CONTRACTS & DEALS: 11-15 NOVEMBER 2024

This week’s new contracts & deals include: HR Initiatives, Reality HR

• Basingstoke-based Reality HR has acquired HR Initiatives, expanding its reach to a combined client base of around 280 businesses, served by a team of experienced HR consultants. HR Initiatives’ clients will benefit from access to Reality HR’s recruitment services and learning and development team. This includes an executive coach and insights discovery practitioners alongside tailored training solutions and development programmes for business leaders and line managers. The HR Initiatives team, mostly based in and around Hertfordshire, will continue to work with their client base across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Essex and London. Emma Williams, managing director at HR Initiatives, which was founded in 2003, will remain with the business to ensure a smooth transition for her teams and for HR Initiatives’ clients.

Human skills as important as ‘oven-ready’ tech skills

The UK skills landscape is experiencing rapid and regular turnover as employers look for “oven-ready talent” with much in-demand technical skills.

New to Market 20 May 2025

UK Hiring Taskforce launches to develop new hiring strategies

A UK Hiring Taskforce was launched on Friday [16 May 2025] at the Houses of Parliament to develop strategy, technology and policy for “the end-to-end process of hiring in as new a way as possible”.

New to Market 19 May 2025

NHS SBS partners with health-tech firm to transform workforce across NHS

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) and health-tech company ImproveWell have announced a partnership aiming to drive workforce transformation across the NHS.

Contracts 15 May 2025

Government plans to re-wire the state with civil servant moves

Thousands of civil servants – including senior leaders – will be based in 13 towns and cities across the UK to work with frontline workers and local leaders.

Legislation 15 May 2025
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