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6 May 2025
Public sector, Creative/Digital/Media

NEW TO THE MARKET: 5-9 MAY 2025

• Heidrick & Struggles has launched a new Government & Defense Tech Practice, aimed at serving the growing demand for technology leadership within public sector organisations. With governments estimated to account for 10% of global technology and IT services spending, the firm sees this as a significant market opportunity. The practice consolidates the company’s experience from over 200 engagements to provide leadership solutions for organisations delivering technology to national, state and local governments worldwide.

The new practice will support clients by offering leadership search, development and organisational effectiveness services. It brings together more than 30 experienced partners across sectors such as IT services, aerospace and defence, energy and private equity, operating globally across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The initiative addresses the increasing reliance of governments on advanced technologies like AI, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity and robotics.

• Workforce management solutions firm Matrix has supported more than 10,000 individuals across the UK into employment between March 2024 and April 2025 through its Social Value team. The efforts focused on a wide range of community initiatives, including employability workshops, career guidance and volunteering opportunities. These programmes were designed to help students, jobseekers and public sector employees gain essential skills and access new career pathways.

• UK start-up Project Brains has launched ProdigyPB, an AI-powered platform designed to revolutionise job description creation and recruitment. Tailored for SMEs, growing businesses, and HR teams, ProdigyPB helps define precise hiring needs by aligning job roles with specific business challenges. The tool generates clear, bias-free job descriptions in seconds and enables users to engage with vetted fractional specialists from Project Brains’ talent pool, according to a company statement. ProdigyPB is currently available in Beta across the UK.

28 April 2025
Life sciences, Engineering

NEW TO THE MARKET: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

• Jobmatch Sweden, a leader in occupational psychological testing, is expanding in Norway through a new partnership with consulting firm Sund Raad. Sund Raad, which focuses on enhancing employee engagement for small and medium-sized businesses, will integrate Jobmatch’s DNV-certified Talent test into its services. This marks Jobmatch’s second partnership in Norway, following its 2022 collaboration with Hapro Jobb og Karriere. Jobmatch Talent is a scientifically validated tool used for recruitment and employee development, according to the company press release.

• STEM recruitment specialist Matchtech has launched STEM Futures, a free, on-demand employability platform aimed at helping young people break into engineering and technology careers. The programme includes expert-led sessions on job search strategies, CV writing, interviews and personal development, and is part of Matchtech’s broader initiative to address the STEM skills gap and support emerging talent.

In addition, Matchtech has awarded the first two grants from its Materna Fund, a £2.5k bursary created to support engineering students facing financial hardship. The inaugural recipients, Sergio Carreno Vargas and David Sarembock from the University of Portsmouth, are using the funds to focus on their studies and development without the added pressure of financial strain.

• Meet Life Sciences has launched Synergy, a new standalone service designed to tackle people capability challenges in the life sciences sector that go beyond recruitment. As part of Meet’s evolution into a full-service talent solutions partner, Synergy offers tailored support in areas like workforce planning, leadership development, skills mapping, culture embedding and organisational design. Led by vice-president Kirsty Wilson, the service is built specifically for the life sciences industry and is focused on delivering measurable, outcome-driven solutions. Unlike traditional consulting, Synergy provides hands-on support from design through to implementation, helping clients build the capability needed to grow, adapt and lead in a competitive global market.

• Right Management, part of ManpowerGroup, has launched a refreshed brand strategy called ‘The Right Way’. It’s a human-centred, data-backed framework that aligns workforce development with business strategy. The new identity centres on ‘The Right Way loop’, a distinctive visual element with modern colours and typography that will be used across all brand touchpoints.

25 April 2025
Construction & property, Graduates/Apprentices/School leavers

National student lettings agency launches apprenticeship scheme

In a bid to support young people and grow skilled and knowledgeable individuals for the student lettings sector, loc8me recently launched its 18-month programme, which is open to anyone aged 16-18. The scheme will offer hands-on experience, mentorship and the opportunity to engage in paid work.

Raffaele Russo, founder of loc8me, said: “We’re thrilled to launch this apprenticeship programme, giving young professionals a real chance to learn, grow and begin building a career in an exciting industry.

“Now more than ever, young people are seeking opportunities, guidance and goals to pursue. With this programme, we’re investing in their future – and in the future of the lettings sector.”

