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Trinity Bridge expands in Central Europe, appoints MD for Germany

Hospitality specialist executive search firm Trinity Bridge is expanding its operations in Central Europe with the appointment of Stephanie Watzek.

Transport & logistics, Executive search, Hospitality/Leisure 22 May 2025
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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

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”.

New to MarketLife sciences, Creative/Digital/Media 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

Awards judge Alder says social media can be ‘level playing field’

Social recruiting expert Matt Alder, a judge for the 2013 Recruiter Awards for Excellence, sponsored by Eploy, says that social media can be a “level playing field” for agencies and in-house recruiting teams of different sizes and budgets to compete on.
IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 24 April 2013

RBS in, Lloyds undecided as lending scheme extended to invoice finance

The expansion of the government’s Funding for Lending Scheme to include additional types of lending and lenders is potentially good news for the staffing industry, opening up the possibility of access to both cheaper and more plentiful borrowing.
24 April 2013

First4Staff opens Cannock office

Industrial, commercial, education and driving recruiter First4Staff has opened its third group branch in Cannock town centre, Staffordshire.
Commercial & office support, Education 24 April 2013

FINANCIALS: Robert Half growth through tech and Protiviti

Professional recruiter Robert Half in Q1 saw marginal revenue growth thanks to increased revenues in its technology division and its consulting firm Protiviti, as well as improved net income.
IT/Telecoms, Commercial & office support 24 April 2013

London 2013: Olympics positive jobs legacy

Last summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games is having a positive legacy for jobs and employment in and around the Olympic Park.
Construction & property, Engineering 24 April 2013

Australian government launches JobSearch app

The Australian government’s new Australian JobSearch mobile app for Android and Apple devices is to connect jobseekers with some 40,000 job vacancies nationally.
IT/Telecoms 24 April 2013

Six Degree People takes search offering to NY

London-based executive search firm Six Degree People has opened an office in New York.
Executive search 24 April 2013

People Moves April 2013

Association of Graduate Recruiters: The membership body will see Stephen Isherwood, current head of graduate recruitment at Ernst & Young, UK & Ireland, replace the current chief executive officer Carl Gilleard on 10 June.
23 April 2013

Szymala leads dunnhumby resourcing

Louise Szymala is the new global head of talent & resourcing at consumer analytics and advisory firm dunnhumby.
23 April 2013

Pret boss ‘encouraged’ as café chain stocks up on Brit workers

The boss of café chain Pret A Manger says a rise in Britons among the firm’s workforce is “encouraging”, but says that an unrepresentative workforce remains “an industry-wide issue and there is no quick fix”.
23 April 2013

Compensation and perception changes needed for employers to hire more reservists

The head of the Army has urged companies to hire more reservists. General Sir Peter Wall, the chief of the General Staff, told The Daily Telegraph: “Having people who are getting a wide range of training will undoubtedly help to augment their role in the workforce… We need to have a more proactive relationship between the reservist, the Army and the employer. We need to have the employers onside.”
Public sector 23 April 2013

Blue Arrow upskills temps in newly-launched office

Hospitality and catering specialist Blue Arrow is using the government-backed Skills Funding Agency (SFA) to provide training to its temporary workers at its newly-launched office in London’s Ludgate Hill.
23 April 2013

Recruiter Harlem Shake: We have a winner…

Recruiters across the land danced their hearts out and have spent the last couple of weeks in nervous anticipation of the result of our Recruiter Harlem Shake competition.
23 April 2013

PROMOTION: Free half day learning & networking events in Bristol TOMORROW!

Are you on the list for tomorrow’s Smart Recruiting half day events in Bristol tomorrow?
IT/Telecoms, HR 23 April 2013

Matchtech launches tech specialist Connectus

The information systems & technology division of recruiter Matchtech Group is being relaunched as Connectus.
IT/Telecoms 23 April 2013

TechBacc to boost occupational and vocational education

Skills minister Matthew Hancock has unveiled a new Technical Baccalaureate to “give vocational education the high status it deserved” – on a par with A-Level study – for students aged 16-19.
Education, Engineering 23 April 2013

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