News

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.

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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

Acorn to supply temps for South West Water

A newly-agreed three-year deal will see recruiter Acorn supply temporary workers to South West Water’s Source For Business unit.

a&dc sift used by Avon & Somerset Constabulary

Talent management firm a&dc has provided an online pre-assessment process used in the first stage of a new recruitment drive for constables at the Avon & Somerset Constabulary.
Public sector 20 March 2013

Smart Resourcing 2013: It’s good to be scared

In-house recruiters from a wide range of private and public sector organisations gathered in London at Recruiter’s Smart Resourcing 2013 conference, sponsored by Eploy, to listen and learn from leading thinker John Vlastelica in a keynote talk sponsored by Jobsite, and practitioners in the field of resourcing and recruiting, to network with fellow professionals and go 2 Steps Beyond

Smart Resourcing 2013: RAF brand ‘invisible’

In-house recruiters from a wide range of private and public sector organisations gathered in London at Recruiter’s Smart Resourcing 2013 conference, sponsored by Eploy, to listen and learn from leading thinker John Vlastelica in a keynote talk sponsored by Jobsite, and practitioners in the field of resourcing and recruiting, to network with fellow professionals and go 2 Steps Beyond
Public sector 19 March 2013

Smart Resourcing 2013: Manage the hiring managers

In-house recruiters from a wide range of private and public sector organisations gathered in London at Recruiter’s Smart Resourcing 2013 conference, sponsored by Eploy, to listen and learn from leading thinker John Vlastelica in a keynote talk sponsored by Jobsite, and practitioners in the field of resourcing and recruiting, to network with fellow professionals and go 2 Steps Beyond
19 March 2013

Smart Resourcing 2013: What drives your staff?

In-house recruiters from a wide range of private and public sector organisations gathered in London at Recruiter’s Smart Resourcing 2013 conference, sponsored by Eploy, to listen and learn from leading thinker John Vlastelica in a keynote talk sponsored by Jobsite, and practitioners in the field of resourcing and recruiting, to network with fellow professionals and go 2 Steps Beyond

Smart Resourcing 2013: Are your metrics of any value?

In-house recruiters from a wide range of private and public sector organisations gathered in London at Recruiter’s Smart Resourcing 2013 conference, sponsored by Eploy, to listen and learn from leading thinker John Vlastelica in a keynote talk sponsored by Jobsite, and practitioners in the field of resourcing and recruiting, to network with fellow professionals and go 2 Steps Beyond
19 March 2013

Drilling for service leavers

One industry where the skills of ex-servicemen and women are most welcome is oil & gas, in offshore and subsea specialisms in particular.
Engineering, Public sector 19 March 2013

Direct Employers Association ‘fills in-house niche’

The Direct Employers Association (DEA), the newly-launched trade body for corporate recruiter employers, fills a specific niche that is not met by other membership organisations within the recruitment and staffing sector, according to its chairman.
HR 19 March 2013

Aerospace Technology Institute to see sector skills soar

The UK government is pledging £1bn to an aerospace industry strategy, which will be met by £1bn match funding from industry, with the creation of an Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) at the centre of the plans.

BCL Legal opens in City to expand recruitment offering

Legal recruitment consultancy BCL Legal has opened an office on New Broad Street in the City of London, its first London office after 10 years operating outside of the capital.
Legal 19 March 2013

FINANCIALS: Evenbase profit up in re-branded era

Digital recruitment group Evenbase Recruitment has seen a year-on-year rise in turnover by a fifth to £32.7m in the 12 months to 30 September 2012, while profit doubled.

Evenbase report identifies digital recruitment markets to watch

The potential of the Mexican market and the difficulties of recruiting in Japan are key findings of a new report by digital recruitment group Evenbase into the Top 10 digital recruitment ‘market to watch’, the company’s chief executive officer Keith Potts tells Recruiter.
IT/Telecoms 19 March 2013

UK not top destination for Romanian migrant workers

Around 22,000 Romanian workers are interested in coming to the UK – but Britain is not the top European destination for would-be migrants from the country, The Daily Telegraph reports.
19 March 2013

Government unsure on Heseltine’s trade body plan

The government has accepted most of the proposals made by former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine in a report into growth released in October of last year, but will not fully adopt plans to tackle the way that generally ''fragmented, duplicative and often poorly resourced'' trade bodies work in the UK.
19 March 2013

South African police could publish names of recruits

The South African Police Service (SAPS) is considering publishing the names of new recruits to put them up against public scrutiny so as ensure that the force does not “simply take criminals and give them our uniforms and resources”, a police ministry spokesperson said yesterday (18 March).
Public sector 19 March 2013
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