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BBC Studios appoints new director of HR

The BBC has appointed Jermaine Daw (pictured) as director of HR for BBC Studios, effective in June.

Creative/Digital/Media, HR 28 May 2025

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Staying with one employer outdated, says hiring expert

A leader of the newly launched UK Hiring Taskforce sees a future short-term employment environment similar to the so-called gig economy in which organisations themselves are not long-lived because of rapidly changing technology.

27 May 2025

Legislation

Government’s apprenticeship budget refocuses to ‘rebuild Britain’

The government has made radical changes to skills and training, including a refocus away from higher-level apprenticeship funding.

Engineering, Construction & property, Industrial/Manufacturing, Graduates/Apprentices/School leavers, Apprentices/Grads/School leavers 27 May 2025

REC urges government to build on success of Restart Scheme

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) is urging the government to build on the success of the Restart Scheme.

Social care, Engineering 27 May 2025

Key executive appointments for ManpowerGroup

Global workforce solutions company ManpowerGroup has announced two key executive appointments aimed to accelerate its strategic growth and transformation agenda.

People 27 May 2025

APPOINTMENTS: 27-30 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: ECMS, The Education Network

PeopleRecruitment Process Outsourcing, Public sector 27 May 2025

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 27-30 MAY 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Kyloe Partners

ContractsIT/Telecoms, HR 27 May 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 27-30 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: itris X, ManpowerGroup

New to MarketCreative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 27 May 2025

Energy recruitment firm launches in Aberdeen

Specialist recruitment firm Agilient Talent Partners has launched in Aberdeen, focusing on permanent hiring within the energy sector.

New to MarketOil & gas/Energy, Engineering 27 May 2025

Funding Circle advert slammed for not including personal guarantee information

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against financial services company Funding Circle for not including in a TV ad that a personal guarantee was required to take out a loan if individuals were associated with a limited company.

LegislationMarketing, Accounting/Finance 15 April 2020

Royal Mail accused of prejudicial treatment of agency workers over hand sanitiser

Law firm Irwin Mitchell has accused Royal Mail for allegedly failing to provide its agency workers with the same protection from coronavirus as other employed postal workers.

Transport & logistics 14 April 2020

HMRC suspends tax enquiries to businesses under investigation

HMRC is suspending enquiries into taxpayers and businesses that are under investigation, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, news reports revealed today.

Financials 14 April 2020

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 14-17 APRIL 2020

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Attrax, Candidate.ID, Central England Co-operative, Cross Country Healthcare, Frontline Recruitment, RoboRecruiter

ContractsRetail, Public sector 14 April 2020

NEW TO THE MARKET: 14-17 APRIL 2020

This week’s new launches include: Candidate.ID, GatedTalent, Global-Roles, Hays, mthree, Norman Broadbent, Talent Cloud

New to MarketEngineering, Executive search 14 April 2020

TALES FROM THE FRONT: Let your digital Recruiter help you through the lockdown

May’s issue of Recruiter is going digital – so if you can’t get to the office to see your next issue of Recruiter, May’s edition will be online early next week in a digital version.

9 April 2020

IES puts forward ‘Cobra’-style plan to get UK back on its feet post-Covid-19

A full recovery from a steep drop in employment because of the Covid-19 crisis “will take years rather than months”, the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) has predicted in a new report.

9 April 2020

Industry criticises publication of Home Office immigration guidelines

Home Office guidelines published today concerning the UK’s new points-based immigration system has sparked criticism from businesses and the recruitment sector.

Legislation 9 April 2020

Fall in recruitment steepest since 2009 says Report on Jobs

Permanent placements and temporary staff billings in the UK have both fallen at the steepest rates since 2009, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

8 April 2020

TALES FROM THE FRONT: People Group workers receive furlough payments already

Workers engaged by intermediary People Group have already received their first furlough payments, the company has announced.

8 April 2020

NEW TO THE MARKET: 6-10 APRIL 2020

This week’s launches include: Abintegro, Colnort, Guardian Jobs

New to MarketPublic sector, Creative/Digital/Media 8 April 2020

REC welcomes business rate relief for staffing firms

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) has welcomed a business rate discount for employment businesses but has also warned against continuing to charge Apprenticeship Levy on furloughed workers.

Legislation 7 April 2020

TALES FROM THE FRONT: TFS Healthcare staff go the extra mile

Finding more nurses to work at hospitals currently hit hard by the war with the coronavirus is “impossible”, a director of a healthcare recruitment firm has told Recruiter.

Public sector, Healthcare/Medical 7 April 2020

Jacobs comes on board to ‘super-charge’ Hunter Bond

Recruitment industry grandee Paul Jacobs is the new chairman at global finance and technology firm Hunter Bond.

PeopleIT/Telecoms, Accounting/Finance 7 April 2020

APPOINTMENTS: 6-10 APRIL 2020

This week’s appointments include: Heidrick & Struggles, Korn Ferry, Pedersen & Partners, Talentmark

PeopleTransport & logistics, Life sciences 7 April 2020

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 6-10 APRIL 2020

This week’s contracts include: Kennedy Executive Search, Lorien, Placed, Saltor Talent, SonicJobs, Sterling

ContractsRecruitment Process Outsourcing, Retail 7 April 2020

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