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NHS SBS partners with health-tech firm to transform workforce across NHS

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) and health-tech company ImproveWell have announced a partnership aiming to drive workforce transformation across the NHS.

Technology, Your business 15 May 2025

Government plans to re-wire the state with civil servant moves

Thousands of civil servants – including senior leaders – will be based in 13 towns and cities across the UK to work with frontline workers and local leaders.

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Org Group acquires Manchester-based tech recruiting firm

Multinational professional services provider Org Group has acquired Manchester-based technology recruiting firm Venturi.

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.

New Center Parcs location gets HR manager to drive recruitment

The recruitment and training of a team of 1,500 is a major part of the role of Center Parcs Woburn Forest’s new HR manager Tracey Purser.

Morgan McKinley recruits for new senior marketing and people role

Global professional recruiter Morgan McKinley has appointed a new global marketing director and promoted an HR manager to the newly-created role of people director.

Carillion’s Clements to joins CIPD as deputy CEO in September

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has appointed Susannah Clements as its new deputy chief executive officer, taking up the role in September.

Positive turnaround in Lloyds Banking Group’s employer brand

There has been a positive turn around in perceptions of Lloyds Banking Group’s employer brand, according to a senior resourcing executive at the bank.

Human capital to get metric treatment from CIPD

The Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) will work with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) to develop human capital metrics, the HR body’s chief has said.

PageGroup voices support for trade body mergers

PageGroup has become the first staffing agency to come out publicly in favour of the merger of bodies representing the recruitment industry. It follows recent reports that the REC intends to initiate informal soundings with other trade bodies.

Staffing tops HR’s draining queries list finds Transversal

HR decision makers find large portions of their time sucked up in handling routine calls and emails from employees, with staffing queries the most frequent, finds research by knowledge base vendor Transversal.

Strength-based recruitment builds grad diversity, says Capp

A strength-based approach to recruitment is having a positive impact on the diversity of those entering the workforce at graduate level, a Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) conference has heard.

Slower labour turnover ups stakes in war for talent, finds CIPD/Hays research

The proportion of firms reporting a rise in competition for well-qualified talent has risen threefold over the last four years, according to the CIPD/Hays Resourcing and Talent Planning Survey 2013.

More pharma expansion in Northern Ireland as Norbrook hires

Northern Ireland-based veterinary pharmaceuticals maker Norbrook Laboratories is to take on 400 new staff as it pushes to meet expectations of further demand from global markets.

Friday Teasers: Employment Law - HR Connect Quiz 2013 ROUND FIVE

How’s your Employment Law know-how? Facilitated by law firm Bird & Bird, a recent meeting of London HR Connection included an employment law quiz. Thanks to both for allowing us to use it here.
14 June 2013

Business services firm TMF gets HR and payroll head

Business services company TMF Group has appointed Deborah Williams as global head of its HR and payroll provision.

Penna gets Hart for government and health interims

HR firm Penna has taken on Nick Hart as a senior consultant in its executive interim recruitment team, focusing on central government and health.

Identify FIRM risks

In-house recruiters can make themselves “a bit more useful” by using their expertise to identify risks to their employers’ business strategy, members of the FIRM (Forum for In-House Recruitment Managers) have heard.

Japan: land of the recruiting giants

Japanese recruitment giants must not be taken lightly as they expand overseas, the Asia-Pacific managing director of energy and earth sciences recruiter EarthStream Global has said.

CEB: no analytics for analytics’ sake

Analytics are high on the priority list in talent resourcing and recruiting circles in 2013, but too many organisations are “doing analytics for analytics’ sake”, according to Jean Martin, executive director of the human resources practice of CEB’s (formerly Corporate Executive Board) Corporate Leadership Council.
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