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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.

Oil & gas/Energy, Transport & logistics, Engineering, Construction & property, Industrial/Manufacturing 20 May 2025

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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.

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms, HR 20 May 2025

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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”.

Life sciences, Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms, HR 19 May 2025

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.

ContractsRetail, Transport & logistics 19 May 2025

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.

ContractsSocial care, IT/Telecoms 15 May 2025

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.

LegislationPublic sector, HR 15 May 2025

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.

ContractsOil & gas/Energy, Engineering 15 May 2025

Granger Reis appoints natural resources expert Phendler

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

PeopleOil & gas/Energy, Engineering 15 May 2025

Firing on all cylinders? Boring! - City Comment

The message about the economy is almost becoming boring now. Momentum continues to build, and economic recovery is now moving at a faster pace than most forecasters had predicted.

7 November 2013

Alas, perception rules in measuring quality of hire say talent professionals

There is still some way to go before in-house executive search teams can arrive at a consistent and sophisticated way of measuring the quality of what they do, a conference in London heard this week.

Executive search, HR 6 November 2013

Back to the future: REC Trends suggests pre-recession high in sight

A third consecutive year of growth for the UK recruitment industry means the sector is on course to exceed pre-recession turnover levels next year, finds the Recruitment Industry Trends Survey 2012/13 from trade body the REC.

6 November 2013

FINANCIALS: French decline continues but Adecco sees growth from October

Staffing giant Adecco says it returned to growth in October, the final month of Q3, as it reported flat revenues and increased income for the period, according to results available from the company’s website.

6 November 2013

FPS announced as first sponsor of 2014 Recruiter Awards

Recruiter magazine is delighted to announce that payroll services provider FPS Group is the first confirmed sponsor for the Recruiter Awards for Excellence 2014.

6 November 2013

Survey says Singapore staff see salaries on the up

Singaporean firms are increasing headcount and look set to up employees’ wages, says professional recruiter Berkley Recruitment.

6 November 2013

JobsInProperty provides jobs sections for trade titles

Specialist job site JobsInProperty.com has announced partnerships with trade magazines the Facilities Management Journal (FMJ) and the Housing Association Building & Maintenance magazine (HABM).

Construction & property, Creative/Digital/Media 6 November 2013

Five recruiters on Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust framework

Medical recruiter ID Medical has been named as software portal supplier and one of five Tier 1 providers to Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, through HealthTrust Europe’s medical locums framework agreement.

Public sector 6 November 2013

en-japan acquires Thai recruiter Capstone

Japanese recruitment group en-japan has acquired Thai recruiter The Capstone Group Recruitment and Consulting, in a deal worth Y215m (£1.4m).

6 November 2013

RPO firm cph gets UK deal with Iron Mountain

Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) provider cph has signed a three-year contract to provide recruitment to storage and information management services group Iron Mountain.

IT/Telecoms 6 November 2013

City of Melbourne renews Comensura neutral vendor contract

Supply management firm Comensura has renewed its contract with the City of Melbourne to provide a neutral vendor service managing the supply of temporary staff into the council.

IT/Telecoms, Public sector 6 November 2013

New de Poel health division aims to save the NHS 20% says MD

The managing director of a newly-launched division of temporary labour procurer de Poel says he aims to reduce the cost of procuring non-permanent staff in the NHS by up to 20%.

Public sector 5 November 2013

Government announces ‘more targeted’ recruitment sector enforcement

The government has unveiled what it is describing as “a more targeted enforcement strategy” for the recruitment sector by creating a new customs and revenue team aimed at enforcing non-payment of national minimum wage (NMW).

5 November 2013

GLA revokes ‘worst ever’ agency’s licence claiming foul on appeal delay

A West Midlands labour agency has had its Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) licence revoked on appeal 10 months after scoring nine times the number of penalty points allowed before licences are taken away.

5 November 2013

Tech recruiter Morson acquires Vital Services Group from administration

Technical recruiter Morson Group has acquired various business units of engineering services firm Vital Services Group from its administrators Deloitte.

IT/Telecoms, Engineering 5 November 2013

Oil recruiter Swift acquired by Wellspring Capital Management

Oil & gas recruiter Swift Worldwide Resources has been acquired by New York-based private equity firm Wellspring Capital Management.

Engineering 5 November 2013

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