Can HMRC reforms solve liability issues between agency and umbrellas?

Cautious optimism has greeted the emergence of a potential solution for liability within incoming tax reforms to the umbrella industry and recruitment agency users.

13 June 2025

Employment tribunal claims on the rise compared to previous year

The latest Employment Tribunal Statistics have been published this week.

Legal, HR 13 June 2025

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.

STEM recruiter acquires construction training firm 3B Training

Morson Group has acquired Wigan-based 3B Training to expand its construction skills offering.

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

Good news for locums as judge gives split decision in IR35 ruling

A tax tribunal judge has concluded two different outcomes for separate engagements between a urologist and two different hospitals – ruling one inside and the other outside IR35 rules.

Construction firm Dowds Group creates jobs in Northern Ireland

A County Antrim firm is set to create 68 new jobs over the next two years.

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 1-5 JULY 2019

This week’s contracts and deals include: Appcast, ConSol Partners, Empresaria, Infor, Marlin Green, Metro Bank, Smart Resourcing Solutions, StepStone

NEW TO THE MARKET: 1-5 JULY 2019

This week’s launches include: AssessFirst, Cross Country Healthcare, Engaging Works, GMP Recruitment, Meraki Talent, Sterling, West Midlands Combined Authority

Hughes steps down as COO from SThree

SThree chief operating officer Justin Hughes is stepping down from his role after a quarter of a century with the group.

Ex-recruiter joins Love Island to shake up the villa

The recruitment sector finally has another representative on reality TV smash hit show Love Island to cheer on.

Lighter Side 1 July 2019

REC restructures to sharpen the arrowhead of business

An internal restructuring restructuring aimed at “sharpening the arrowhead of the business” was among the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s (REC) achievements over the past year.

1 July 2019

REC launches petition to reform Apprenticeship Levy

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation has launched a petition calling for the government’s Apprenticeship Levy to be changed to a flexible training levy.

Companies on track to meet 33% target for women on boards

Britain’s company boards are on track to meet the government’s 33% target for women appointed by 2020.

Executive search 1 July 2019

APPOINTMENTS: 1-5 JULY 2019

This week’s appointments include: Ambition, Amrop, Bain and Gray, Building Careers UK, Cielo, Coople, JMW Solicitors, Kennedy Executive Search, Pedersen & Partners, Rota

Signify Technology scores win for charity in football tournament

Signify Technology and charity were the winners at the latest Madison Warner recruitment industry football tournament in London.

Lighter Side 28 June 2019

Proactive managing partner Rubin hopes book will disrupt HR

The managing partner of Proactive, a recruiter and customer experience design consultancy previously known as Proactive Rail, has been commissioned to write a book that she hopes will disrupt HR.

New jobs in Belfast and Doncaster

Technology company Dynamic Signal is set to hire 100 new staff in Belfast over the next three to four years as a result of new funding from Invest NI.

Staffline share placing to raise £41m to reduce debt

Troubled staffing and training provider Staffline Group is seeking to raise up to £41m through a share offering in its efforts to reduce group indebtedness.

Leaders in Asia Pacific are greater risk takers

Leaders in multinational corporations (MNCs) in the Asia Pacific region are greater risk takers compared with those in the West, says Odgers Berndtson's Mark Braithwaite (above).

PeopleExecutive search 27 June 2019

Lacklustre investment big challenge to jobs and economy

UK economic growth will likely hover around 1-1.5% over “the next couple of years” with lacklustre investment in business a “big challenge” to the nation’s economy, the CBI’s chief economist, Rain Newton-Smith, has told REC members.

Financials 27 June 2019
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