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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

UK & Ireland Appointments: October Recruitment promotes Hastings

Digital recruiter October Recruitment has promoted Vanessa Hastings to associate director heading digital sales and ad ops.
Creative/Digital/Media 21 November 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Barrett promoted at Michael Page

James Barrett has been promoted to operating director of Michael Page Technology and Michael Page Consultancy, Strategy and Change.
IT/Telecoms 21 November 2012

Contacts/Deals: JobsiteWhite drives RHA recruitment

Trade body the Road Haulage Association (RHA) has chosen JobsiteWhite to power its new job board.
IT/Telecoms 21 November 2012

Contracts/Deals: Hays announces LinkedIn extension

Generalist recruiter Hays has announced an extension of its ongoing relationship with business network website LinkedIn.
IT/Telecoms 21 November 2012

UK businesses fail to use talent information

UK companies are failing to make best use of use of internally held talent information about their organisations, according to a new report.
HR, IT/Telecoms 21 November 2012

Apex Hotels launches apprenticeship programme in Scotland

Apex Hotels has launched a Modern Apprenticeship (MA) scheme to attract school or college leavers from Edinburgh and Dundee to work in the hospitality industry.

EXCLUSIVE: Agencies ‘more customer-focused’, HR says

Recruitment agencies are becoming more customer-focused as a result of the recession, HR managers have told Recruiter.
Creative/Digital/Media, Education 21 November 2012

FSC decision sparks further debate on controversial travel & subsistence schemes

Umbrella company FS Commercial (FSC) has said it is “surprised and disappointed” by an independent tribunal’s decision not to grant the company a GLA (Gangmasters Licensing Authority) licence and will appeal.
21 November 2012

What you need to know about sponsoring migrant workers from outside Europe

The UK Border Agency Agency's recent decision to deprive London Metropolitan University of its “Highly Trusted Sponsor” status has highlighted the the importance of organisations adhering to their sponsorship duties.
20 November 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Staffgroup hires Curtis for learning and development role

David Curtis has joined Staffgroup as head of learning and development in a newly created role.
20 November 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Bouvet joins TeacherActive

TeacherActive has appointed Amber Bouvet as head of training and staff development.
Education, Public sector 20 November 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Carrot Pharma picks Lee to head team

Pharmaceutical specialists Carrot Pharma Recruitment has appointed Gareth Lee to head up its clinical & market access, HEOR [health economics outcomes research], pricing and reimbursement and pharma marketing team.
Life sciences, IT/Telecoms 20 November 2012

Contract/deals: Optima Corporate Finance becomes ALP service partner

Optima Corporate Finance has entered into a deal to become service partners with the Association of Labour Providers (ALP), the trade association for suppliers of workers within the food, agricultural and other Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) regulated sectors.
20 November 2012

5Q Consultancy opens doors

A new rec-to-rec business, which focuses on appointments in the professional services recruitment sector, has just been established.

No mandatory work scheme? No benefits

Two-thirds of jobless people would rather lose their benefits than work, government figures have shown.
20 November 2012

Campaign to recruit Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games volunteers off to strong start

More than 20,000 people have registered an interest in the first two weeks of the campaign to recruit 15,000 volunteers for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, according to the Games’ general manager of volunteering.
20 November 2012
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