Legislation

REC CEO hits back at government cuts to agency spend

Government calls to eliminate agency spend at the NHS have received a fiery response from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation.

Public sector, Social care, HR, Healthcare/Medical 3 June 2025
Legislation

Government health leaders threaten ‘rip-off temporary staffing agencies’

NHS trusts and integrated care boards (ICBs) are being urged by government health leaders to eradicate agency spending to build on a £1bn fall in spending in 2024-25.

Public sector, Social care, Healthcare/Medical 3 June 2025
Contracts

Portfolio Payroll partners with CIPP to drive industry evolution

Payroll recruitment agency Portfolio Payroll is part of a newly unveiled strategic partnership with The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP).

HR 3 June 2025

Hays appoints new CEO UK and Ireland

Recruitment and workforce solutions specialist Hays has appointed Thomas Way (pictured) as CEO of Hays UK and Ireland.

PeopleLife sciences, Engineering 2 June 2025

£1.5bn defence spending will create highly-skilled jobs in the UK

The UK government is to create more than 1,000 new jobs as a result of a £1.5bn defence investment.

LegislationPublic sector, Engineering 2 June 2025

BBC Studios appoints new director of HR

The BBC has appointed Jermaine Daw (pictured) as director of HR for BBC Studios, effective in June. 

PeopleCreative/Digital/Media, HR 28 May 2025

Staying with one employer outdated, says hiring expert

A leader of the newly launched UK Hiring Taskforce sees a future short-term employment environment similar to the so-called gig economy in which organisations themselves are not long-lived because of rapidly changing technology.

People 27 May 2025

Government’s apprenticeship budget refocuses to ‘rebuild Britain’

The government has made radical changes to skills and training, including a refocus away from higher-level apprenticeship funding.

LegislationEngineering, Construction & property 27 May 2025

REC urges government to build on success of Restart Scheme

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) is urging the government to build on the success of the Restart Scheme.

Social care, Engineering 27 May 2025

Cardiff Capital Region transition board appoints Acorn’s Langford

Dan Langford, group marketing & communications director of multi-specialist recruitment and training agency Acorn, has been appointed to the transition board for the Cardiff Capital Region.
Commercial & office support 18 December 2015

Agency recruitment careers: Recruiters' resolutions

Agency recruitment careers: Recruiters' resolutions
HR 18 December 2015

Testing the recruitment process

Testing the recruitment process
IT/Telecoms, HR 18 December 2015

Star Recruit: Duncan Bannatyne

Star Recruit: Duncan Bannatyne
18 December 2015

Thoughts from… January 2016

Thoughts from… January 2016
18 December 2015

SR Group goes local in Frankfurt and Milan

Professional services recruiter SR Group will launch new offices in Frankfurt and Milan this month as part of a ‘localisation’ strategy. The company already has offices in Dusseldorf and Munich.
Commercial & office support, Legal 18 December 2015

Babb looks to The North Starr

Five years on from establishing financial services recruiter Harrington Starr, director Toby Babb (right) and his team are diversifying their offering to include technical recruitment into the commercial sector.
IT/Telecoms, Commercial & office support 17 December 2015

Cordant's new credence revival

As Cordant Group looks to expand and evolve — minus the man who last year unveiled a new-look Cordant Recruitment business — focus is being put on engagement, integration and incubation, chairman Phillip Ullmann (right) tells Recruiter.
17 December 2015

UK tops M&A chart

Merger & acquisition (M&A) activity in the UK staffing sector is more than twice that of any other European country, according to corporate finance firm Clearwater International.
17 December 2015

Job ad: Stalker wanted, apply sneakily

Wanted: Stalker, tormentor. Strangest job ad ever? Maybe, but that is exactly what one anonymous Craigslist user is looking for.
17 December 2015

Indian restaurant owner disqualified for hiring illegal workers

The owner of Hertfordshire Indian restaurant Ali Baba, who employed two illegal workers, has been disqualified from being a company director for six years.
16 December 2015

Qube Global Software promotes Adams to HR director

Property and facilities management software provider Qube Global Software has promoted Jacqui Adams to HR director. She also joins the executive board.
IT/Telecoms, Construction & property 16 December 2015

Edinburgh Napier University appoints Dewar

Kerry Dewar is the new director of HR & development at Edinburgh Napier University.
Education, HR 16 December 2015

Simmonds joins easyJet as group people director

Budget airline easyJet has appointed Jacky Simmonds as its new group people director.
16 December 2015

CIPD elects Cooper president

Sir Cary Cooper has been elected as president of the CIPD [Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development].
HR 16 December 2015

Audley Retirement takes on Pearn as HR director

Amanda Pearn has taken on the role of HR director at retirement property firm Audley Retirement.
Construction & property, HR 16 December 2015

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