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APPOINTMENTS: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: Zellis

IT/Telecoms, HR 6 May 2025

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 5-9 MAY 2025

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

NEW TO THE MARKET: 5-9 MAY 2025

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

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.

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.

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].

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

Resource Solutions Group announces European expansion plans

Resource Solutions Group (RSG) has announced plans to expand into Europe after five years of growth in the UK.

Provide Education launches campaign to get career-break teachers back to work

An education recruiter has launched a campaign to get more teachers back into the classroom after a long career break.
Education, Public sector 8 December 2014

Office move for Charisma Charity Recruitment

Winchester-based Charisma Charity Recruitment has moved into a bigger office to accommodate for its growing workforce.
8 December 2014

Number of recruitment agencies on Virgin Fast Track 100 falls

Just six recruitment companies and one industry supplier made it onto this year’s The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100.
8 December 2014

Unfilled vacancies cost UK economy £18bn a year

Unfilled vacancies are costing the UK economy more than £18bn a year, according to a study by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) on behalf of job board Indeed.com.

Politicians are ‘dark clouds’ for the recruitment industry, says REC’s Green

Now the economy and the jobs market have improved, the “dark clouds” on the horizon for the recruitment industry are politicians, according to Kevin Green, chief executive of the Recruitment & Employment Federation (REC).
8 December 2014

Cambridge University top in the world for employability of graduates

Britain’s University of Cambridge has taken top spot in a list of 150 universities worldwide most preferred by recruiters for the employability of graduates.
8 December 2014

Job boards set to hike prices next year

Recruiters who rely on job boards will have to dig a bit deeper into their pockets next year, with research by recruitment marketing specialists GKS Associates showing 95% of job boards are planning to hike prices in 2015.
IT/Telecoms, Marketing 8 December 2014

SThree reports Q4 profit up 27%

Recruiter SThree has reported full-year gross profit of £218m – an increase of 18% year-on-year and 27% year-on-year for Q4.
HR, IT/Telecoms 5 December 2014

Car manufacturers’ move back to UK will create about 50,000 new jobs

The automotive industry is poised to create 50,000 jobs over the next two years as manufacturers bring production back to the UK, according to research by Lloyds Bank.

Intern Avenue to extend service to Europe in partnership with Vodafone Foundation

UK-based innovative online intern recruitment specialist Intern Avenue is to expand its services into Europe with support from Vodafone’s philanthropic arm, the Vodafone Foundation.
5 December 2014

ReThink Group set to de-list from AIM

A total of 31,353,038 ordinary shares were tendered under ReThink Group’s tender offer ahead of its proposed de-listing [http://www.recruiter.co.uk/news/2014/11/rethink-group-rethinks-its-aim-presence/] from the London Alternative Investment Market (AIM), the group’s directors have announced.
IT/Telecoms, Engineering 5 December 2014

Work experience plan for over-50s

People aged over 50 who are claiming benefits will be sent on government-sponsored work experience in an effort to get them back into work, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph.
5 December 2014

Xact Placements hires trainee

Xact Placements has hired Adam Parker as a trainee consultant to work in the IT support market in the Thames Valley.
IT/Telecoms 5 December 2014

New CEO at Tradewind Recruitment and SANZA Teaching Agency

Tradewind Recruitment and SANZA Teaching Agency has appointed Nick Murphy as chief executive.
Education 5 December 2014

Red Eagle appoints two

Folkestone-based Red Eagle, which supplies temporary workers to the industrial and driving sectors, has made two appointments.
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