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.

NEW TO THE MARKET: 6-10 NOVEMBER 2017

This week’s new product, offices and offerings include: AasaanJobs, Appcast, APPII, Omega Resource Group

APPOINTMENTS: 6-10 NOVEMBER 2017

This week’s appointments include: Armstrong Craven, Arrows Group, Class People, Core-Asset Verify, Eames Consulting Group, Entelo, Head Medical, INEOS Automotive, MOVE Guides, Pedersen & Partners, Randstad, Salt, Servoca, Zachary Daniels

Tech firm brings new jobs in Caerphilly

A Caerphilly-based company, which specialises in tracking and removing counterfeit goods from the Internet, is creating 80 new jobs.

Retail, Creative/Digital/Media 1 November 2017

Belfast firms create 55 jobs

Eight Belfast companies are between them creating 55 jobs, backed by investment from regional development agency Invest NI.

Retail, Construction & property 31 October 2017

APPOINTMENTS: 30 OCTOBER-3 NOVEMBER 2017

This week’s appointments include: Bullhorn, Core-Asset Consulting, Franklin Fitch, FPS, Hamlyn Williams, ManpowerGroup, McGregor Boyall, Nakama Group, NHS Improvement, Oyster Partnership, Pedersen & Partners, Pure Search, Rutherford Cross, Talentmark, Team Support, Woodrow Mercer Finance

Public sector, Life sciences 30 October 2017

Future cyber security talent sorted but plugging gaps now is less certain

Recruiting the next generation of talent the UK needs to fight cyber security threats in the future is well under way – the challenge is dealing with the next five years.

Top 10 socially engaged recruitment agencies

Hays, PageGroup and Adecco all feature in LinkedIn’s 2017 rankings for most socially engaged large recruitment agencies, but who has come where in the list?

‘Future of jobs’ report calls for more work between schools and business

Progress on inclusion, social mobility, pay gaps and productivity are among the new ways that government and business need to measure the success of the UK jobs market, a report by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) has recommended.

Public sector, Education 19 October 2017

Start-up of the Month: LUCKYLINK's EVA

Recruitment app provider LUCKYLINK has launched EVA (Employment Virtual Assistant).

IT/Telecoms, HR 18 October 2017

CONTRACTS AND DEALS: 16-20 OCTOBER 2017

This week’s contracts and deals include: Atera, Ezy Solutions Group, Operam Education, PMP Recruitment, Provide Education

Transport & logistics, Education 17 October 2017

Emotional AI: Putting the human element into technology

Recruiters have become used to artificial intelligence (AI) beavering away in the background on tasks such as search-and-match and CV sifting, but two new products show it is only just starting to demonstrate its true potential.

Marketing, IT/Telecoms 16 October 2017

Automation and the recruitment industry

What are the key technology platforms to watch out for in automation of recruitment?

IT/Telecoms, HR 16 October 2017

Nicoll Curtin buys cyber experts BeecherMadden

Cyber security and corporate governance recruiter BeecherMadden has joined the technology-focused Nicoll Curtin Group, becoming the group’s second new business this year. No sale price was disclosed.

IT/Telecoms 16 October 2017

NEW TO THE MARKET: 16-20 OCTOBER 2017

This week’s new product, offices and offerings include: BrooksonCandiRight, iwant2bea, Fircroft, iMultiply, Madgex, MSS People, NHS Northamptonshire, Taylor Higson

Public sector, Education 16 October 2017

Online peer recommendations could revolutionise recruitment

Dedicated industry online forums offering peer-to-peer recommendations could revolutionise recruitment processes.

IT/Telecoms, Accounting/Finance 13 October 2017

Meaningful relationships can still outperform AI in recruitment

If you spend each day making cold call after cold call rather than concentrating on building meaningful client relationships, then artificial intelligence (AI) is coming for your job.

HR 11 October 2017
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