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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

Aberdeen set for job boost after AMEC wins North Sea contract

Engineering company AMEC is set to hire 150 workers after winning a North Sea contract.
Engineering 8 January 2014

US recruiters battle against polar vortex

Recruiters across the US have been forced to close offices as large parts of the country have been hit by record low temperatures, as widely seen on TV news reports.
8 January 2014

Pertemps partners with Families in Business

Recruitment group Pertemps has partnered with business network Families in Business (FiB) to provide recruitment services and expertise to its members.
8 January 2014

Boxington Corporate Finance advises on CareerCross sale

Boxington Corporate Finance, compilers of the Recruiter FAST 50, the definitive ranking of the 50 fastest growing private recruitment companies in the UK, advised on the recent sale of Japanese online recruitment group of companies CareerCross to pan-Asia group JAC Recruitment.
8 January 2014

Argyll Scott acquires Acumen Resources’ UK business

Executive recruiter Argyll Scott has acquired actuarial recruitment agency Acumen Resources’ UK business.
Executive search 8 January 2014

Ambition opens Tokyo office

Global recruitment firm Ambition Group has opened an office in Tokyo to meet the demand for recruitment services for mid- to senior-level professionals in Japan.
Executive search, IT/Telecoms 8 January 2014

FINANCIALS: Robert Walters confident after profits rise

The chief executive officer of Robert Walters says he is confident that the business is “well positioned for recovery” following the company’s trading update for the final quarter of 2013 that shows gross profit 4% higher than Q4 in 2012.
8 January 2014

Unemployment falling in majority of US cities

Unemployment rates fell in 293 out of 372 US metropolitan areas year-on-year in November, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, unemployment rates were higher in 71 areas and remained unchanged in eight.
8 January 2014

Skills minister backs legal firms offering virtual work experience for young people

Skills minister Matthew Hancock has backed the Get In Get On programme, which offers virtual work experience to young people, as it is expanded into the legal sector.
Legal 7 January 2014

Car manufacturers deliver on job creation promises

Job creation announcements don’t always pan out as planned, but as car sales in the UK hit their highest level since the heady days of 2007, recruitment plans announced last year by two of the UK’s motor manufacturers are already coming to fruition.

Survey identifies least stressful jobs in the US

Audiologist, hair stylist and jeweller are the three least stressful jobs in the US, according to job site CareerCast, while enlisted military, military general and fire fighter ranked as the most stressful jobs of 2014.
7 January 2014

Fraud proceedings against ex-A4e staff move to Crown Court

A second set of fraud proceedings against staff at work programme provider A4e has been moved to Crown Court.
7 January 2014

German labour market continues to improve

Germany’s labour market continued to improve in 2013, as the unemployment rate fell 0.1% to 6.9%.
7 January 2014

One in five workers looking to jump ship

One in five workers expect to leave their jobs this year and a third are unsure about whether they will stay in their current role, as recruiters receive an increase in registrations.
6 January 2014

Recruitment bodies hit back at Miliband’s comments on the Swedish Derogation

Bodies representing the recruitment industry have defended the use of the Swedish Derogation model after Labour leader Ed Miliband said he would abolish the ‘loophole’ should Labour be elected at the 2015 General Election.

UK’s manufacturing sector set to achieve fastest growth in Europe

The UK’s manufacturing sector is set to grow by 2.7% in 2014, outperforming its European counterparts, according to manufacturing trade body EEF and think-tank Oxford Economics.
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