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

NEW TO THE MARKET: 9-13 JUNE 2025

• Lattice has announced its next generation of AI agent functionalities aimed at streamlining HR operations and improving workplace productivity. Key updates include voice input for hands-free interaction, automated 1:1 meeting summaries, and a dashboard delivering proactive management insights. A new ‘Coach’ feature offers real-time guidance to managers and employees, while expanded integrations bring the AI Agent into tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams. Overlaying these new functions, Lattice’s new AI Agent Platform allows companies to build their own agents. Employees will be able to create their own AI agents that can be customised to their data, roles and systems.

• IT blog makethehire.com has launched to explore and share insights on how tech is shaping the recruitment world – from applicant tracking systems and AI tools to sourcing automation and candidate experience platforms.

4 June 2025
Oil & gas/Energy, Life sciences

Green energy firm aims to bring skilled jobs to Kent

Hydrogen TE (UK) is seeking planning permission from Kent County Council to build the UK’s first waste-to-hydrogen base at a 10-acre site in Manston, near Ramsgate. The project aims to convert household and commercial waste into clean hydrogen, significantly cutting landfill and carbon emissions.

According to a report from news site BDaily, bosses say the jobs would include skilled and graduate roles, alongside a training centre to foster local talent. The hydrogen produced will supply commercial heavy vehicle fleets and waste management operations, helping meet UK net-zero targets.

Michael Engsted, Hydrogen TE managing director, says: “This area of Kent has seen a huge depletion in jobs over the past few decades, which has forced many skilled workers and graduates to relocate.

“We are determined to help revitalise the local community by giving talented individuals a reason for staying here. We are committed to prioritising local recruitment for positions including finance, engineering and science.”

According to BDaily, the company also has plans to expand with a second plant near Newport, Wales. Joint MD Jeremy Parkin adds: “We are keen to establish the standard for plants like this, which will one day become a familiar sight across the UK.”

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27 May 2025
Creative/Digital/Media, Industrial/Manufacturing

NEW TO THE MARKET: 27-30 MAY 2025

• Aston University has announced a new initiative, guaranteeing all full-time master’s students a professional internship as part of their studies. Launching in September 2025, the Postgraduate Guaranteed Internship Scheme will be available to students enrolled in MSc, MA and MBA programmes at both the Birmingham and London campuses.

This scheme is designed to enhance employability by providing high-quality industry placements lasting between one and six months. These internships may be conducted in-person, remotely, or in a hybrid format, and will be facilitated through Aston’s global network of employers. The initiative is available to both UK and international students.

• Worcestershire-based Four Squared Recruitment has launched its new Recruitment Academy, a strategic initiative aimed at developing early careers and entry-level talent. The Academy supports new entrants with structured training, mentorship, and hands-on experience to prepare them for the demands of a competitive job market. Three new team members have also joined Four Squared as a result of the programme. The initiative helps close the gap between emerging candidates and evolving industry needs.

• Gi Group UK, part of global company Gi Group Holding, is strengthening its position in the recruitment and HR sector by delivering forklift and material handling equipment (MHE) training. With warehouse operative roles in high demand across the UK, the company provides essential upskilling opportunities to meet the growing needs of the logistics sector. The MHE training programme supports up to three candidates daily and is RTITB-approved, ensuring high standards of safety, compliance and operational efficiency.

• Technology recruitment provider itris has launched itris X, a cloud-based CRM and applicant tracking system (ATS) built specifically for recruitment agencies and staffing professionals. The new platform is designed to streamline the entire talent acquisition process with a focus on automation, scalability, and ease of use. itris X addresses core operational challenges in recruitment by offering AI-powered automation to reduce repetitive tasks, advanced reporting tools for performance insights, and personalised candidate communication features. The system is accessible across devices and integrates with a wide range of recruitment tools and platforms. Key features include lead and marketing management, user-friendly design and comprehensive customer support. itris X is scalable for use by both small agencies and large global firms, maintaining performance and usability regardless of company size.

• ManpowerGroup has launched the Work Intelligence Lab, a new global initiative designed to help employers and workers understand and adapt to the impact of AI on jobs and skills. With over half of employers (53%) already using AI in hiring and onboarding, the Lab provides real-time insights into how automation is transforming the labour market. The Lab leverages Manpower Group’s workforce data, drawn from millions of placements over 70 countries, and integrates real-time hiring trends, employer demand and worker sentiment. It aims to give organisations clearer visibility into emerging skill requirements, role changes and workforce dynamics.

27 May 2025
Oil & gas/Energy, Engineering

Energy recruitment firm launches in Aberdeen

Founded by Alan Golightly (pictured), an experienced recruitment professional with more than 27 years in the industry, the company targets small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) requiring tailored support for complex hiring needs. 

