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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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10 March 2022
Oil & gas/Energy, Engineering, Construction & property, Executive search

Nuclear recruiter Thomas Thor opens London office

This follows successive years of growth across the region and a tripling of headcount in the last two years. 

Ben Smith has been appointed European managing director, with Pierre Morvan appointed European business director.

Known for its work across the nuclear sector, advocating for net zero and known for its work across the nuclear sector, the company’s new structure will see Smith manage Thomas Thor’s presence across all aspects of the nuclear industry in the European region, as well as deepening the firm’s engagement with organisations focused on new nuclear and advanced nuclear technology (ANT). He has over 16 years’ experience in the nuclear sector and since joining Thomas Thor in 2016 has led account direction for major nuclear new build programmes and across ANT areas. 

Morvan has played a key role in expanding Thomas Thor’s business across Europe and will now lead on European-wide business strategy, transformation, and the move into key emerging markets.   

For over 12 years, Thomas Thor has supported the global nuclear workforce from offices in Bristol, Cumbria and around the world. “Now is the right time for us to build our presence in London,” said CEO Callum Thomas. “We are engaged in many of the industry discussions about nuclear’s role in the transition to net zero.”

Global operations director James Ball is also now based in London. 

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10 March 2022
IT/Telecoms, Accounting/Finance

Marks Sattin expands in Europe with offices in Amsterdam

A key focus for its team in Amsterdam is to match talented finance and technology professionals at the mid-senior level.

In 2018, Marks Sattin was acquired by Gi Group – the Italian-based multinational staffing company – which is active in more than 50 countries including The Netherlands. “This acquisition is allowing the Marks Sattin brand to thrive and expand its geographical reach under the experience, security and backing of a strong international player in the global employment market,” a company statement said.

The expansion will allow Marks Sattin to further support its existing clients who already have a presence in The Netherlands.

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9 March 2022
Charity & not-for-profit, IT/Telecoms, HR, Apprentices/Grads/School leavers

NEW TO THE MARKET: 7-11 MARCH 2022

• Founder and chairman of Astute Technical Recruitment Terry Buckel has partnered with local friend and fellow Royal Navy Veteran Steve Holland to gather and transport supplies to Poland for those displaced by the war in Ukraine. Buckel and Holland will fill a 7.5 tonne van with urgent supplies before making the 40-hour round trip to Poland to deliver the resources to refugees who have fled their home country. The campaign has so far raised £4.5k and almost four tonnes of supplies.

Buckel said: “When we heard of the scale of the refugee crisis from Ukraine, we knew we had to take action. It’s just shocking really. It’s all the worse because of the reasons behind it, though, which make no sense. To see people suffering that way and the miles of queues of women and children trying to get out of Ukraine is awful. Every little bit we can do to help someone is great. We’ve also set up a Go Fund Me page to raise more funds for those in need.”

• Talent sharing network Circular.io has launched in the UK for in-house tech recruiters in London. It offers new ways of accessing and hiring a global pool of candidates who have already been vetted and recommended by other recruiters. Circular says it harnesses the power of trusted peer recommendations to create a faster and more effective way to find tech talent: recruiters on the platform only refer candidates whom they personally endorse.

• Global background screening and identity services firm Sterling has launched an online resource for Germany. The website provides employers across the country with access to regional language content to inform their employment screening strategies, including best practice advice and FAQs.

• Dutch on-demand jobs platform YoungOnes has launched in London to match freelancers with companies across the capital at the touch of a button. Through an intuitive app, YoungOnes pairs freelancers, who are predominantly students or young people aged between 18-25 looking to fit work around their studies or their own businesses, with companies that have last-minute gaps in their workforce.

7 March 2022

Hunter and Temple launch Evolvient Capital to help grow businesses

Evolvient Capital aims to build and develop leadership teams to help tackle real world needs – enabling them to evolve and grow amazing businesses.

Temple commented that following a bounce back from Covid, “now feels like the right time to take that experience and invest it into new opportunities and help other leaders to grow and develop their businesses”.

Hunter added that Evolvient will put its capital and the company leaders’ experience to work “to build teams and businesses that go further, faster”. He promised this through “a high-support, high-challenge environment underpinned by transparency, collaboration, trust and respect”.

Temple co-founded Hydrogen Group in 1997 after merging several high-growth tech business interests together, listing the combined £100m turnover business on the stock market. By 2015 he had transformed the business again, merging with Argyll Scott and building a global leadership team and culture. 

Having backed the teams at Tempting Ventures, Project Partners and Strategio, in 2022 Temple ‘successioned’ himself from running Hydrogen to help those businesses grow and develop, and to back other entrepreneurs.

Hunter joined the AIM-listed recruitment start-up Imprint in 2001. As COO, he helped to grow Imprint, both organically and through acquisition, into a £100m market capital group, before exiting via a trade sale in 2008.

In 2010, John co-founded Argyll Scott and, as CEO, grew it into a multinational group with offices in London, the Middle East and throughout Asia Pacific, before combining it with the Hydrogen Group in 2017 in order to accelerate its growth and create new opportunities for its leadership team. John now wants to use the insights he has gained to help the next generation of ambitious like-minded entrepreneurs achieve their goals.

Evolvient Capital currently comprises of four businesses, which include Hydrogen Group, Project Partners, Tempting Ventures and Strategio.

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