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CONTRACTS & DEALS: 12-16 MAY 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Henley Business School, ServiceNow, The Curve Group, Think, UKG

UK-INDIA FTA: Financially beneficial for firms to second Indian workers to the UK

Following the news that the UK and India have agreed a trade deal, what will that mean for mobility of workers?

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Tech & Tools: May/June 2025

Rise of native AI applicant tracking systems

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Soundbites: May/June 2025

Which proposed aspects would you like to see removed from the Employment Rights Bill?

Supplier, Your business 7 May 2025

APPOINTMENTS: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: Zellis

Supplier, Your business 6 May 2025

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.

Advice, Your business 2 May 2025

Policy changes leave US frontline workers nervous about jobs

Global trade policy changes are leaving US frontline workers nervous, angry and stressed out about potential effects on their jobs.

APPOINTMENTS: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: Eames Consulting, Faststream Recruitment Group, Gi Group, Heidrick & Struggles, Oyster, Starfish Search, Sellick Partnership

Supplier, Your business 28 April 2025

Ashley Kate HR takes on three consultants

HR recruiter Ashley Kate HR has appointed Colin Orr, Cheryl Rawson and Katie Barks as HR recruitment consultants.

Keep vacancies open longer to attract more women to apply

Employers should keep job vacancies open longer to encourage more women to apply for jobs, recruiters and HR professionals have heard.
In-house recruitment 2 July 2015

Bella Italia launches new recruitment site for its 2,000 new jobs

Italian restaurant chain Bella Italia has launched a new recruitment website to help with its hiring for 2,000 new jobs nationwide.
In-house recruitment 1 July 2015

Watson Moore merges with Axon Resourcing

Financial staffing specialist Watson Moore has merged with finance, IT, HR and executive level recruiter Axon Resourcing.

Penna acquires Career Café 360 businesses

International HR consulting group Penna Consulting has acquired recruitment advertising and communications business Career Café, trading as 360 Degrees Advertising and 360 Education.

Invest|R Group appoints Williams group CEO

The Invest|R Group, which invests in high-growth, specialist professional staffing and recruitment firms, has appointed Luke Williams as group chief executive.

McGinley HR launches education and healthcare divisions

Multi-sector recruiter McGinley Human Resources (MHR) has launched two new divisions for the education and healthcare sectors after securing an £8m specialist funding facility from Lloyds Bank.
29 June 2015

Infor launches Talent Science to help cloud-based selection

Cloud company Infor has launched cloud-based human capital management solution Infor Talent Science.

The name’s Bond – licence to kill rainforests

Forget a licence to kill – if legendary secret agent James Bond lived by the same HR rules as everybody else, he would barely make it out of the office, thanks to the paperwork his exploits would generate.
26 June 2015

Call for more awareness as maritime roles slip below the radar

The UK will be facing a shortfall of 5,000 seafaring jobs by 2020 if greater awareness of maritime careers is not addressed, Barry Bryant, head of charity Seafarers UK, told an audience in London yesterday.

Sopia Steria wins place on Cirrus Consortium framework

Recruitment process outsourcing provider Sopia Steria has won a place on the Cirrus Consortium’s agency labour and recruitment services framework.
24 June 2015

Birmingham City Council’s recruitment team’s commercial work put on hold

An award-winning initiative by Birmingham City Council’s recruitment team has been put on hold because of massive restructuring at the council.

SharePoint specialist PointSolutions launches PeoplePoint365

UK-based SharePoint solutions specialist PointSolutions is launching PeoplePoint365, a cloud version of its SharePoint HR software designed for Microsoft Office365 environments.

Helping new hires onboard

Recruiters are often the first personal contacts for a candidate in a new organisation.

Thorn Baker appoints Debenham as operations manager

Multi-sector recruiter Thorn Baker has appointed Melonie Debenham as operations manager in charge of expansion of their offices.

IDEX takes on Burns as senior consultant

Talent attraction and development specialist IDEX Consulting has appointed Adam Burns as senior recruitment consultant in charge of their South West insurance desk.
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