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APPOINTMENTS: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: Zellis

IT/Telecoms, HR 6 May 2025
Contracts

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Firmus Consulting

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 6 May 2025
New to Market

NEW TO THE MARKET: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Heidrick & Struggles, Matrix, ProdigyPB, Project Brains

Public sector, Creative/Digital/Media, Executive search, IT/Telecoms, Graduates/Apprentices/School leavers 6 May 2025

The rise and rise of agentic AI adoption

Agentic AI adoption is expected to grow 327% by 2027 as HR leaders plan to redeploy a quarter of their workforce, according to new research by Salesforce.

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 6 May 2025

Skill-based hiring can have ugly consequences – what can go wrong?

Skill-based hiring (SBH) is a hiring strategy that focuses on recruiting and selecting candidates based primarily on their demonstrated ability to perform each skill required for the position.

HR 2 May 2025

Elite Leaders appoints new Executive Team member

Elite Leaders is delighted to announce the appointment of Chris O’Connell to its Executive team.

People 1 May 2025

Humly acquires London-based education recruiter

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

ContractsPublic sector, Creative/Digital/Media 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].

LegislationIT/Telecoms, Accounting/Finance 30 April 2025

APSCo briefs House of Lords on more amendments to Employment Rights Bill

Trade body APSCo has warned Peers of urgent amendments needed to the Employment Rights Bill, which must be addressed before it reaches Royal Assent.

Legislation 30 April 2025

Hiring more diverse teams is vital for business success, says hospitality recruiter

Recruiting more diverse teams is essential for business success as people entering work reject populism, according to Chris Sheppardson, founder of hospitality recruiter Chess Executive.

Hospitality/Leisure 18 June 2019
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Small firms show more confidence on post-Brexit hiring decisions

Small and medium-sized enterprises are more positive about their ability to take hiring decisions once the UK leaves the EU than larger firms, research from recruitment giant Adecco has found.

18 June 2019

FINANCIALS: ClearStar sees revenue rise

Revenue for the first five months of 2019 is up 14% year-on-year for US background-checking firm ClearStar.

Financials 18 June 2019

APPOINTMENTS: 17-21 JUNE 2019

This week’s appointments include: Amrop Partnership, Eames Consulting Group, Fawkes & Reece, HRC Recruitment, London Ambulance Service, Odgers Berndtson, PMP Recruitment, Samuel Knight International

PeopleOil & gas/Energy, Transport & logistics 18 June 2019

Recruiters urged to avoid lazy gender representation in job ads

Recruiters have been urged to steer clear of “lazy gender representation” in job adverts in light of the Advertising Standards Authority’s ban on ads featuring “harmful gender stereotypes” or those that are likely to cause “serious or widespread offence”.

17 June 2019

Theme park seeks recruit to play range of characters

Would you like to swap the world of recruitment to play an array of characters as a mascot in an adventure park?

Lighter SideHospitality/Leisure 17 June 2019

Staffline increases amount set aside for national minimum wage liabilities

Recruitment and training group Staffline has almost doubled the amount it sets aside for liabilities connected with past non-compliance with national minimum wage rules.

17 June 2019

NEW TO THE MARKET: 17-21 JUNE 2019

This week's launches include: GLAA, Jobrapido, La Fosse Associates, Morgan Hunt, Understanding Recruitment, West Midlands Combined Authority, Whitehall Resources

New to MarketPublic sector, Creative/Digital/Media 17 June 2019

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 17-21 JUNE 2019

This week's contracts and deals include: Acin, ADP, Aliro, Brand Capital, Carestaff Nursing Services, Cornerstone, The Curve Group, Enboarder, First Choice Care, Indorse, JazzHR, Job.com, People Infrastructure, Royal Bank of Scotland, Samuel Knight International, SmashFly Technologies, Softcom, StepStone, SymbaSync

ContractsOil & gas/Energy, Transport & logistics 17 June 2019

Look inside your own organisation to find purple squirrels

Recruiters should identify the critical skills their organisation needs so they can pinpoint the ‘purple squirrels’ required to fill these roles both now and in the future.

Engineering, IT/Telecoms 14 June 2019

NHSI adds ‘break glass’ clause to ensure safe staffing within health service

NHS Improvement has added a “break glass” clause to ensure safe staffing within NHS trusts.

LegislationEngineering, Commercial & office support 14 June 2019

Recruitment agency loses appeal to get its licence back

A recruitment agency has lost its appeal against having its licence refused after a judge said workers at the agency were left open to potential exploitation.

LegislationAgriculture, Industrial/Manufacturing 14 June 2019

FINANCIALS: SThree sees fall in NFI in UK & Ireland

International STEM staffing business SThree has seen net fee income in the UK & Ireland fall 9% year-on-year.

FinancialsLife sciences, Engineering 14 June 2019

Met Police offers part-time work to new constables

The Metropolitan Police is to recruit part-time constables in a bid to attract more women to join the force.

Public sector 14 June 2019

Antal looks to establish bases in Uzbekistan and Ukraine

Central Asia is opening up as a region of opportunity for recruiters, according to Antal International founder Tony Goodwin.

New to Market 13 June 2019

Facebook creates 500 new jobs in new London centre

Facebook is to create 500 new jobs by the end of the year at a new engineering centre in Soho, London.

Creative/Digital/Media, Engineering 13 June 2019

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