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: Harvey Nash predicts profits in line with expectations

Global technology recruitment and outsourcing group Harvey Nash says it expects profits to be in line with market expectations.

FINANCIALS: Adecco see rise in revenues boosted by Western Europe growth

Recruitment giant Adecco has seen revenues increase 6% year-on-year boosted by “strong” growth in Western Europe.

APPOINTMENTS: 26 FEBRUARY-2 MARCH 2018

This week’s appointments include: Austin Fraser, Frank Recruitment Group, Market Talent, Pedersen & Partners, Redgrave Partners, TrueBlue

Technology set to transform recruitment, says outsourcing report

The potential for technology to transform recruitment is the big theme of Resource Solutions’ sixth Recruitment Outsourcing Insights report.

22 February 2018

Made to Engage creates new ICT jobs in Northern Ireland

Digital agency Made to Engage is to create 40 new jobs in Northern Ireland’s information and communications technology sector.

NEW TO THE MARKET: 19-23 FEBRUARY 2018

This week’s launches include: Workday

IT/Telecoms 20 February 2018

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 19-23 FEBRUARY 2018

This week’s contracts and deals include: Adecco Group, Alexander Mann Solutions, Firstsource Solutions, greenbean by NRG, REC, Search Consultancy

APPOINTMENTS: 19-23 FEBRUARY 2018

This week’s appointments include: Austin Fraser, Armstrong Craven, Global Resourcing Group, LACE Partners, Mercer, Morgan McKinley, Pedersen & Partners, Savannah Group, Search Consultancy, SkillSnap, Trust Tech

Driving missed data

Recruiters can buy all the latest data analytics and AI tools they like, but if they aren’t actually moving the business forward, then their use is debatable.

Time to don the headset?

A recruitment role for virtual reality

IT/Telecoms, HR 14 February 2018

Start-up of the Month: Talentful

Co-founders Chris Abbass (above) and Philip Blaydes launched tech sector recruitment agency Talentful to solve the in-house recruitment problems both were experiencing.

FINANCIALS: Randstad posts double-digit increase in revenues

Recruitment giant Randstad has posted a 13% increase in annual revenues, according to its full-year 2017 results.

IT/Telecoms 13 February 2018

NEW TO THE MARKET: 12-16 FEBRUARY 2018

This week’s launches include: APSCo, ClickMechanic, Computer Recruiter, Guidant Group, ITS, Recite Me, TFS Healthcare, Uncommon.co

FINANCIALS: TrueBlue optimistic despite drop in revenue

US blue-collar recruiter TrueBlue has seen revenue fall 9% year-on-year, according to a results statement for Q4 2017.

Chef Software creates jobs in new Belfast software centre

Seattle-based software company Chef Software to create 55 jobs at a new software development centre in Belfast.

NEW TO THE MARKET: 5-9 FEBRUARY 2018

This week’s launches includes: Bluestones Staffing NI, Chad Harrison International, Cobalt Recruitment, cute-e, Heidrick & Struggles, Novacare, Phaidon International, SecureSearch, Textkernel

Retail, Social care 5 February 2018
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