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.

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.

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.

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.

Recruiter Searchability transitions to employee-owned

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

FINANCIALS: Staffline results exceed market expectations

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

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

Adecco and Capita among firms pledging to create apprenticeships in Europe

Recruiters Adecco and Capita were among 40 companies and organisations to join the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) yesterday, who together are pledging to make a total of 140,000 apprenticeships and training opportunities available to young people across Europe.
Companies, Emerging talent 23 June 2015

New immigration rules will force nurses to leave the UK

New immigration rules meaning migrants from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) must be earning £35k or more to stay in the UK after six years will cause non-EU nurses to think twice about coming to the UK, recruiters say.

Recruitment scamster fails to do his homework

A man who ran a recruitment scam to help candidates get into the Indian police force suffered double ignominy.
In-house recruitment 22 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.

Indian Army on parade with its careers and recruitment

The Indian Army has launched a dedicated recruitment website.
22 June 2015

Time to crack down on black market practices

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Looking through the Glassdoor at recruiters

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Bank Partners wins framework place with Crown Commercial Services

Bank Partners has been awarded a place on the Workforce Management Services Framework Agreement with the Crown Commercial Services (CCS).

Demand for primary teachers aids Servoca in revenue rise

The UK’s baby boom has helped multi-sector recruiter Servoca record a 25.6% increase in revenues in H1 2015 on the same period last year.
16 June 2015

Education staffing specialist ITN Mark Education rebrands

Education staffing specialist ITN Mark Education has rebranded.
15 June 2015

Home Office confirms rejecting some skilled worker requests as official quota exceeded

Visa requests by employers wanting to bring in staff from overseas across a range of occupations are being rejected because the June limit has already been exceeded, just two weeks into the month, the Home Office has confirmed to Recruiter.

Pertemps Recruitment Partnership wins place on Scottish frameworks

Pertemps Recruitment Partnership, part of Pertemps Network Group, has won a place on six regional framework agreements with Scottish Procurement to supply temporary administration, catering and manual labour staff across Scotland.
10 June 2015

de Poel health+care wins place on framework

de Poel health+care was awarded a place on the Crown Commercial Service Workforce Management Services Framework.

Implementation of caps on agency NHS rates ‘must be done properly’

The Department of Health (DoH) has opened the possibility that the timeline for the introduction of caps on agency pay for temporary nurses, doctors and other NHS staff could be extended beyond an announced three-month window.

MoD says its request for student data was an ‘error’

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) says it has put a stop to a request for highly sensitive personal data about school and college students, which was made to help “target its messaging” around military careers.
In-house recruitment 8 June 2015
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