Public sector

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.

Legislation/Regulation 15 May 2025

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 12-16 MAY 2025

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

Your business, Your recruitment business 14 May 2025

Is immigration white paper the end of an era for low-skilled migration?

The white paper published yesterday [12 May 2025] represents the end of an era for low-skilled migration and an ambitious shift toward productivity-first immigration.

Advice, Temporary workforce 13 May 2025

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

OFT asks IT recruiters for their views on SME access

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is asking suppliers of IT services such as recruitment into the public sector for their views on how to make it more accessible to SMEs.
Your recruitment business 5 July 2013

Interim needs drive DWP recruitment agency spend

The vast majority of recruitment agency spending at the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) goes on interims, an answer to a parliamentary question reveals.
Your recruitment business 5 July 2013

247Time hits back over NHS VAT savings criticisms

Vendor management solutions firm 247Time has hit back at media criticism of a service it offers that aims to save the NHS from paying VAT on the supply of temporary agency staff.
Your recruitment business, Legislation/Regulation 4 July 2013

£250m-a-year NHS framework delayed anew as legal proceedings begin

The introduction of a major Government Procurement Service (GPS) framework agreement for the recruitment of nurses and social care staff has again been delayed pending legal proceedings.
3 July 2013

£1k a day interim reflects shallow public sector talent pool

A surge in interim executive recruitment in the public sector, accompanied by a sharp rise in day rates, reflects the shallowness of the public sector talent pool, says a senior executive at interim management provider Interim Partners.
Your recruitment business 2 July 2013

Impossible interview questions? Here’s one that really was…

Many a jobseeker will know the frustration of getting through to a job interview only to be stumped by a tricky question – but the Royal Australian Air Force have managed to put an impossible one at the very start of its hiring process.
Your recruitment business 2 July 2013

Reed Job Index provides further grounds for optimism

The number of vacancies has grown by 22% since the same time last year, according to the latest Reed Job Index. The index for June saw 7% growth between the first and second quarters of this year.
Your recruitment business 1 July 2013

Remploy put Fellows into commercial role from forces post

Employment services provider Remploy, which has found more than 50,000 jobs for disabled and disadvantaged people in the past four years, continues its move into a new, more commercial era with a new director of public sector.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 28 June 2013

Eurotime Solutions recruits veterans and Avery for IT recruitment

IT and telecoms recruiter Eurotime Solutions has appointed Nathan Avery as a principal consultant, while Army reservist Kurt Fisher joins the company in the same role.
Your recruitment business 28 June 2013

Winners and losers after Osborne’s spending review, say recruiters

The recruitment sector will have winners as well as losers due to yesterday’s spending review in which Chancellor George Osborne announced spending cuts of £11.5bn in 2015-16.
Your recruitment business 27 June 2013

Osborne’s renegotiation of contracts with suppliers fraught with difficulties

Outsourcing giant Capita says it has no comment to make on whether a £400m contract with the Army to provide recruitment services could be renegotiated.
Your recruitment business 26 June 2013

Canberra work experience for future indigenous Australian leaders

Over 100 indigenous secondary school students from across Australia are undertaking a week of work experience with the Australian government in the nation’s capital city of Canberra.
Your recruitment business 18 June 2013

Countdown to zero hours contracts review findings in autumn

Officials from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) will make a decision this autumn as to what further action it might take on zero hours contracts, following newly-announced investigations into the matter.
Your recruitment business 18 June 2013

Total Assist recruits Carline and Crane

Healthcare recruiter Total Assist Group has taken on new business development manager Robert Carline, and appointed new consultant Craig Crane to its nursing division.
Your recruitment business 14 June 2013

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.
Your recruitment business 14 June 2013

Reserve more notice for employers

Trebling the period of notice to employers whose staff are going on operations with Britain’s military reserve forces is vital to ensure that more reservists are hired.
Your recruitment business 13 June 2013
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