CONTRACTS & DEALS: 8-12 MARCH 2021

This week’s new contracts & deals include: idibu, PSR Group, Red Diamond Executive Headhunters, X0PA AI

• The PSR Group has announced the acquisition of SYK Healthcare Specialists to offer a unified healthcare recruitment service to the health and social care market. PSR will acquire the entirety of SYK’s assets, staff and customer contracts. SYK will continue to operate under its trading name SYK Recruitment Specialists Ltd.

• Yorkshire-based Red Diamond Executive Headhunters has made three executive level appointments with UK-based clients operating in the aerospace, engineering and financial services sectors. Founder and managing director Emma Robinson said the company had seen a surge in enquiries since the start of the year from organisations looking to boost their senior teams.

• Singapore-based SaaS hiring and talent acquisition platform X0PA AI has partnered with idibu to integrate its candidate attraction, job-distribution software. idibu’s software supports integration with a variety of recruitment CRM systems, allowing posting across multiple job boards and social media platforms. X0PA AI enables efficient and better hiring decisions for its clients, using AI to match the best-fit candidates to jobs.

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.

Legislation 3 June 2025

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.

Legislation 3 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.

Legislation 2 June 2025

APPOINTMENTS: 27-30 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: ECMS, Madison Berkeley, The Education Network

People 27 May 2025
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