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.

FINANCIALS: Gattaca posts profit rise

Gattaca has seen net fee income (NFI) rise 6% year-on-year, according to a pre-close trading update for the engineering and technology recruiter’s year to 31 July 2018.

Engineering, IT/Telecoms 2 August 2018

US DataStax creates roles in Cork

DataStax is creating 30 new roles in Cork, Ireland over the next three years.

APPOINTMENTS: 30 JULY – 3 AUGUST 2018

This week’s appointments include: Admiral Recruitment, E1EW, Eames, Gerard Daniels, Heidrick & Struggles, Talmundo, TrueBlue, virtualDCS

NEW TO THE MARKET: 30 JULY – 3 AUGUST 2018

This week’s launches include: Chad Harrison International, Concilium Search, HR GO Recruitment, PMP Recruitment, Rangam Talent Network, RHL Australasia, Selby Jennings, Sixty Seconds, Talent Works, TempaGoGo, Unseen, Zitko Consulting

Employability: A sporting chance

How Street Elite is recruiting young people off the streets for work via the lure of sport.

The arrival of blockchain

The disruptive technology comes to recruitment.

NEW TO THE MARKET: 23-27 JULY 2018

This week’s launches include: Bullhorn, Pure, Remedium Partners, Sunshine Recruitment, TempRocket

Social care, Engineering 17 July 2018

Rising to the challenge of attracting older workers

Minister of state for employment Alok Sharma on recruitment’s role in attracting older talent to fill the jobs of the future.

16 July 2018

APPOINTMENTS: 23-27 JULY 2018

This week’s appointments include: Adzuna, Berry Recruitment, BWD, Dynamite Recruitment, Eames, Green Park, Resource Solutions, Sevenstep, Snag, Source Technology, virtualDCS

CONTRACTS: 9-13 JULY 2018

This week’s contracts include: Bibby Financial Services, Ferris Slater, Frontline Recruitment, Jobshop UK, Pearson Anderson, Recruitive, Sopra Steria Recruitment, Towngate Personnel

Data breach hits Whitbread job applicants

The personal data of Whitbread job applicants could have been exposed following a cyber attack on Australian online recruitment services organisation PageUp.

Retail, Sales 4 July 2018

Wanted: IT talent specialist to mentor and manage women

An unnamed London-based tech firm is recruiting a CFO with a difference.

New BBC channel Scotland TV to create media and tech jobs

The BBC is to create 140 new jobs through the launch of a dedicated Scotland TV channel.

CONTRACTS: 25-29 JUNE 2018

This week’s contracts and deals include: Careermakers Recruitment, ClearStar, Cranford Group, Dartmouth Partners, iCIMS, Langley Search & Interim, REC

Retail, Sales 26 June 2018

Females driving surge in IT self-employed numbers

A record number of female IT professionals are working as contractors, according to official government figures.

IT/Telecoms 25 June 2018

Recruiters struggle with quality of hire and talent scarcities

The biggest challenge facing recruiters in 2018 is a combination of getting the right quality of hire and talent scarcities, according to the results of a recent survey by recruitment technology firm Oleeo (formerly known as WCN) in association with Recruiter.

20 June 2018
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