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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Staying with one employer outdated, says hiring expert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

REC/KPMG Report on Jobs gives grounds for optimism

Jobs were filled at the fastest rate for nearly months in October as more people found work in both temporary and permanent positions, according to the latest Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC)/KPMG Report on Jobs.

8 November 2012

CIPD conference 2012: Employers need to step up their efforts to build the UK workforce of the future

Employers need to do more to help young people and those leaving education, if the UK is to have the workforce that it needs in the future. That was one of the major themes to emerge from a keynote panel discussion at the second day of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) annual conference being held in Manchester.

8 November 2012

AUSTRALIA: Employers less keen to hire

Official figures released on Thursday showed the unemployment rate remained at 5.4% in October, with 10,700 extra people finding employment in the month.

8 November 2012

Argentina: Evenbase snaps up share in freelance marketplace Workana

Digital recruitment group Evenbase has made a minority investment in Workana, an Argentina-based online marketplace for freelance and remote workers across Latin America.

IT/Telecoms 7 November 2012

UK & Ireland appointments: MoneySupermarket fills talent acquisition role

Price comparison site MoneySupermarket.com has taken on Jess Illes as talent acquisition manager.

7 November 2012

Contracts/deals: recruiters join government G-Cloud suppliers

Hays and Pertemps are among the recruitment consultancies winning a place on the suppliers framework for G-Cloud, the government’s new cloud computing and ICT system.

IT/Telecoms 7 November 2012

Appointments: Jones to head up Kelly UK and Ireland

Kelly Services, the workforce solutions provider, has appointed Gary Jones to the position of managing director and country general manager, UK and Ireland.

7 November 2012

Winners celebrate success at YFJ People Awards

Around 150 resourcing professionals, recruiters and suppliers working in the £70bn turnover UK food and drinks industry attended last night’s inaugural YourFoodJob.com People Awards, run in association with Recruiter.

7 November 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Exsurgo gets Keates from Quest

Recruiter Exsurgo has appointed Simon Keates as principal consultant on its retail team.

6 November 2012

Contracts/Deals: SW6 gets rec-to-rec deal with Spencer Ogden

Newly-launched rec-to-rec firm SW6 Associates has been awarded an exclusive graduate contract to supply candidates to energy recruiter Spencer Ogden.

Engineering, Graduates/Apprentices/School leavers 6 November 2012

Contracts/Deals: JobsiteWhite partners with Totally Engineering Jobs

Specialist job site Totally Engineering Jobs has selected JobsiteWhite, a customisable ‘white label job board’ created by Jobsite, to power its website.

IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 6 November 2012

Contracts/Deals: Hamilton Bradshaw backs SF Group MBO

Investors Hamilton Bradshaw Private Equity (HBPE) has acquired an 83% stake in independent financial recruiter SF Group, funding a management buy-out (MBO).

6 November 2012

FINANCIALS: Adecco solid and flat in Q3

Recruitment group Adecco called its Q3 2012 financial results ‘solid’, as revenues remained flat year-on-year at $5.3bn (£4.24bn), although this represented a 5% decline adjusted for constant currency.

6 November 2012

VIDEO: Creativity and more to be celebrated at tonight’s YFJ People Awards

As Jamie White, creative director at advertising agency Blackbridge Communications, and Paul Maxin, global resourcing director at FMCG group Unilever, say in the below video, tonight’s inaugural YourFoodJobs.com People Awards, in association with Recruiter, are a celebration of industry creativity.

Creative/Digital/Media, Industrial/Manufacturing 6 November 2012

Plans to increase UK-UAE trade to £12bn ‘on track’

The third meeting of the UK-UAE Business Council in Dubai yesterday [5 November] heard from ministers from both countries that plans to increase trade volume between the states to £12bn by 2015 are on track.

Construction & property, Engineering 6 November 2012

UK recruitment industry grows 4.3% despite tough conditions

Despite difficult market conditions, the UK recruitment industry grew by 4.3% in the financial year ending April 2012 to reach £25.7bn, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s (REC’s) Recruitment Industry Trends Survey 2011/12.

6 November 2012

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