Technology

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 9-13 JUNE 2025

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

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 12 June 2025

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.

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 20 May 2025

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”.

Life sciences, Creative/Digital/Media 19 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.

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.

Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Creative/Digital/Media 15 May 2025
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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

Public sector, Creative/Digital/Media 6 May 2025

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.

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 6 May 2025

Quilvest Private Equity acquires Phaidon International

Micro-specialist recruiter Phaidon International has been acquired by Quilvest Private Equity, the private equity arm of the Quilvest Group.

Transport & logistics, Life sciences 10 April 2018

Nakama CFO resigns as Australian tax difficulties mount

Angus Watson has stepped down as chief financial officer at Nakama Group, as the international recruiter warned of difficulties its Australian subsidiaries may encounter in meeting outstanding tax payments.

Executive search, IT/Telecoms 9 April 2018

APPOINTMENTS: 3-6 APRIL 2018

This week’s appointments include: Henderson Scott, Holmes Noble, SmashFly Technologies, SRi

Marketing, Oil & gas/Energy 3 April 2018
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GDPR and the Facebook scandal

Data protection is in the news, but GDPR presents challenges for many according to Drey Francis at Engage Technology Partners.

29 March 2018

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 26-29 MARCH 2018

This week’s contracts and deals include: Anthology, randrr, Walker Smith Global, WCN

Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Accounting/Finance 26 March 2018

Recruiter Awards shortlisted new agencies share their secrets

In the week the shortlist for the Recruiter Awards 2018 in association with flexr was released, Recruiter spoke to the agencies that made the cut in the Best New Agency category.

Public sector, Marketing 23 March 2018

FINANCIALS: Kellan Group results reveal rise from last year’s loss

Kellan Group has posted a 0.5% annual increase in revenue, buoyed by growth in its Berkeley Scott business, according to results for the year to 31 December 2017.

Retail, Industrial/Manufacturing 23 March 2018

SThree opens STEM Centre of Excellence in Glasgow

International recruitment organisation SThree is to open a Centre of Excellence in Glasgow.

Life sciences, Engineering 23 March 2018

Unleash conference reveals recruitment technology transformation

The ever expanding and constantly changing role that technology plays in HR and recruitment was the theme of the Unleash conference and exhibition held at London Excel this week.

IT/Telecoms, HR 22 March 2018

Tempo raises £1m to boost AI platform development

Online recruitment platform Tempo has secured £1m in seed funding.

Commercial & office support, HR 19 March 2018

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 19-23 MARCH 2018

This week’s contracts & deals include: AESC, Brightwork, Hudson, Nakama Group, Northants GP, Parity, Sheffield Haworth, totaljobs, Workday

Public sector, Creative/Digital/Media 19 March 2018

Royal Navy admits problems with Capita’s recruiting system

The Royal Navy has admitted to problems with its new Defence Recruiting System (DRS), the online recruitment system provided by outsourcing firm Capita.

Public sector, Engineering 15 March 2018

Bullhorn acquires recruitment software firms Talent Rover and Jobscience

Cloud computing company Bullhorn has acquired Talent Rover and Jobscience – two of providers of recruitment software built on the Salesforce platform.

IT/Telecoms, HR 14 March 2018

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 12-16 MARCH 2018

This week’s contracts and deals include: Adecco, Adzuna, ClickIQ, CV-Library, de Poel health + care, Education-Jobs.co.uk, NPAworldwide, Templine, Universal Jobmatch

Public sector, Social care 13 March 2018

NEW TO THE MARKET: 12-16 MARCH 2018

This week’s launches include: breatheHR, Harnham, Hiring Success Company, Hotelhouse.co, Mapped, Morgan McKinley, NC Associates, Neuven Solutions, NonStop Recruitment, PRISM

HR, Hospitality/Leisure 12 March 2018

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 5-9 MARCH 2018

This week’s contracts & deals include: ClearStar, Frontline Recruitment, Go Resourcing, Harvey Nash Group, Horton International, Human, Jarell Group, Meraki Executive Search & Consulting, Performan Group, Recruitive

Oil & gas/Energy, Transport & logistics 5 March 2018
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