Apprentices will have the chance to study the theoretical and practical elements of the lettings industry, and on starting, they will be given a mentor from the loc8me team to support their development via regular meetings throughout the course.

loc8me now operates in 13 major university cities across the UK, including Loughborough, Durham, Nottingham, Manchester, Leeds, Cardiff, Newcastle, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leicester, Hull, Bath and Bristol.

Freya Watson-Russo, academy co-ordinator, said: "At loc8me, we’re committed to nurturing the next generation of letting agents. … We’re giving young people the chance to build a future, gain confidence and carve their own path.”

Founded in 2008 by Russo, loc8me manages more than 2,500 properties and employs more than 75 staff members.

(L-r) Apprentice Ollie Coe, loc8me's marketing assistant and academy co-ordinator Freya Watson-Russo and apprentice Isabel Tebbutt ©loc8me

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14 April 2025
Creative/Digital/Media, Engineering

NEW TO THE MARKET: 14-18 APRIL 2025

• Manufacturing and engineering specialist Busy Bee Recruitment has relaunched its website. The refreshed online platform has a modern design and enhanced user functionality, offering an intuitive browsing experience that makes it easier than ever to explore current vacancies, submit CVs quickly and securely, access expert recruitment advice via a blog and submit vacancies directly online.

• Deel, a global payroll and HR provider, has launched a suite of AI-driven products to help companies hire, manage, and pay international teams. Deel will offer an all-in-one global workforce platform integrating payroll, HR, and IT, designed to support compliant operations across borders. Key updates include: Real-Time Payroll in over 53 markets (expanding to 130+ by 2027), offering instant calculations and faster processing; Deel PEO for offering top-tier benefits without enterprise-level costs; Benefits Admin for simplified, compliant benefits management across countries; Deel Talent for streamlined recruitment via trusted agency networks; Workforce Planning, Compensation, and Engage tools – powered by AI – for smarter headcount strategy, global pay management, and employee development; IT Lifecycle Management features like MDM, IAM, and EPP, supporting global device and security control.

8 January 2018
Public sector, Creative/Digital/Media, Education, IT/Telecoms, HR, Healthcare/Medical

NEW TO THE MARKET: 8-12 JANUARY 2018

• Creative, marketing and digital talent specialist Aquent/Vitamin T has opened a second UK office. The new Reading office will be led by recruitment manager Jonathan Hill.

• Broadstone Engage has launched an online platform and app that enables jobseekers and employers in the private security industry to find each other and communicate about opportunities, as well as offering a fully compliant vetting procedure.

Based in Manchester City Centre and set up last year by Tom Pickersgill, the launch follows Broadstone receiving investment from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF). It received £200k from NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, a product fund managed by Maven Capital Partners, after Pickersgill sought advice with his investor pitch and other strategic matters from Business Growth Hub, part of The Growth Company.

• University of Nottingham graduate Kike Oniwinde has launched Black Young Professionals Network (BYP Network). The social app aims to bring together ambitious black young professionals, helping them to get ahead in their careers and shatter the so-called ‘glass ceiling’ that prevents many ethnic minorities realising their full potential.

BYP Network has more than 2,000 users and has been described as ‘LinkedIn for black professionals’. 

• Healthcare recruiter Clinical Professionals Group has opened an office in Boston in the US. The office is headed up by managing director Stuart Gilboy.

• Multi-sector recruiter Eden Brown, part of nGAGE Specialist Recruitment, has launched Eden Brown Education – a new division covering additional areas of the education sector.

The business covers education roles of all levels, recruiting within primary, secondary and special educational needs, as well as continuing to support further education providers.

• Scotland-based recruiter HR Consultancy has rebranded with a new name and a new logo. The firm is now known as HRC Recruitment.

• South Staffordshire recruiter Jonothan Bosworth has launched an 8-bit video gaming component on its website in a bid to attract consultants to come and work for the agency.

Company mascot Big JB introduces site users to the Mario Bros-style video game and shows people the business, the agency’s vision and benefits of joining Jonothan Bosworth.

• Global recruiter Phaidon International is to open an office in Berlin, Germany on Monday (15 January). Housing the global recruiter’s DSJ Global and Glocomms brands, the office will be headed up by director for Germany, Paul Norman. 

• Recruitment firm Reed has launched a new advertising campaign but has bid a fond farewell to its ‘James Reed’ character that has fronted the reed.co.uk brand for the past six years.

