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Can HMRC reforms solve liability issues between agency and umbrellas?

Cautious optimism has greeted the emergence of a potential solution for liability within incoming tax reforms to the umbrella industry and recruitment agency users.

13 June 2025

Employment tribunal claims on the rise compared to previous year

The latest Employment Tribunal Statistics have been published this week.

Legal, HR 13 June 2025

Minister tells recruiters about ‘road map’ for Employment Rights Bill at RECLive25

The government plans to issue a ‘road map’ for implementing the Employment Rights Bill (ERB), currently working its way through the House of Lords.

12 June 2025

Recruitment industry voices say little detail on workforce from the Chancellor

Recruitment industry observers have criticised Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s failure to move the UK ahead in specific commitments to workforce issues.

STEM recruiter acquires construction training firm 3B Training

Morson Group has acquired Wigan-based 3B Training to expand its construction skills offering.

APPOINTMENTS: 9-13 JUNE 2025

This week’s appointments include: Evelyn Partners

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 9-13 JUNE 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Firefish Software, Jobmatch Sweden, Liquid Friday

NEW TO THE MARKET: 9-13 JUNE 2025

This week’s new launches include: Lattice, makethehire.com

Trusted partners will matter more in future, says Carberry at RECLive25

Convincing clients and government that the recruitment industry delivers the value of specialism and specialists is key to making “trusted talent advice and fulfilment more essential”.

People 10 June 2025

FINANCIALS: Ellis hails ‘outstanding performance’ of Harvey Nash’s UK and Ireland business

Albert Ellis, CEO of professional technology recruiter Harvey Nash, has highlighted the “outstanding performance” of the UK business, as the group announced record revenues for the year ended 31 January 2018.

Attracting light enough talent is a weighty issue for horse racing industry

The shortage of talent and the difficulty of finding staff is a serious issue for many UK industries and sectors, but for Britain’s horseracing industry it has become a truly weighty issue.

Hospitality/Leisure 27 April 2018

Smart software helps Staff Heroes deliver Deliveroo partner restaurants staff on a plate

Low cost airline-type booking software that adjusts pay rates in response to supply and demand will help Deliveroo’s 12,000 UK partner restaurants fill their peak-time shifts and meet their last minute demand for staff.

Retail, Transport & logistics 26 April 2018

Wells Tobias Recruitment Solutions launches new diversity & inclusion division

Wells Tobias Recruitment Solutions has launched Inventum Search, a new division aimed at tackling “the woeful” lack of women and other under-represented groups at senior levels of organisations.

Irish recruiters look to take advantage in UK market

UK recruiters and other organisations working across sector look set to face increasingly stiff competition from Irish companies, who are looking to grow their presence in the UK market.

25 April 2018

Barclay Simpson appoints Spencer CEO

International specialist corporate governance recruitment group Barclay Simpson has appointed Dean Spencer as CEO.

PeopleHR 25 April 2018

Ceballos acquires Charterhouse Recruitment Services

Emma Ceballos has acquired Yorkshire-based Charterhouse Recruitment Services from owner Donna Green, with the aim of extending operations into additional UK regions.

Connexin set to create jobs at Hull data centre

Internet firm Connexin is set to create 60 new jobs at a new £5m data centre due to be opened in Hull in December.

Retail, Sales 25 April 2018

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 23-27 APRIL 2018

This week’s contracts and deals include: FCSA, Recruitready

ContractsHR 25 April 2018

NHS misses the recruitment boat for Jamaican nurses

A recruitment drive to attract Jamaican nurses to the NHS, amid the controversy surrounding treatment of the Windrush Generation, has been labelled as “too little too late” by the CEO of a nursing recruiter.

Syft expands into hospitality with acquisition of PBL Chefs

Flexible staffing platform Syft has announced the acquisition of the culinary recruitment agency PBL Chefs.

FINANCIALS: Europe boosts Randstad as Monster drags down performance

Strong growth in Europe lifted the performance of Randstad, but employment website Monster continued to drag down the global staffing giant’s performance.

Financials 24 April 2018

FINANCIALS: Executive search pushes Heidrick & Struggles to record Q1 results

International executive search firm and consultancy Heidrick & Struggles has announced a record first quarter following a 14.3% increase in consolidated net revenue.

More investment needed to avoid cyber brain drain

More investment is needed if the UK is to retain the talent needed to defend itself against a growing wave of cyber attacks, according to cyber security recruiters.

Capita seeks £1bn funding as it unveils turnaround strategy

Outsourcer Capita plans to raise at least £1bn as part of a new strategy to turn the business around after it announced a loss of £513m in 2017.

Parity Group disposes of ‘non-core’ Inition

Technology focused and staffing business Parity Group has announced the sale of Inition to Digital Communication.

FinancialsIT/Telecoms, HR 23 April 2018
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