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Former royal nanny offers training to next generation

Alice Romero Drever (pictured), founder of specialist agency Nanny & Governess, is developing an online academy to train the next generation of VIP nannies.

Transport & logistics, Education, Hospitality/Leisure 5 June 2025

New to Market

Green energy firm aims to bring skilled jobs to Kent

A green energy company is set to create more than 100 jobs by 2027 with the proposed opening of a £120m plant in Kent.

Oil & gas/Energy, Life sciences, Engineering, Graduates/Apprentices/School leavers 4 June 2025

Legislation

REC CEO hits back at government cuts to agency spend

Government calls to eliminate agency spend at the NHS have received a fiery response from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation.

Public sector, Social care, HR, Healthcare/Medical 3 June 2025

Government health leaders threaten ‘rip-off temporary staffing agencies’

NHS trusts and integrated care boards (ICBs) are being urged by government health leaders to eradicate agency spending to build on a £1bn fall in spending in 2024-25.

LegislationPublic sector, Social care 3 June 2025

Portfolio Payroll partners with CIPP to drive industry evolution

Payroll recruitment agency Portfolio Payroll is part of a newly unveiled strategic partnership with The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP).

ContractsHR 3 June 2025

Hays appoints new CEO UK and Ireland

Recruitment and workforce solutions specialist Hays has appointed Thomas Way (pictured) as CEO of Hays UK and Ireland.

PeopleLife sciences, Engineering 2 June 2025

£1.5bn defence spending will create highly-skilled jobs in the UK

The UK government is to create more than 1,000 new jobs as a result of a £1.5bn defence investment.

LegislationPublic sector, Engineering 2 June 2025

BBC Studios appoints new director of HR

The BBC has appointed Jermaine Daw (pictured) as director of HR for BBC Studios, effective in June.

PeopleCreative/Digital/Media, HR 28 May 2025

Staying with one employer outdated, says hiring expert

A leader of the newly launched UK Hiring Taskforce sees a future short-term employment environment similar to the so-called gig economy in which organisations themselves are not long-lived because of rapidly changing technology.

People 27 May 2025

New London office for Holden Jones

Finance recruiter Holden Jones has opened a new office in Waterloo, central London.

13 November 2012

Jobs watch: LogMeIn and Nextag create 175 IT jobs in Ireland

More than 50 jobs are expected to be created by computer services company LogMeIn in Dublin.

IT/Telecoms, HR 13 November 2012

Scottish government urged to provide tailored support for micro businesses to boost hiring

Tailored support to Scottish micro businesses would make it easier for them to hire staff and could lead to a "serious dent" in the jobless figures, a new report has suggested.

13 November 2012

Financials: Profits unchanged at Penna Consulting

Profits at International human resources consulting group, Penna Consulting, for the six months ended 30 September 2012 were unchanged from the same period in 2011 at £0.8m before tax, according to the company’s unaudited results announced today.

HR 13 November 2012

Europe: Paramount launches graduate training scheme

Paramount Recruitment, the European pharmaceutical recruiter, has launched a new graduate training programme.

Life sciences, Graduates/Apprentices/School leavers 13 November 2012

InterQuest settles claim

Technology recruiter InterQuest has reached a £1m out-of-court settlement with Contract Connections Ltd (CCL) after a major client terminated its contract with CCL after InterQuest had bought the company last year.

IT/Telecoms 13 November 2012

Jobs picture looks brighter, say reports

Recruitment activity in the UK is growing, according to three reports out this week.

Construction & property 13 November 2012

Contracts/Deals: Norman Broadbent invests in three new business ventures

International executive search firm Norman Broadbent has acquired a majority stake in Brussels-based board level leadership consulting and executive search business Acker Deboeck.

Executive search 13 November 2012

World’s labour forces ‘deeply worrying’, says Hays’ Cox

The chief executive of Hays, Alistair Cox, says the company’s report on critical skills imbalances paints “a deeply worrying picture of the world’s labour forces”.

13 November 2012

Jobsite.com launches in the US

Digital recruitment group Evenbase has launched a US version of its Jobsite job board.

IT/Telecoms 13 November 2012

Recruiter’s 2012 HOT 100 and the HOT 10+3 IT/Telecoms recruiters (EXCLUSIVE)

At least 33 IT/Telecoms specialists populate Recruiter’s 2012 HOT 100 league table of the 100 UK recruitment companies with the highest net fee income per head.

IT/Telecoms 13 November 2012

Contracts/Deals: REC and JobCentre Plus renew agreement

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and Jobcentre Plus have renewed an agreement that their organisations will work together sharing their expertise and knowledge to help employers and job seekers around the UK.

12 November 2012

Contracts/Deals: GlobalSportsJobs and WFSGI join forces

Digital recruitment platform GlobalSportsJobs has been named official jobs and careers partner of The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI).

IT/Telecoms 12 November 2012

Contracts/Deals: A&N Media and JobsiteWhite announce deal

Consumer media company A&N Media has announced that JobsiteWhite will power its job board.

IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 12 November 2012

US: Job growth not as high as first thought, say economists

Not as many new jobs will be created in the US as first thought, economists have claimed.

12 November 2012

More than a third on incapacity benefit ‘capable of work’

More than a third of people going through incapacity benefit reassessment have been found to be capable of some form of work, the government says.

12 November 2012

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