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International manufacturer invests £170m in North Wales facility

Around 140 jobs will be created in North Wales after Knauf Insulation unveiled plans to invest £170m in a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.

Oil & gas/Energy, Transport & logistics 20 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

Staffline secures large contract win with logistics provider

Recruitment group Staffline has secured a significant strategic partnership with one of the UK’s leading food and drink supply chain management and logistics providers.

Retail, Transport & logistics 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

Morson advances with technical specialist buy in the US

Morson Group has strengthened its position as a global talent solutions leader with the acquisition of US-based technical recruiter PTS Advance.

Oil & gas/Energy, Engineering 15 May 2025

Granger Reis appoints natural resources expert Phendler

Global executive search firm Granger Reis has announced the appointment of Rowan Phendler (right) as partner.

Oil & gas/Energy, Engineering 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

Aligra restructures at the top with promotions

UK-based recruiter Aligra has announced a key leadership restructure that reflects the company’s strategic vision for the future.

14 May 2025

Midlands agency helps bring down modern slavery gang

A recruitment agency co-operated with authorities to bring a major modern slavery network to justice.

8 July 2019

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 8-12 JULY 2019

This week’s contracts and deals include: Baxter Neumann, Flexy Corporation, Hireserve, Hortor, HR GO, Impellam Group, Morson, novacare, Profiles Creative, Red Berry Recruitment, River Partnership, Stratagem Global Recruitment

Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Public sector 8 July 2019

Recouping stolen charity money from Frontline fishing event

A Leicester branch of a recruitment agency has already managed to recoup the money it raised for a children’s charity following a burglary.

Charity & not-for-profit 5 July 2019

NEW TO THE MARKET: 1-5 JULY 2019

This week’s launches include: AssessFirst, Cross Country Healthcare, Engaging Works, GMP Recruitment, Meraki Talent, Sterling, West Midlands Combined Authority

Creative/Digital/Media, Engineering 2 July 2019

REC restructures to sharpen the arrowhead of business

An internal restructuring restructuring aimed at “sharpening the arrowhead of the business” was among the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s (REC) achievements over the past year.

1 July 2019

REC launches petition to reform Apprenticeship Levy

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation has launched a petition calling for the government’s Apprenticeship Levy to be changed to a flexible training levy.

Apprentices/Grads/School leavers 1 July 2019

Signify Technology scores win for charity in football tournament

Signify Technology and charity were the winners at the latest Madison Warner recruitment industry football tournament in London.

28 June 2019

Roundtable shows recruiters not yet convinced by AI

With artificial intelligence being claimed as the next big thing in recruitment, heads of talent have told Recruiter that they remain to be convinced.

24 June 2019

Your summer training needs

The courses that will help you to perform at your best, and deliver for your team before the summer is out

20 June 2019

IRP July 2019: Reputation in recruitment

Kieran McCormick, director of operations at Balmoral Healthcare, on the importance of reputation

Healthcare/Medical 20 June 2019

Legal update: Rolled-up holiday pay

The REC explains about the legal rules surrounding holiday pay.

Legal, HR 20 June 2019

Big talking point: Why the apprenticeship levy needs to change

The latest statistics from the REC reveal the scale of the problems recruiters face when spending what they have paid in

20 June 2019

Average tenure of agency staff increase

The latest information from Recruitment Industry Benchmarking’s RIB Index shows that the average tenure of staff working for the median industry recruiter continues to increase. In Q1 2019, it was recorded as 51.8 months – or around 4.3 years.

20 June 2019

The Intelligence: The future of jobs, skills and training

Recently we have seen two interesting reports come out of the OECD.

20 June 2019

The View: recruiters just want to get on with it

There’s all the more reason to be the best, says Neil Carberry, REC chief executive

20 June 2019

Respond to government calls for better jobs

REC members can help workers to move forward in their jobs.

20 June 2019
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