens to apply for post-Brexit residency in the UK.

Legislation 30 June 2021

Recruitment specialist nGAGE appoints Hindley HR director

nGAGE Specialist Recruitment has appointed Louise Hindley as HR director.

PeopleIT/Telecoms, HR 30 June 2021

Redwigwam scoops contract to provide 10,000 flexible workers

As demand surges for flexible workers across the UK, Liverpool-headquartered Redwigwam has won a contract to provide 10,000 temporary staff.

Business minister commends recruiters ‘on the great work you’re doing’

Recruiters have a “huge role” to play in driving economy recovery in 2021 and working with government on the “levelling up” agenda going forward, Kwasi Kwarteng, secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS), has said.

People 29 June 2021

REC appoints Allen-Horton and Monye as D&I ambassadors

Scarlett Allen-Horton, director of global energy and engineering executive search firm Harper Fox Partners, has been appointed as one of two diversity & inclusion ambassadors by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 28 JUNE-2 JULY 2021

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Attrax, SmartRecruiters

ContractsIT/Telecoms 29 June 2021

Recruiters should be the solution to improve D&I in hiring

The recruitment industry is “part of the solution” to improving diversity & inclusion in hiring across the market, the leaders of recruitment’s two major professional bodies have agreed.

28 June 2021

APPOINTMENTS: 28 JUNE-2 JULY 2021

This week’s appointments include: Metro Bank

NEW TO THE MARKET: 28 JUNE-2 JULY 2021

This week’s new launches include: ASK SETH, Change Digital, Indeed, REED.com, Totaljobs, Unizest, ZoomInfo

Lidl, McDonald's and AFC Energy create new jobs in the UK

Lidl plans to open 50 new stores this year, creating 2,000 new jobs in the process. Also adding jobs in the thousands in the UK and Ireland is fast food giant McDonald’s, which will add 20,000 jobs this year.

Retail, Oil & gas/Energy 24 June 2021

All systems go for sunnier outlook on UK economy

“It’s all systems go” – that’s how CBI senior economist Martin Sartorius described expectations for the UK economy, going from 2021 into 2022.

24 June 2021

BIE Executive promotes Paramo to exec director

Search specialist BIE Executive has promoted Claire Paramo to executive director.

London rec-tech start-up raises £176k+ for scale-up

A London recruitment technology company has announced that it has raised more than £176k through 190 investors to scale up its operations.

FINANCIALS: Staffline refinances and transforms balance sheet

Recruitment and training group Staffline has raised gross proceeds of £48.4m in a placing, subscription and open offer on 10 June this year.

Financials 22 June 2021
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