Technology

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 9-13 JUNE 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Firefish Software, Jobmatch Sweden, Liquid Friday

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 27-30 MAY 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Kyloe Partners

IT/Telecoms, HR 27 May 2025

Human skills as important as ‘oven-ready’ tech skills

The UK skills landscape is experiencing rapid and regular turnover as employers look for “oven-ready talent” with much in-demand technical skills.

UK Hiring Taskforce launches to develop new hiring strategies

A UK Hiring Taskforce was launched on Friday [16 May 2025] at the Houses of Parliament to develop strategy, technology and policy for “the end-to-end process of hiring in as new a way as possible”.

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.

Social care, IT/Telecoms 15 May 2025
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Org Group acquires Manchester-based tech recruiting firm

Multinational professional services provider Org Group has acquired Manchester-based technology recruiting firm Venturi.

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AI agents are coming

Rather than being seen as the enemy, the recruitment industry should view AI agents as an exciting new dawn.

7 May 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 5-9 MAY 2025

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

The rise and rise of agentic AI adoption

Agentic AI adoption is expected to grow 327% by 2027 as HR leaders plan to redeploy a quarter of their workforce, according to new research by Salesforce.

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 25 FEBRUARY-1 MARCH 2019

This week’s contracts and deals include: Association of Labour Providers, Candidate.ID, Montage, Parity Group, Your World Recruitment Group

Retail, Public sector 25 February 2019

Government addresses ‘brain drain’ with new AI Masters courses

The government has unveiled a new artificial intelligence skills programme to plug the future talent gap in the UK.

FINANCIALS: Japanese Recruit Group sees revenues rise

Indeed and Glassdoor owner Recruit Group has seen revenue rise 7% year-on-year, according to results for the nine months to 31 December 2018.

HR 14 February 2019

AI pinpoints ‘huge’ gender imbalance in UK workplace, not only in the boardroom

Huge gender bias is evident in the UK workforce, according to a study, which examined the role of men and women across the British workplace.

12 February 2019

Start-up of the Month: TT Tech Solutions

Former Apprentice candidate Trishna Thakrar has struck out on her own to set up technology staffing specialist TT Tech Solutions in Essex.

IT/Telecoms 12 February 2019

US tech firm digs up dodgy behaviours on future hires

Hiring the wrong person can be costly and lead to hostile work environments.

HR 12 February 2019
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Joining the dots: Exploiting big data to find talent

Different technologies combine to help recruiters find better talent.

12 February 2019

AMI investment creates new jobs for Belfast

A Belfast-based company is creating 30 new roles as part of a £3.5m investment.

IT/Telecoms 11 February 2019

Oodle launches recruitment drive for London development hub

Fintech firm Oodle has launched a recruitment drive across areas including technology, marketing, design and data science ahead of establishing a new product development hub in London.

NEW TO THE MARKET: 11-15 FEBRUARY 2019

This week’s launches include: AmazingHiring, Coracle Inside, Highr, LinkedIn, LMRE, O.C. Tanner, SF Recruitment

Accenture graduate recruitment revamp focuses on diversity and digital innovation

Global management consulting and professional services firm Accenture has introduced a new approach to graduate recruitment in its UK business, aimed at building a diverse workforce while providing candidates with an insight into the digital innovation that is embedded into every aspect of life at the company.

French firm creates technology jobs in Ireland

A French technology company is to create 150 new jobs in Dublin and Belfast.

Engineering, IT/Telecoms 7 February 2019

Get your cyber bullying policies in place to protect agency workers

Recruiters should have robust policies in place aimed at preventing cyber bullying protecting their consultants, as well as their agency workers out on assignment.

Legal, HR 5 February 2019

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 4-8 FEBRUARY 2019

This week’s contracts and deals include: Alium Partners, AnyGood?, Ceridian, Crelate, Distributed, Resource Management, Resume-Library, RMG, The Curve Group

NEW TO THE MARKET: 4-8 FEBRUARY 2019

This week’s launches include: Acas, Fyte, GoFindMe, Morgan Philips Group, Rec-interim, Skillbase Group, Talentry

Ex-Apprentice Thakrar welcomes first hire at TT Tech Solutions

Former Apprentice contestant Trishna Thakrar has announced that her first hire for her agency TT Tech Solutions is now on board.

IT/Telecoms, Accounting/Finance 1 February 2019
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