The firm says that after detailed consumer research conducted over the summer, advertising will now focus on the “special” feeling you get when you Love Mondays: the joy of loving your job – and loving the start of every week. The campaign also features a version of the song ‘It Must be Love’ covered by singer Joy Crookes.

3 January 2018
Transport & logistics, Charity & not-for-profit, Executive search, IT/Telecoms, Hospitality/Leisure

NEW TO THE MARKET: 2-5 JANUARY 2018

• Careers site CV-Library has announced plans for a renewed outdoor advertising campaign this New Year.
 
The campaign will target active jobseekers as they work, shop and play, by investing in adverts across roadside formats, rail, gyms, coffee shops located in key cities and towns across the UK, including London, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Bristol, Sheffield, Cardiff and Exeter.
 
CV-Library will also return to the airways this New Year, with a radio advert running between January and March across a number of stations, including Kiss, Capital, Magic, Heart and Absolute.

• Evolution Recruitment Solutions has opened an office in the centre of Frankfurt. The office is the IT recruiter’s second in Germany, following on from the opening of its office in Magdeburg back in 2010.  

• Specialist insurance recruitment and talent management consultancy IDEX Consulting is to open a new office in central Manchester, which will be headed by Paul Davey, who joins from recruitment giant Hays where he was a business director.

• Multi-sector recruiter NonStop Recruitment has opened an extension to its Prague office. The new office space offers an additional 450 sq m.

The new extension accommodates a training area, lecture hall-style seats, a projector, ‘relax zones’, an area set to be filled with standing desks, a new server room, a new meeting room, two smaller one-on-one meeting rooms, a new kitchen, new bathrooms and another entrance.

• Women in Travel CIC, a social enterprise founded by travel industry professional Alessandra Alonso, has launched ‘Women Returners’ a drive to help unemployed women into travel & tourism jobs.
 
Working with homelessness charity Crisis, Women in Travel will support and train women who have been out of work. Partners include MTR Crossrail, Diamondair and hospitality partners Georgian House Hotel, UnderTheDoormat and digital marketers Digital Dialog. 
 
Those enrolled on the ‘Women Returners’ will be given a one-week training course where employers can meet and interview the women with the view to providing either full-time jobs or a short-term, paid internship at the end of the programme. The first ‘Women Returners’ programme begins on 29 January and will offer women roles with industry partners. 

Companies who wish to join are asked to pay a membership fee towards the set up and training of women. In exchange companies enjoy benefits including being able to display the Women Returners Logo and getting free mentoring training for employees.
 
Recruitment fees will eventually be paid when the women are fully employed.

18 December 2017
Engineering, Construction & property, IT/Telecoms

NEW TO THE MARKET: 18-22 DECEMBER 2017

• Berry Recruitment Group has opened its second office in Southampton.

The new technical branch – specialising in engineering, facilities management and construction ­– will be led by Scott Mills.

The national recruitment group revealed that Berry regional sales director Angela Milne has relocated the firm’s technical branch from Surrey because of the potential growth available in Southampton and the wider region.

• Recruitment sector investor company Bluestones Group has launched a joint venture in the form of MEP Resourcing, a North West-based construction recruitment specialist business.

The firm is led by MEP managing director Ben Leigh.

• IT and technology recruitment specialist Graffiti Recruitment has opened a new office in Belfast as part of a growth programme to enable the company to fill IT specific jobs and bridge the skills gap facing Northern Ireland.

The company is working with the education sector and outreach groups to ensure children are well informed on career choices from an early age.

 

13 December 2017
Construction & property

Start-up of the Month: Source

According to Hartley, the agency has been launched with the mission of effecting “dramatic” change in the diversity profile at all levels and disciplines within the built environment sector. 

“We collaborate with organisations dedicated to removing barriers to employment for traditionally excluded groups including women, BAME, ex-offenders and ex-service personnel. We provide recruitment services and also directly employ people for placement into projects and organisations. This is across a broad range of roles, skills and levels of experience. 

“Our motivation is to tackle unethical practices and unfair employment conditions. We partner with clients, contractors, labour providers and social enterprises to provide pathways to employment, and training for diverse and local people. We also offer consultancy and advisory services for clients looking for social sustainability requirements, and to contractors and suppliers looking to meet those requirements and perform well.”

Looking ahead, Hartley says the agency is seeking to extend its business model to other sectors including hospitality, care and transport. “We see huge potential for developing a recruitment and employment mechanism that focuses specifically on social sustainability and ethics as this is a new frontier of working.”

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