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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

Legislation

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

Legislation

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.

LegislationSocial care, Transport & logistics 12 June 2025

STEM recruiter acquires construction training firm 3B Training

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

ContractsTransport & logistics, Engineering 12 June 2025

APPOINTMENTS: 9-13 JUNE 2025

This week’s appointments include: Evelyn Partners

PeopleBanking/Financial services, HR 12 June 2025

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 9-13 JUNE 2025

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

ContractsCreative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 12 June 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 9-13 JUNE 2025

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

New to MarketCreative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 12 June 2025

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

Changes in Morrisons’ HR team

Jill Maples joins supermarket chain Morrisons’ HR team as HR director – central.

HR 4 February 2015

Two further companies set to launch older worker apprenticeships in 2015

Barclays will not be the only organisation launching apprenticeship campaigns for people aged over 50 this year, according to older workers’ champion Ros Altmann.

4 February 2015

Report: Engineering firms should upskill current workforce rather than recruit

UK engineers are not being developed to their full potential as the current workforce is overlooked in favour of attracting the next generation to plug skills gaps.

Engineering 4 February 2015

Derby UTC joins Royal Navy scheme to boost engineering skills

Derby’s University Technical College (UTC) is the latest UTC to join a Royal Navy scheme to develop engineering and technical skills in its students.

IT/Telecoms, Engineering 4 February 2015

HMRC reduces amount of information required on contractors

The information recruitment firms will now need to include on contractors employed via umbrella companies in new quarterly returns to HM Revenues & Customs (HMRC) has been reduced to contractor details on identity, rather than payment.

4 February 2015

Singapore recruiters not worried about slowdown in job creation

Singapore recruiters say they are not worried about the predicted slowdown in creation of skilled jobs and that there is still a war for top talent.

Engineering, Life sciences 4 February 2015

Persimmon Homes to open school for ex-military personnel in London

Persimmon Homes is to open a new school in London to train and recruit ex-military personnel to plug skills gaps.

Construction & property, Engineering 4 February 2015

Government on hunt for 750 civil service apprentices

The UK government has announced plans to create 750 civil service apprenticeships.

Public sector 4 February 2015

GLA strips licence from underpaying recruiter

The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has revoked the licence of a Dudley gangmaster found to be paying less than minimum wage and lacking “competencies required to run the business compliantly”.

Industrial/Manufacturing, Agriculture 4 February 2015

Services sector employment growth reaches second highest level since 1995

The rate of employment growth in the UK’s services sector has reached its second highest level in 20 years, according to January’s Markit/CIPS (Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply) UK services purchasing managers’ index.

Industrial/Manufacturing 4 February 2015

RED chooses Mercury xRM software

Global SAP recruiter RED has selected Mercury xRM’s recruitment software as part of an upgrade of its IT infrastructure.

IT/Telecoms 4 February 2015

ITS Marine partners with industry body IMarEST

Southampton-based global marine recruiter ITS Marine has partnered with industry body the Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology (IMarEST).

IT/Telecoms, Engineering 4 February 2015

ClearStar wins drug-screening contract in US

ClearStar, technology and service provider to the background check industry, has won a drug-screening services contract with a US-based Consumer Reporting Agency.

IT/Telecoms 4 February 2015

Castlerock Recruitment Group joins NHS framework

St Helens-based Castlerock Recruitment Group has been appointed as a supplier of healthcare and nursing staff for three NHS regions under the National Collaborative Framework for the supply of nursing and nursing-related staff.

Public sector 4 February 2015

Aon Hewitt acquires software consultancy Kloud

Aon Hewitt, the global talent, retirement and health solutions business of US-listed Aon, has acquired UK-based Workday HR software consultancy Kloud.

IT/Telecoms, HR 4 February 2015

PAC report: NHS temp staff spending should be via national framework

The National Health Service (NHS) should be required to use agency staff within a national framework to help save money, a select committee report, published today (3 February), says.

Public sector 3 February 2015

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