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Humly acquires London-based education recruiter

Digital education recruitment platform Humly has finalised the purchase of London-based supply agency Future Education.

Public sector, Creative/Digital/Media 1 May 2025

HMRC to ‘revise’ IR35 CEST tool

The government has announced that its Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool will be “revised” from today [30 April 2025].

IT/Telecoms, Accounting/Finance 30 April 2025

APSCo briefs House of Lords on more amendments to Employment Rights Bill

Trade body APSCo has warned Peers of urgent amendments needed to the Employment Rights Bill, which must be addressed before it reaches Royal Assent.

30 April 2025

Policy changes leave US frontline workers nervous about jobs

Global trade policy changes are leaving US frontline workers nervous, angry and stressed out about potential effects on their jobs.

HR 30 April 2025

NHS Trust plans to cut jobs and agency staff

The BBC reports today [30 April 2025] that the North-West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is planning job cuts, as well as cutting its expenditure on bank and agency staff.

Public sector, Commercial & office support 30 April 2025

Agency workers at UK’s well-known retailer told to stay at home

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has ordered hundreds of agency workers at its main distribution centre to stay at home.

Retail, Transport & logistics 28 April 2025

FINANCIALS: Staffline results exceed market expectations

Recruitment group Staffline has announced a strong performance for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Retail, Public sector 8 April 2025

Zero-hours contracts must be ‘transparent and consistent’ says REC’s Shoesmith

Government must ensure that “transparency and consistency” exist around zero-hours contracts that workers can request.

Public sector, Social care 1 April 2025

Pertemps makes a splash recruiting for Northumbrian Water

UK-wide recruitment agency Pertemps has been awarded the managed service contract for Northumbrian Water.

Oil & gas/Energy, Transport & logistics 28 March 2025

Permanent placements up first time in a year says Report on Jobs

The UK witnessed improved hiring conditions at the end of the year, according to the latest ‘UK Report on Jobs’.

Retail, Engineering 10 January 2020

Recruiters urged not to stop off-payroll preparations

Recruiters would be ill advised to halt their preparations for off-payroll rules in the private sector, despite the government’s promise to review the implementation of the extension.

9 January 2020

Deliveroo delivers jobs in Edinburgh

Deliveroo is to deliver 70 highly skilled jobs, including software engineers, product managers, data scientists and designers.

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 9 January 2020

Not enough time for full off-payroll review say industry bodies

Recruitment and freelancer trade bodies have raised concerns over whether the timing of a review into off-pay working rules will allow MPs sufficient time to effectively scrutinise the reform.

8 January 2020

Government promises to launch review of changes to off-payroll rules

The government has delivered on a pre-election promise to launch a review of changes to off-payroll working rules.

7 January 2020

Life is a rollercoaster, you’ve just got to ride it – and get paid for it

A Florida-based company is recruiting a thrill seeker to ride rollercoasters and be paid £3k for their trouble.

Hospitality/Leisure 7 January 2020

NEW TO THE MARKET: 6-10 JANUARY 2020

This week’s launches include: Cirrstra, Encore Personnel, Higher People, Pareda Recruitment, The Best Connection

Oil & gas/Energy, Transport & logistics 7 January 2020

APPOINTMENTS: 6-11 JANUARY 2020

This week’s appointments include: Bullhorn, Candidate.ID, Dartmouth Partners, GatenbySanderson, Pedersen & Partners, PROS, Talent, Wilbury Stratton

Public sector, Creative/Digital/Media 6 January 2020

REC’s Carberry urges new government to ‘make great work happen’

Neil Carberry, CEO of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation, has called on the new government to introduce “policies that will help make great work happen”.

Public sector, Engineering 20 December 2019

Lowest unemployment rate since 1975 fails to bring much cheer

Unemployment in the UK fell to its lowest level for almost 45 years, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

17 December 2019

Antal’s Goodwin says IR35 ‘bigger issue than Brexit’

Group chairman and CEO at Antal International Tony Goodwin has told Recruiter that although the certainty of the election result will boost the recruitment industry, IR35 is now a bigger issue.

Social care, IT/Telecoms 16 December 2019