Public sector

Cross-continent MoU could boost environmental health profession amid recruitment struggles

An agreement has been signed, which could help boost recruitment of environmental health officers (EHOs) globally.

Your business, Your recruitment business 8 May 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Heidrick & Struggles, Matrix, ProdigyPB, Project Brains

Supplier, Technology 6 May 2025

Humly acquires London-based education recruiter

Digital education recruitment platform Humly has finalised the purchase of London-based supply agency Future Education.

Temporary workforce, Your business 1 May 2025

NHS Trust plans to cut jobs and agency staff

The BBC reports today [30 April 2025] that the North-West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is planning job cuts, as well as cutting its expenditure on bank and agency staff.

Temporary workforce, Your business 30 April 2025

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

APPOINTMENTS: 14-18 APRIL 2025

This week’s appointments include: Eventus Recruitment Group, Matrix, SPG Resourcing

Supplier, Your business 14 April 2025

Californian master plan calls for new statewide collaborative to align education, training and hiring needs

In the US, the state of California is proposing to launch digital career passports for the labour market.

Your business, Your recruitment business 14 April 2025

Recruiter Searchability transitions to employee-owned

Tech recruitment firm Searchability has announced its transition to employee ownership via an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).

Your recruitment business 8 April 2025

FINANCIALS: Staffline results exceed market expectations

Recruitment group Staffline has announced a strong performance for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Financials, Your recruitment business 8 April 2025

BBC’s ex-HR head in tribunal after standing up to alleged discrimination

Byron Mears, a former HR head leader at the BBC, is claiming at an employment tribunal that he was bullied to the point of an illness that made him quit his job, after he stood up for a female member of staff who had asked to work part-time following a return to work from maternity leave.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 25 February 2013

City Hindu Network looks to reveal different views on glass ceiling

Not-for-profit organisation the City Hindus Network (CHN) is looking to explore how perceptions of the glass ceiling differ among, and have an effect upon, professionals from ethnic minorities, a recruiter leading research into the matter tells Recruiter.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 25 February 2013

Work Programme ‘a success’, says Pertemps People Development Group MD

The managing director of welfare-to-work provider Pertemps People Development Group (PPDG) has hit back at criticisms by MPs that the government’s Work Programme is failing.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 25 February 2013

Met Police to investigate construction ‘blacklist’

The Metropolitan Police is to investigate claims that police co-operated to blacklist a total of 3,213 construction workers on a list that was maintained by a company called the Consulting Association and used by over 40 construction companies.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 22 February 2013

Hampshire aims to make third of new hires apprentices

Around a third of all job vacancies advertised by local authority Hampshire County Council will be apprenticeships, under a new initiative announced by the council.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 19 February 2013

Jobs Watch: Tata hiring for secure jobs in Liverpool, 100 roles at Pleasureland Southport

IT services and business solutions provider Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is to expand its UK operations in a new office in Liverpool, while 30km North in Stockport, a revamped fairground should create 100 jobs.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 19 February 2013

Minto joins newly-launched Direct Employers Association

The Direct Employers Association (DEA), a new UK-based not-for-profit membership organisation for employers, has welcomed Colin Minto, head of resourcing at security firm G4S, into the role of chairman of its executive committee.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 19 February 2013

Capita firm Veredus increases private sector focus

Veredus, the executive recruitment arm of outsourcing giant Capita, has launched eight new private sector practices as it looks to specialise beyond its public sector and third sector operations.
Your recruitment business 18 February 2013

Employment growth set to continue

Two separate reports indicate that employment growth is set to continue, despite lack of growth in the UK economy.
Your recruitment business 18 February 2013

‘Live from Afghanistan’ TA ads go live

Live footage of military operations in Afghanistan aired on ITV as part of a recruitment campaign for the UK’s Territorial Army (TA) during the past weekend.
Your recruitment business 18 February 2013

Long-term staffing review needed as HCL report lays bare reliance on locums

A long-term radical review of staffing in Accident & Emergency (A&E) departments in England is needed after a report by healthcare staff provider HCL Workplace Solutions revealed the reliance of A&E departments on locum doctors.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 15 February 2013

New Directions Education gets Wilkins to lead Birmingham

Specialist recruiter New Directions Education has appointed Mandy Wilkins to the Birmingham team as its branch manager.
Your recruitment business 15 February 2013

Lockheed Martin recruitment team at vanguard of UK expansion

The recruitment team at Lockheed Martin will be “at the real sharp end” of discussions around the US defence giant’s planned expansion of its UK operations, the function’s head Jonathan Young tells Recruiter.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 13 February 2013

G4S agrees to forego further Olympics fee

Security provider G4S has said that it will lose £20m more than originally expected over its ill-fated involvement with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, after agreeing to waive a larger proportion of its project management charge.
In-house recruitment, Your recruitment business 12 February 2013

Compensation for Barnet Council workers left in dark over AWR

The case for recruiters and employers keeping a close eye on legal obligations to their temporary workers in the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) era was highlighted again this week.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 8 February 2013

Mid-Staffs aftermath sees NHS pledge to recruit on values

Following publication of the shocking findings of the public inquiry into mistreatment of patients at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, the head of the organisation representing employers in the NHS has told Recruiter that the service is committed to recruiting staff with the right behaviours and values.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 7 February 2013
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