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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

Legislation

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

Legislation

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.

LegislationSocial care, Transport & logistics 12 June 2025

STEM recruiter acquires construction training firm 3B Training

Morson Group has acquired Wigan-based 3B Training to expand its construction skills offering.

ContractsTransport & logistics, Engineering 12 June 2025

APPOINTMENTS: 9-13 JUNE 2025

This week’s appointments include: Evelyn Partners

PeopleBanking/Financial services, HR 12 June 2025

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 9-13 JUNE 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Firefish Software, Jobmatch Sweden, Liquid Friday

ContractsCreative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 12 June 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 9-13 JUNE 2025

This week’s new launches include: Lattice, makethehire.com

New to MarketCreative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 12 June 2025

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

Don’t promote us, we’re British

UK employees are the least likely to ask for a job promotion or request help in finding a mentor, according to the 2012 HR Beat, an international survey of hiring managers and HR professionals.

HR 25 October 2012

Drogheda cashes in on jobs from online payment firm

California-based online payment solutions firm YapStone International is to establish new EMEA region headquarters in Drogheda, County Louth, creating 120 new jobs.

25 October 2012

City Comment: Still playing the waiting game

In September we published our ‘Staffing Handbook’, a quarterly analysis of the health of the global recruitment industry.

25 October 2012

FINANCIALS: Cpl and Randstad see growth

Today sees the announcement that the UK economy was in growth over the three months to September – but this nationwide 1% growth was bettered by both recruitment group Randstad and Dublin-headquartered Cpl Resources.

25 October 2012

Extension of oil field project supports 2,000 UK jobs

Over 2,000 UK jobs in fabrication, construction, installation, subsea engineering and drilling will be created or sustained by a new £1.6bn project to extend the life of the North Sea oil fields announced yesterday [24 October].

Construction & property, Engineering 25 October 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: SABMiller gets Roberts

Ollie Roberts has been appointed as head of HR for brewing firm SABMiller’s corporate headquarters.

24 October 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Retalix gets Hall for HR

Retalix, a provider of software and services for retailers, has appointed Melanie Hall as the appointment of HR manager.

24 October 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Lazenby to VMA

Communications and HR recruiter VMA Group has appointed Sarah Lazenby as a senior consultant to its internal communications practice.

24 October 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Independent gets Twemlow

Peter Twemlow has been appointed managing director of Independent’s HR consultancy division.

24 October 2012

Retaining talent for free is key for advanced manufacturing and engineering

The pressing need to retain critical skills in the UK’s advanced manufacturing and engineering (AM&E) sector has led to the development of a unique skills-and-job matching service.

24 October 2012

INTERNATIONAL US: IT employment at all-time high

The number of people working in IT has reached an all-time high of 4.11m, exceeding the previous September 2008 high mark of 4.09m, says IT body TechServe Alliance.

24 October 2012

INTERNATIONAL Ireland: Jobs market up 28% on last January_2

The number of professional job opportunities available in Ireland in January was 28% higher than the same month in 2011 and the highest in over three years, according to the Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor.

24 October 2012

INTERNATIONAL Australia: BW Penman enters APAC_2

Energy, consumer and medical industry recruiter BW Penman has opened a Asia Pacific base in Sydney, from where it will trade in the region under the name BW Penman PTY.

24 October 2012

INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Healy promoted at Futurestep_2

Recruitment solutions firm Futurestep, a Korn/Ferry company, has appointed Trish Healy as vice president of RPO [recruitment process outsourcing] operations for the North America region.

24 October 2012

INTERNATIONAL Africa: Cashew jobs could be huge, in a nutshell_2

The cashew processing industry could bring nearly 300,000 jobs across Africa, according to the African Cashew Alliance (ACA).

24 October 2012

City Comment: Kean Marden_7

For many centuries, the ‘black dog’ has been used as a euphemism for depression, most famously by Sir Winston Churchill in the Second World War and Dr Samuel Johnson in the 1700s.

24 October 2012

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