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Recruitment industry voices say little detail on workforce from the Chancellor

Recruitment industry observers have criticised Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s failure to move the UK ahead in specific commitments to workforce issues.

Legislation/Regulation, Temporary workforce 12 June 2025

REC CEO hits back at government cuts to agency spend

Government calls to eliminate agency spend at the NHS have received a fiery response from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation.

Temporary workforce, Your business 3 June 2025

Government health leaders threaten ‘rip-off temporary staffing agencies’

NHS trusts and integrated care boards (ICBs) are being urged by government health leaders to eradicate agency spending to build on a £1bn fall in spending in 2024-25.

Your business, Your recruitment business 3 June 2025

REC urges government to build on success of Restart Scheme

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) is urging the government to build on the success of the Restart Scheme.

Your business, Your recruitment business 27 May 2025

NHS SBS partners with health-tech firm to transform workforce across NHS

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) and health-tech company ImproveWell have announced a partnership aiming to drive workforce transformation across the NHS.

Technology, Your business 15 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

PM Starmer unveils White Paper to reform immigration system

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer today unveiled the government’s Immigration white paper “to reduce migration” and strengthen the UK’s borders.

Legislation/Regulation, Your business 12 May 2025

APPOINTMENTS: 14-18 APRIL 2025

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

Supplier, Your business 14 April 2025

Cheshire-headquartered Gap Personnel acquired by Rcapital

Cheshire-headquartered recruitment agency Gap Personnel has been acquired by Rcapital in a corporate carve-out.

Your recruitment business 14 April 2025

No surprise hiring sentiment is down, reveals JobsOutlook survey

Plummeting hiring confidence among employers is no surprise, according to the CEO of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation.

Your business, Your recruitment business 27 March 2019

Leicester Hospitals launch drive to recruit nurses to work with the elderly

The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is looking to recruit nurses to work with the elderly.

In-house recruitment 27 March 2019

Recruitment day for nurses and health visitors in Kettering

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) is holding a recruitment day this weekend at St Mary’s Hospital in Kettering.

Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 26 March 2019

Recruiters give cautious welcome for radical measures to plug healthcare workforce gap

Recruiters have given a cautious welcome to proposals set out in a new report on how to avert the UK’s impending healthcare workforce crisis.

Temporary workforce, In-house recruitment 21 March 2019

Recruiters frustrated by yet more Brexit uncertainty

Recruiters have been left reeling by the uncertainty following last night’s events in Parliament, which saw MPs reject Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal for a second time.

Your recruitment business 13 March 2019

Upstart: Partnership addresses the care worker shortage

Brightwork’s PeoplePlus worked with the Bridges Programmes to find talent for the care sector

Emerging talent, Diversity/Inclusion 11 March 2019

Brexit concerns continue to hit hiring and staff availability

Uncertainty around Brexit continues to weigh heavily on hiring and staff availability, according to the latest KPMG and Recruitment & Employment Confederation ‘Report on Jobs’.

Temporary workforce, In-house recruitment 8 March 2019

FINANCIALS: Challenging year for Cross Country Healthcare

US healthcare staffing specialist Cross Country Healthcare has encountered a “challenging year”, with revenue down 6% on 2017.

Financials 28 February 2019

Confidence in UK economy falls to JobsOutlook low

Employer confidence in the prospects for the UK economy has plunged to a new low, according to the latest JobsOutlook survey from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).

Your recruitment business, Temporary workforce 27 February 2019

Government targets new carers in recruitment campaign

The government has launched a recruitment campaign aimed at attracting applicants for 110,000 vacancies in the adult social care sector.

Temporary workforce, In-house recruitment 12 February 2019

REC CEO claims industry ‘united’ in taking no-deal Brexit off the table

The CEO of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation has called on government to take a no-deal Brexit off the table.

Your recruitment business 30 January 2019

NEW TO THE MARKET: 14-18 JANUARY 2019

This week’s launches include: Global Recruitment Thought Leaders, Hager Unternehmensberatung, Y/Our Future

In-house recruitment, Talent management 15 January 2019

Immigration White Paper visa ‘too short’ to be attractive

The recruitment industry has on the whole reacted negatively to the proposals laid out in the government’s immigration White Paper.

Legislation/Regulation 20 December 2018

Immigration salary threshold ‘would kill care sector’

Any minimum salary threshold for workers eligible to apply for a visa introduced as part of the UK’s post Brexit skills-based immigration system “doesn’t make any sense” and would “kill the care sector”, according to a care sector recruiter.

Your recruitment business, Legislation/Regulation 19 December 2018

UK jobs market ‘can’t defy gravity indefinitely’

Brexit uncertainty is hitting employer’s confidence to hire, according to the latest ‘JobsOutlook’ report from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation.

Temporary workforce, In-house recruitment 19 December 2018

Tackling workforce challenges head on

The REC’s latest Future of jobs whitepaper highlights why recruiters need to take urgent action to adapt to changes in the labour market. RM explains how they can make a difference.

13 December 2018