The firm provides permanent recruitment solutions for technical and engineering roles, as well as short-term internal recruitment assistance to help businesses manage hiring fluctuations without increasing fixed costs. Agilient also offers custom recruitment strategies that align with clients’ specific values and growth plans.

Golightly previously worked for, among other oil & gas recruiters, NES Fircroft, and launches Agilient from global energy recruiter Simpson Booth.

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11 October 2022
Marketing, Oil & gas/Energy, Transport & logistics, Creative/Digital/Media, Engineering, Construction & property, IT/Telecoms, HR

NEW TO THE MARKET: 10-14 OCTOBER 2022

• Recruitment firm Acorn has announced it is launching a new division named Acorn Building Services. It will combine the UK recruiter’s construction, mechanical, engineering and housing divisions into one, to help increase the availability of sustainable job opportunities for under-represented groups in all sectors.

With an initial focus on South-Wales and Bristol, its Acorn Building Services division will now help drive forward new projects and initiatives to further support its clients in contributing socially as well as economically to areas they work in too.

Lawrence Beach, client development director for Acorn, will be responsible for developing these initiatives, focusing on social value, people pathways, tenders and more. Operations director Osian John will also head up the new division in an operational capacity and drive the day to day running of the team involved.

• Scottish recruitment firm Be Personnel is opening a new office in Dunfermline, Fife. The firm recruits in the food processing, commercial, industrial and driving sectors, as well as recruiting for senior/management level positions. It will open its second Scottish office at the Flexspace Dunfermline business centre in October, staffed by an initial team of four working across recruitment and business development functions.

• Global payroll, compliance and hiring firm Deel has launched Deel Equipment in partnership with equipment workplace specialist Hofy to enable businesses to send remote team members equipment internationally it says in seconds, saving hours on manual tasks. Equipment rental on Deel operates on a subscription basis and pay a flat fee per piece of equipment, with pricing varying based on equipment item, location, and contract length. It is available for new and existing full-time employee contracts.

• Linear Recruitment has announced its current owners have completed a deal to move the ownership of into an Employee Ownership Trust. This means its staff become owners of the company they work for. The recruitment agency specialises in the construction, power, infrastructure and rail industries across the UK, with offices in Newcastle, Manchester, Shirebrook, and its head office in Sheffield.

• Recruitment technology provider Matrix SCM, has launched a revamped brand identity and a new website. Matrix SCM will be named as Matrix. The new site includes features that aim to simplify the site’s navigation and bring it up to date as a valuable resource of information for agencies and clients alike.

Solution sections on the website is the provision for specialist areas such as:

  • Matrix Workforce - A fully managed neutral vendor service which delivers employers recruitment supply chains and systems for hiring and managing contingent workers.
  • Matrix Milestone - Where organisations can buy and manage statement of work, consultancy and professional services projects.
  • Matrix Talent Pool - Helping organisations build a pool of pre-screened, prospective workers who have indicated a desire to work with them.
  • Matrix Cr.net - Our leading propriety platform which automates and manages every step of the temporary worker hiring process.
  • Matrix Umbrella – Provides fully compliant employment contracts and payments for contractors.
  • Matrix Payroll – Provides payment and compliance services for organisations who hire contingent workers.

• Recruitment and staffing solutions company Nicholas Associates has announced plans to open a new office in Leeds following the appointment of Michael Alderson as business manager. The new office will be on Park Row in the city’s business district and will specialise in temporary and permanent recruitment solutions for the built environment. The company is part of the wider Nicholas Associates Group, whose head office is based in Rotherham.

The group recently announced the formation of an entirely new specialist recruitment and staffing solutions company called Aristotle Partnerships.

• The Rightcheck platform has launched ‘My Rightcheck’, fulfilling the capability of the established regtech platform to address all key stakeholders needs. This new candidate-centric app is the third integrated component of this industry for addressing recruitment compliance.

• Learning and Skills platform THRIVE has launched Marketing Studio, a new service that combines consultancy and design to elevate the effectiveness and engagement of learning campaigns. The design side of the service will provide platform teaser videos, campaign banners and other branded resources, supporting L&D teams to deliver sleek, on-brand learning content and campaigns.

Marketing Studio’s consultancy offering means companies can extend their skills with workshops and apply a marketing approach to their learning strategies, helping them meet their business objectives and drive better results from their learning campaigns.

• uComply has been accredited as an Identity Service Provider (IDSP) by a UKAS approved certification body to offer products to help perform ID checks. The audit is carried out against the UK digital identity trust framework and companies that pass receive the relevant kitemarks. It has launched a digital ID service uIDentify, which will:

  • send prospective employees an invitation to upload their own ID documents
  • on receipt of the documents ID authentication checks are performed using biometric data, liveliness and facial recognition
  • A pass/fail notification will be sent within 2 minutes.

