News

International manufacturer invests £170m in North Wales facility

Around 140 jobs will be created in North Wales after Knauf Insulation unveiled plans to invest £170m in a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.

Human skills as important as ‘oven-ready’ tech skills

The UK skills landscape is experiencing rapid and regular turnover as employers look for “oven-ready talent” with much in-demand technical skills.

UK Hiring Taskforce launches to develop new hiring strategies

A UK Hiring Taskforce was launched on Friday [16 May 2025] at the Houses of Parliament to develop strategy, technology and policy for “the end-to-end process of hiring in as new a way as possible”.

Staffline secures large contract win with logistics provider

Recruitment group Staffline has secured a significant strategic partnership with one of the UK’s leading food and drink supply chain management and logistics providers.

HMRC threatens individual with Stop Notice

In the first Stop Notices case of its kind, HMRC has threatened an individual with prosecution if they promote tax avoidance schemes.

Legislation 15 May 2025

NHS SBS partners with health-tech firm to transform workforce across NHS

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) and health-tech company ImproveWell have announced a partnership aiming to drive workforce transformation across the NHS.

Government plans to re-wire the state with civil servant moves

Thousands of civil servants – including senior leaders – will be based in 13 towns and cities across the UK to work with frontline workers and local leaders.

Morson advances with technical specialist buy in the US

Morson Group has strengthened its position as a global talent solutions leader with the acquisition of US-based technical recruiter PTS Advance.

Granger Reis appoints natural resources expert Phendler

Global executive search firm Granger Reis has announced the appointment of Rowan Phendler (right) as partner.

Higher productivity jobs good news for recruiters

Plans put forward by the MP in charge of Brexit for an economy based on higher productivity jobs could be good news for agencies operating in highly skilled markets, recruiters say.

Coroner records suicide in death of Major Players' Helen Stokes

A verdict of suicide “while the balance of her mind was disturbed” has been recorded in the death of Helen Stokes, the late managing director of marketing and creative recruiter Major Players, Poplar Coroner's Court has confirmed to Recruiter.

Bluestones Investment Group takes on Stratford

Bluestones Investment Group, an investment platform for specialist recruitment businesses, has appointed Trish Stratford as chief executive professional staffing.
Executive search 15 July 2016

Frazer John Recruitment promotes partners

Manchester-based recruiter Frazer John Recruitment has promoted Anna Chenery and John Mackey to senior partners.

FGS Recruitment appoints Leet as non-exec director

FGS Recruitment, a recruiter operating in the digital media industry, has added Ben Leet to its board as non-executive director.
Creative/Digital/Media 15 July 2016

Michael Page Australia investigates allegations into employees’ behaviour

International recruiter Michael Page is currently undertaking a “thorough” investigation into allegations about employees from its Australian arm accused of trashing a ski lodge.
13 July 2016

SRi chosen to find Perth Stadium’s new CEO

Australian venue management company VenuesLive has appointed executive search consultancy SRi to lead the search for Perth Stadium’s new chief executive.
Executive search 13 July 2016

Recruitive integrates with Babble Jobs

Recruitment software provider Recruitive has integrated its multi job-posting technology with online job board, Babble Jobs.
IT/Telecoms 13 July 2016

Johnston Press launches Jobstoday Freelance with weliketowork.com

UK newspaper publisher Johnston Press has announced a partnership with on-demand staffing platform weliketowork.com through the publisher’s nationwide Jobstoday recruitment website.

idibu announces new deals

Candidate attraction and engagement platform idibu has announced a number of new deals.

Futurestep renews Renault contract

Futurestep, a division of global executive search firm Korn Ferry, has renewed its contract with international automobile manufacturer Renault to help manage its recruitment of professional hires in France.

cut-e partners Arctic Shores in talent gamification

Talent measurement and assessment specialist cut-e and psychometric games developer Arctic Shores have partnered to develop next-generation ‘gamified assessments’ aimed at helping employers attract and select job applicants.

ADVERTORIAL: HMRC to speak at Prism seminar

Speakers from HMRC will present at PRISM’s free ‘Brave New World’ seminar to be held at London’s Kings Fund on Friday 22nd July.
12 July 2016

ADVERTORIAL: T&S reforms: 5 things we’ve learned

Several months have passed since the widely-discussed travel & subsistence and salary sacrifice legislation took effect.
11 July 2016

Management buys out Primestaff

Scottish recruiter Primestaff has been acquired in a management buyout.
11 July 2016

Recann gets happy rebrand with ClearSky

IT recruiter Recann has rebranded its business, working together with the marketing arm of ClearSky Business.
IT/Telecoms 11 July 2016
Top