CONTRACTS & DEALS: 6-10 JANUARY 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Deel

Deel, a global payroll and HR solutions provider, has acquired Assemble, a compensation management platform, to streamline global workforce management. The acquisition integrates Assemble’s tools into Deel’s platform, addressing the complexities of global compensation, such as balancing diverse market rates, ensuring compliance and fostering pay transparency. Assemble’s platform helps businesses create structured pay and equity plans, maintain transparency and derive actionable insights. By rebuilding Assemble within Deel’s platform, customers will gain a unified system for payroll, HRIS and compensation planning. The integration will leverage Deel’s AI to forecast pay trends, recommend adjustments and optimise compensation strategies. With access to anonymised market data and Deel’s dataset of 500,000 workers, businesses will have insights into global pay trends.

Humly acquires London-based education recruiter

Digital education recruitment platform Humly has finalised the purchase of London-based supply agency Future Education.

Contracts 1 May 2025

HMRC to ‘revise’ IR35 CEST tool

The government has announced that its Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool will be “revised” from today [30 April 2025].

Legislation 30 April 2025

Eurobase People appoints new sales director to push growth

IT/tech recruiter Eurobase People has appointed Steven Oakley (pictured) as sales director.

People 30 April 2025

Agency workers at UK’s well-known retailer told to stay at home

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has ordered hundreds of agency workers at its main distribution centre to stay at home.

28 April 2025
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