Social care

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 25-29 NOVEMBER 2024

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Avantus, Ciphr, Realise, VoltR2R

Supplier, Your business 25 November 2024

Athona transfers majority stake to Employee Ownership Trust

Healthcare recruitment agency Athona has announced the transfer of a majority stake to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).

Your recruitment business 15 November 2024

Streeting’s proposals will ban NHS trusts from using agencies for entry-level staff

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting will tomorrow [13 November 2024] outline plans for significant financial reforms within the NHS.

Your recruitment business, Legislation/Regulation 12 November 2024

Randstad to acquire Netherlands-based Zorgwerk

World talent company Randstad has announced its intention to acquire Dutch firm Zorgwerk.

Your business, Your recruitment business 24 October 2024

NEW TO THE MARKET: 1-4 OCTOBER 2024

This week’s new launches include: QS Recruitment

Your recruitment business 3 October 2024

Anderson Quigley appoints Horgan partner in education team

Executive search firm Anderson Quigley (AQ) has appointed Paul Horgan as partner in its schools and further education team.

Your recruitment business 2 October 2024

New signing Williams boosts Anderson Quigley’s health sector team

Executive search firm Anderson Quigley has appointed Sian Williams as partner in the health and social care team.

Your recruitment business 18 September 2024

Husband and wife recruiters banned after under-declaring £33m in tax

Husband-and-wife directors of a Derby-based care recruitment company have been banned after failing to pay more than £30m in tax, the Insolvency Service has reported.

Your recruitment business, Legislation/Regulation 31 July 2024

APPOINTMENTS: 29 JULY-2 AUGUST 2024

This week’s appointments include: Baltimore Consulting, Freshminds, Yodel

Your business, Your recruitment business 30 July 2024

NHS England recruitment drive welcomes thousands of healthcare support workers

NHS England reports that 35,000 offers of healthcare support worker jobs have been made since the end of January, with 25,000 already having started in the roles.

Your business 5 September 2022

Digital strategy aims to transform healthcare workforce

The government has launched the national digital workforce strategy in health and social care.

Your business, Your recruitment business 11 July 2022

APPOINTMENTS: 11-15 JULY 2022

This week’s appointments include: EML Payments, Franklin Fitch, Heidrick & Struggles, Tempest Resourcing

Supplier, Your business 11 July 2022

NHS must keep innovating and be truly tech-driven, says Hancock

The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation in the NHS, according to the Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, former secretary of state for health.

Your business, Your recruitment business 6 July 2022

Giving Back Day gives New Directions staff work for a good cause

Employees at recruitment group New Directions are being encouraged to do their bit for a cause close to their heart with the introduction of a fully paid Giving Back Day.

Your recruitment business 22 June 2022

Not enough nurses to meet patient needs safely

A new report by the Royal College of Nursing warns that eight in 10 (83%) nurses contend there weren’t enough nursing staff to meet all patient needs safely and effectively on their last shift.

Your recruitment business, Temporary workforce 7 June 2022

Globus.ai raises $4.8m to scale up and enter US market

Staffing AI company Globus.ai has announced that it has raised around $4.8m (£3.8m) from seed funding led by Alliance Venture and Scale Capital.

Your recruitment business, Temporary workforce 31 May 2022

More arrests surrounding recruitment agency in alleged modern slavery offences

There have been further arrests following the owners of a recruitment agency being taken into custody in December last year.

Your recruitment business 10 May 2022

REC letter to health minister calls for equal treatment for NHS agency workers

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) is calling for equal treatment of NHS agency workers with NHS staff.

Supplier, Temporary workforce 28 April 2022

APPOINTMENTS: 14-18 MARCH 2022

This week’s appointments include: Calibre One, Cielo, Forsyth Barnes, New Directions Health and Social Care

Your recruitment business 16 March 2022

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 17-21 JANUARY 2022

This week’s new contracts & deals include: K2 Partnering Solutions, Tezlom

Your business, Your recruitment business 19 January 2022

Labour supply problems to persist later in the decade

The biggest constraint on growth in the UK is a labour shortage, a behavioural economist has warned.

Your business, Your recruitment business 18 January 2022

Vibe Recruit merges with Paterson Personnel and expands into South England

Welsh-based recruitment firm Vibe Recruit is marking the new year by expanding into the South of England with the merger and subsequent rebranding of Paterson Personnel.

Your recruitment business 10 January 2022

ARC asks Chancellor to reinstate VAT concession for staffing agencies

The Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) has this week sent a letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposing the reinstatement of the VAT Staff Hire Concession.

Temporary workforce, Legislation/Regulation 10 December 2021

Labour shortage will hit economy hard in next 5-6 years says economist

The biggest constraint on growth in the UK is a labour shortage, a behavioural economist has warned.

Your business, Your recruitment business 1 December 2021

APPOINTMENTS: 22-26 NOVEMBER 2021

This week’s appointments include: Bis Henderson Group, Forsyth Barnes, Heidrick & Struggles, Leathwaite, Promedica24, VIQU

Your recruitment business 22 November 2021
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