• Recruitment technology platform Willo has created a new system that it says will “seamlessly” integrate digital right-to-work checks for UK, Irish and EU workers into the hiring process. The firm has built the tech as a result of a major change to Home Office regulations from 1 October, meaning employers will no longer be able to check workers’ right-to-work documents over video call or email. Willo’s authentication system is built-in as a step of the asynchronous hiring process, meaning applicants can complete identity checks without the need to rely on an external IDSP – creating a simplified process that also offers significant efficiencies for employers.

4 October 2022
Executive search, IT/Telecoms, Apprentices/Grads/School leavers

NEW TO THE MARKET: 3-7 OCTOBER 2022

• Professional services provider FDM Group has announced its apprenticeship programme in partnership with London South Bank University. The FDM paid apprenticeship scheme offers new joiners the opportunity to gain degree-level qualifications as part of the training course. Candidates are given full vocational training in key IT roles, alongside study, as part of the government-approved level six Bachelor of Science degree in Digital and Technology.

• Executive search firm Raines International has opened a London office. Leading the office is managing director Patrick Gray, who relocated to London this summer after opening and leading the firm’s Washington DC office since 2020.

26 September 2022
Marketing & Sales, Life sciences, Commercial & office support, Charity & not-for-profit, IT/Telecoms, HR, Accounting/Finance

NEW TO THE MARKET: 26-30 SEPTEMBER 2022

• Sustainability recruiter and search firm Acre has announced its certification as a B Corporation (or B Corp). Acre has been certified by B Lab, the not-for-profit behind the B Corp movement, as having met rigorous social and environmental standards, which represent its commitment to goals outside of shareholder profit.

The B Corp certification addresses the entirety of a business’ operations and covers five key impact areas of governance, workers, community, environment and customers. To complete the certification, the company will legally embed their commitment to ‘purpose beyond profit’ in their company articles.

• Gleeson Recruitment Group is to open an office in King’s Cross, London, as part of its expansion plans. The firm says the move into the capital, complementing its Birmingham and Reading bases, is a key part of a three-year blueprint that will create “significant” hiring opportunities within the city.

• Job advertising and recruitment marketing recruiter JVP Group has announced it is looking to hire a managing director to drive the next phase of its growth strategy. The North Wales-based firm founder Cath Harrison will continue to work with the new MD on business strategy, but step back from day-to-day operational responsibilities. The company, which is based in St Asaph, supports SMEs, not-for-profit and blue-chip organisations across a wide range of sectors.

21 September 2022
IT/Telecoms, HR

People growth collective Tellent established to deliver one-stop HR tooling shop

The companies involved are Recruitee (ATS and collaborative hiring software), Sympa (HRMS) and Javelo (EPMS) and their acquisition of kiwiHR, which provides HRMS for small-and-medium businesses.

In brief:

  • Tellent, backed by PSG Equity (PSG), offers cloud HR software tools for companies, from recruitment and CoreHR to employee experience and more.
  • Tellent’s acquisition of kiwiHR is the first strategic step to uniting among the ‘best-of-breed’ HR solutions under the newly formed group.
  • Recruitee founder and CEO Perry Oostdam has been appointed as Tellent’s new CEO, while the former COO Robbert Flipsen will step in as CEO of Recruitee.
  • Sympa’s founder and CEO Keijo Karjalainen has been appointed chief strategy officer (CSO) of Tellent, while Jaco Fourie is appointed as the new CEO of Sympa.
  • The teams will work closely together, aiming to benefit by sharing kiwiHR’s ability to serve the SME sector, Sympa’s advanced end-to-end core HR solution, Recruitee’s global presence and Javelo’s experience in performance management.
  • Recruitee, Sympa and Javelo announced their alliance earlier this year in May.

Combined, Tellent’s people growth collective will establish a major HR tech ecosystem in Europe. Backed by PSG, the group’s software solutions seek to offer a unique, insights-driven, collaborative and uniformed approach to talent acquisition, engagement and retention to deliver a one-stop shop for HR tooling.

With over 500 employees across 11 offices, Tellent’s suite of software tools for HR teams in medium-sized businesses serves more than 6,000 customers across more than 100 countries. Notable brands, including Taco Bell, M&S, Asus, Red Bull Media House, Breitling and Espresso House, use Tellent’s solutions.

In a highly fragmented market, full of a growing number of disconnected HR software solutions, Tellent is looking to bring together a full-service offering of among the best-in-class under one umbrella.

Tellent is backed by PSG, a growth equity firm partnering with software and technology-enabled services companies to help accelerate their growth. As majority shareholder of the combined group, PSG will continue supporting Tellent to drive new product development and fund growth, both organically and by providing room for new HR tech to join Tellent’s group.

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