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Legislation

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

Legislation

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.

Social care, Transport & logistics, Engineering, Construction & property, Healthcare/Medical 12 June 2025

Contracts

STEM recruiter acquires construction training firm 3B Training

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

Transport & logistics, Engineering, Construction & property, Industrial/Manufacturing, Apprentices/Grads/School leavers 12 June 2025

APPOINTMENTS: 9-13 JUNE 2025

This week’s appointments include: Evelyn Partners

PeopleBanking/Financial services, HR 12 June 2025

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 9-13 JUNE 2025

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

ContractsCreative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 12 June 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 9-13 JUNE 2025

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

New to MarketCreative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 12 June 2025

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.

PeopleTransport & logistics, Education 5 June 2025

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.

New to MarketOil & gas/Energy, Life sciences 4 June 2025

Syrian refugees sought to work in Canada’s meat industry

Canada’s meat industry has put its hand up and asked for Syrian refugees to boost its workforce, according to news service iPolitics.

Industrial/Manufacturing 3 December 2015

Ford to create 2k jobs at Kentucky plant

Vehicle manufacturer Ford has announced the creation of 2,000 new jobs with a US$1.3bn (£870m) investment in its Kentucky truck plant ahead of the launch of its 2017 F-series super duty truck.

Engineering, Industrial/Manufacturing 3 December 2015

Sun Country Airlines recruits chief talent officer

Minneapolis-based airline Sun Country Airlines has recruited talent expert Mia Mulrennan to the newly created role of chief talent officer.

3 December 2015

Vine Consulting says cheers! with One From Me

Recruitment-to-recruitment specialist Vine Consulting has partnered with recently launched mobile gift giving platform One From Me.

IT/Telecoms 2 December 2015

Options Group acquires Asian Whitney Correlate

New York-headquartered global executive search firm Options Group has acquired Hong Kong and Singapore-based capital markets search firm Whitney Correlate.

Executive search 2 December 2015

Korn Ferry completes Hay Group buy

US-listed global recruiter Korn Ferry completed its acquisition of global people strategy and organisational performance adviser Hay Group, as announced in September.

Executive search 2 December 2015

TrueBlue buys SIMOS Insourcing in the US

US blue-collar recruiter TrueBlue has acquired workforce management firm SIMOS Insourcing Solutions.

Construction & property, Engineering 2 December 2015

Alexander Daniels implements Mercury xRM company-wide

Finance and accounting, corporate governance, engineering and healthcare recruiter Alexander Daniels has implemented Mercury xRM’s cloud-based online recruitment software.

IT/Telecoms, Engineering 2 December 2015

Firms keen to use short-term global assignments

New research from global consulting firm Mercer has found increasing diversification in the types of global assignments companies are sending staff on.

1 December 2015

Optionis appoints Crossland to executive deputy chairman

Staffing industry services group Optionis has appointed founder Rob Crossland to the new post of executive deputy chairman, effective from today.

1 December 2015

Ghana aims to crack down on illegal recruiters

More than 70 illegal recruitment agencies are operating in Ghana, Nana Baah Abu Okae, chairman of the Ghana Association of Private Agencies, has disclosed.

1 December 2015

Recfluence aims to turn recruitment’s reputation around

Recfluence, a Tripadvisor-style reviews website focused on the recruitment industry, aims to turn around industry reputation and help both candidates and recruitment agencies, its founders say.

IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 30 November 2015

Fine and restraining order for abusive ex-Interact Recruitment employee

A former employee of Interact Recruitment has been fined £2k after threatening to “smash up” the office and take guns to the premise, Midlands-based Express and Star reports.

30 November 2015

yourfoodjob.com expands in Denmark

Following last week’s announcement that food and drink industry-specific job board yourfoodjob.com has relocated its head office, the company has announced Danish expansion.

IT/Telecoms 30 November 2015

Totaljobs pushes instant matches

Job board Totaljobs has launched browser push notifications for jobseekers, designed to send messages to a jobseeker’s desktop or mobile device to instantly let them know a new job match is available.

IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 30 November 2015

Recruitive develops job ad plug-in app

Recruitment software provider Recruitive has developed a new improved plug-in application to enable recruiters to display job adverts on their own WordPress-powered websites.

IT/Telecoms 30 November 2015

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