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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

Recruiters fear further cuts to budgets

Recruitment firms will have to consider reducing their own hiring budgets and curtailing expansion plans after the UK’s decision to exit the European Union added to an already dire trend of cuts to available bank overdraft funds for the sector.
4 July 2016

Cento launches salary comparison site

Cento Fire & Security Jobs has launched a free-to-use salary comparison website for fire and security professionals.
Engineering, IT/Telecoms 4 July 2016

f1 Search launches #BAME20/20

f1 search, the search division of f1 Recruitment, has launched the #BAME20/20 initiative to encourage more young people from black, Asian and minority backgrounds to consider marketing, media and communications as a career.
4 July 2016

Recruitment quotas ‘only way’ to ensure gender diversity, says Rutter

Establishing quotas as performance targets to ensure certain percentages of women and minorities are hired is the only way to improve workplace diversity initially, a woman with 20 years of experience in financial services has said.
4 July 2016

Recruit4vets appoints Colton

Mark Colton has joined Recruit4vets in the newly created role of head of business development.
IT/Telecoms, Life sciences 1 July 2016

PIE Recruitment hires O’Connor

John O’Connor has joined the board at PIE Recruitment after more than 13 years with BMS, where he was most recently country manager for Ireland.
Marketing & Sales 1 July 2016

Waitress wins £3.5k at industrial tribunal

A teenage waitress on a zero-hours contract was awarded £3.5k at an industrial tribunal after she was told by her employer to wear a skirt and let her hair down “for the punters”.
HR 30 June 2016

FINANCIALS: Harvey Nash trading in line for first four months

Global recruitment firm Harvey Nash said the group had traded in line with its expectations in the first four months of the financial year, despite challenging conditions and the recent uncertainty regarding the EU referendum result.
IT/Telecoms 30 June 2016

Brexit: Scotland waits for clarity on future role in Europe

Recruiters in Scotland will be waiting anxiously to hear the outcome of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s meeting with European Parliament President Martin Shulz in Brussels today (Wed 29 June) as the SNP leader bids to protect the country’s place in Europe despite the UK’s Brexit decision.
IT/Telecoms, Commercial & office support 29 June 2016

ABL promotes Tracy Durrant to managing director

Language specialists ABL Recruitment has promoted Tracy Durrant to managing director.
29 June 2016

Raw Talent Academy helps Gigaclear hunt for staff

Raw Talent Academy is working with broadband supplier Gigaclear to find field sales executive positions within the company.
IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 29 June 2016

Omega Subsea UK acquires Accpron

Omega Subsea UK, a provider of project personnel to the energy industry, has bought Westhill-based personnel firm Accpron UK to strengthen its UK’s provision of project management teams and individual personnel to the subsea, energy and oil & gas industries.
Engineering 29 June 2016

HCL Clarity wins SaaS contract with NHS Grampian

HCL Clarity has been awarded a software-as-a-service (SaaS) contract with NHS Grampian through NHS Scotland’s centralised procurement hub.
IT/Telecoms, Public sector 29 June 2016

Brexit: REC targets post-EU job building

“Building the best jobs in a post-EU era” is the top priority for the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) following Friday’s Brexit result, Tom Hadley, the REC’s director of policy, has told Recruiter in the wake of a turbulent weekend of politics, rhetoric and speculation about the UK’s future.

27 June 2016

Imperial Brands data helps identify employee skills gaps

Collecting extensive staff feedback, including data from psychometric tests, is helping Imperial Brands decide when to develop talent internally or recruit externally, according to Kirsty Hagg, a senior HR business partner at the global tobacco and consumer goods firm.
HR 27 June 2016

10 recruiters join NPAworldwide network

Ten recruitment firms from across the globe have joined international member-owned split placement network NPAworldwide.
IT/Telecoms, Commercial & office support 27 June 2016
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