Life sciences

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.

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.

UK Hiring Taskforce launches to develop new hiring strategies

A UK Hiring Taskforce was launched on Friday [16 May 2025] at the Houses of Parliament to develop strategy, technology and policy for “the end-to-end process of hiring in as new a way as possible”.

NEW TO THE MARKET: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Jobmatch Sweden, Matchtech, Meet Life Sciences, Right Management, Synergy

BIP UK appoints Darling director TA, learning & development

Consulting firm BIP UK has appointed Matt Darling as its new talent acquisition, learning & development director.

DEI, Your business 25 February 2025

FINANCIALS: SThree profits down due to challenging conditions

STEM recruiter SThree reports that its net fees were down 9% year-on-year (YoY).

Circle appoints Pirate Kelly as chairman

Recruitment organisation Circle has appointed Dean Kelly (left), co-founder of RDLC Pirates, as chairman.
 

Your recruitment business 3 February 2025

Life sciences recruiter Hartmann Young targets growth following MBO

International life sciences recruitment firm Hartmann Young has completed a management buyout (MBO) with founder Andrew Buxton.

DEI, Your recruitment business 22 January 2025

Owen Daniels acquires STEM specialist GK Search

Owen Daniels Group, a provider of STEM recruitment solutions, has acquired specialist STEM recruiter GK Search.

Your recruitment business 13 December 2024

Europe: Paramount launches graduate training scheme

Paramount Recruitment, the European pharmaceutical recruiter, has launched a new graduate training programme.
Your recruitment business 13 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.

STR launches Medicor Global for pharma industry

Portsmouth-based specialist recruitment group STR has launched niche pharmaceuticals recruiter Medicor Global.
Your recruitment business 1 November 2012

Contracts/Deals: Apprentice winner Martin chooses CV-Library for new agency

Job site CV-Library has been selected as the generic job board for Hyper Recruitment Solutions (HRS), the new venture run by winner of the BBC’s The Apprentice Ricky Martin and Lord Alan Sugar, which officially launched yesterday.
Your recruitment business 25 October 2012

Lord Sugar and latest Apprentice Ricky Martin launch Hyper Recruitment Solutions

Ricky Martin, this year’s winner of the BBC’s The Apprentice, launched his joint venture recruitment company, Hyper Recruitment Solutions (HRS), last night at the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in London’s Piccadilly.
Your recruitment business 24 October 2012

INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Boyden hires three MDs for San Francisco

Global executive search firm Boyden has appointed three new managing directors to its San Francisco office.
Your recruitment business 23 October 2012

BIS grant creates 150 pharma jobs at Redx

Early stage drug development company Redx Pharma will create 119 direct jobs and support a further 28 in its wider supply chain over two years, thanks to a £4.7m grant from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ (BIS’s) Regional Growth Fund (RGF).

Contracts/deals: PDR Partners acquired by Cromsource

Pharmaceutical and medical recruiter PDR Partners has been acquired by Cromsource, international contract research organisation (CRO).

In an uncertain world, companies consult the cards

Ever eager to hunt out news stories, on a visit to Brighton last weekend, one of Recruiter’s news hounds came across an interesting caravan offering its tarot card reading services on Brighton Pier.
Your recruitment business 12 October 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: RSA Interims gets former Hays internationalist

Global pharmaceutical executive search firm RSA has appointed Jana Kurtova as a senior consultant in its interims brand RSA Interims, based in the UK.
Your recruitment business 11 October 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: JCW gets Mehta to build outside of FS

Risk, audit and compliance recruiter JCW has appointed Shanelle Mehta as a senior consultant with the responsibility for building a client base for its risk and governance division outside of the financial services industry.
Your recruitment business 10 October 2012

Joint venture Laing & Buisson Recruitment launches

New healthcare recruiter Laing & Buisson Recruitment has opened for business.

INTERNATIONAL Appointments: RSA appoints in Switzerland

Global pharmaceutical executive search firm RSA has appointed Dr François Martin as managing director of RSA Switzerland, as well as new senior consultant Dr Naja Kjedsen.
Your recruitment business 10 October 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Kelly takes Scientific branch head from Reed

Recruiter Kelly Services has appointed Andrew Corness as Manchester branch manager for its Kelly Scientific Resources brand.
Your recruitment business 9 October 2012

INTERNATIONAL Uzbekistan: Pedersen gets Nasridinov

International executive search firm Pedersen & Partners has appointed Akmal Nasridinov as country manager for Uzbekistan, taking over from Hilola Suleymanova, who moves to Pedersen’s team in Germany.
Your recruitment business 5 October 2012

FINANCIALS: Matchtech strong in sectors ‘powering the economy’

Technical recruiter Matchtech saw strong results for the year ended 31 July 2012 – with revenue, net fee income (NFI) and profit before tax all growing by over 20% – as the core sectors it suppliers are the ones “powering the economy”, chief financial officer Tony Dyer tells Recruiter.
Your recruitment business 4 October 2012
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