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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.

LoveMondays converts paper-based CVs to online

Job search engine LoveMondays.com has launched a new service to automatically convert paper-based CVs into an online one.
IT/Telecoms 25 January 2016

Cast UK launches interim & contract division

Specialist recruiter Cast UK has launched an interim and contract recruitment division.
Interim recruitment 25 January 2016

Actonomy launches xMP Data Services

Belgian-based HR services group Actonomy has launched a big data service, xMP Data Services.
IT/Telecoms 25 January 2016

Recruiter FAST 50: At full throttle

Recruitment firms are achieving record levels of growth, this year’s Recruiter FAST 50 reveals. Marcus Archer and Mark Maunsell of Clearwater International look at what lies behind the figures
22 January 2016

Onward and upward

For Rob Walker, chief executive of the No.1-ranked FAST 50 firm, BIE Executive is the latest in a string of high-performing projects. His success is partly down to a competitive spirit but also remembering that recruitment is still all about relationships, he tells Colin Cottell
Public sector 22 January 2016

Chinese investment firms SEEK Zhaopin shares

Australasian-based job board SEEK’s subsidiary Zhaopin has received an offer from Chinese investment firms CDH V Management and Shanghai Goliath Investment Management for all outstanding shares.
IT/Telecoms 22 January 2016

China looks to relax foreign talent barriers

China is looking to remove career barriers for top foreign talent eligible to work at research and education institutions, according to China Daily.
IT/Telecoms, Education 22 January 2016

Worldwide Recruitment Solutions takes on Abdellaoui for Middle East

Global staffing provider Worldwide Recruitment Solutions has appointed Karim Abdellaoui to lead its business development in the Middle East region.
Engineering, Executive search 22 January 2016

Warren Partners appoints Da Costa as chair

Boutique search firm Warren Partners has appointed Alastair Da Costa as chair.
Executive search 22 January 2016

Veritas Education brings in three

Education recruiter Veritas Education has appointed Brett Spencer as principal consultant.
Education, Public sector 22 January 2016

ResourceBank appoints Chidley as consultant

Talent and HR solutions provider ResourceBank has appointed Alan Chidley as a consultant within its executive search consultancy team.
Executive search, HR 22 January 2016

Pedersen & Partners takes on Behrendt

International executive search firm Pedersen & Partners has appointed Frank Behrendt as principal and head of its financial services practice group Africa.
Interim recruitment 22 January 2016

Odgers Berndtson appoints three in Wales

Executive search firm Odgers Berndtson has appointed Mair Barron as consultant and Dr Marc Pollentine as associate consultant.
Executive search 22 January 2016

Kelly Services promotes Yang Foo to VP, Singapore

Recruitment giant Kelly Services has promoted See Yang Foo to vice president and country general manager for Singapore.
22 January 2016

iMultiply Resourcing appoints two directors

iMultiply Resourcing has appointed Arturo Carbonell and John Gilbertson as directors.
Executive search 22 January 2016

Global Recruitment Group brings in Mulgrew

Glasgow-based recruiter Global Recruitment Group (GRG) has appointed David Mulgrew as commercial director.
Commercial & office support 22 January 2016
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