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Employment tribunal claims on the rise compared to previous year

The latest Employment Tribunal Statistics have been published this week.

Legal, HR 13 June 2025

STEM recruiter acquires construction training firm 3B Training

Morson Group has acquired Wigan-based 3B Training to expand its construction skills offering.

Trusted partners will matter more in future, says Carberry at RECLive25

Convincing clients and government that the recruitment industry delivers the value of specialism and specialists is key to making “trusted talent advice and fulfilment more essential”.

10 June 2025

Former royal nanny offers training to next generation

Alice Romero Drever (pictured), founder of specialist agency Nanny & Governess, is developing an online academy to train the next generation of VIP nannies.

Green energy firm aims to bring skilled jobs to Kent

A green energy company is set to create more than 100 jobs by 2027 with the proposed opening of a £120m plant in Kent.

REC CEO hits back at government cuts to agency spend

Government calls to eliminate agency spend at the NHS have received a fiery response from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation.

Public sector, Social care 3 June 2025

Government health leaders threaten ‘rip-off temporary staffing agencies’

NHS trusts and integrated care boards (ICBs) are being urged by government health leaders to eradicate agency spending to build on a £1bn fall in spending in 2024-25.

Public sector, Social care 3 June 2025

Portfolio Payroll partners with CIPP to drive industry evolution

Payroll recruitment agency Portfolio Payroll is part of a newly unveiled strategic partnership with The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP).

HR 3 June 2025

Hays appoints new CEO UK and Ireland

Recruitment and workforce solutions specialist Hays has appointed Thomas Way (pictured) as CEO of Hays UK and Ireland.

Life sciences, Engineering 2 June 2025

Red Eagle promotes Alderson to group FD

Kent-based recruiter Red Eagle has promoted Jason Alderson to group finance director.

Monarch Digital appoints Annis UK director

Monarch Digital, part of the Monarch Recruitment group, has appointed Paul Annis as UK director.

KnownFour chooses Morton as adviser

Professional services staffing firm KnownFour has appointed Lynn Morton as non-executive adviser.

Insight Executive Group brings in Keats

Corporate and public sector staffing specialist Insight Executive Group has appointed Andi Keats as operations manager.

Heidrick & Struggles appoints two

Global executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles has appointed Lisa Baird to its to its leadership consulting practice.
Executive search, HR 27 May 2016

Ashley Kate HR appoints Brown head of ops

Ashley Kate HR has appointed Karen Brown as head of operations.
HR 27 May 2016

Armstrong Craven boosts management team

Armstrong Craven, a specialist in global talent mapping and pipelining, has bolstered its senior management team with a number of appointments.

Freedom ‘key’ for recruiters in open-plan offices

Recruiters and other employers using open-plan offices as workspaces should use neutral colours and natural materials to help employees work at their best “in a world that shouts”, says a leading office furniture designer.

Liverpool FC hosts final recruitment event for 1,000 roles

Liverpool Football Club is hosting a recruitment event to support its drive to fill 1,000 new roles across its matchday kitchen, retail, catering, safety, hospitality, tours and museum teams, ahead of the opening of a new 20,500-seater stand at its Anfield home this summer.
26 May 2016

McDonald’s recruits robots in place of staff? Hasta la vista baby

McDonald’s have denied claims by its former chief executive that it plans to recruit robots in place of staff to cut costs.
IT/Telecoms, HR 26 May 2016

Trust hosts event to promote working in Hull NHS

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is today hosting a launch event for a recruitment campaign featuring the ‘promise’ of a job to outstanding students before they even open their results envelope.
26 May 2016

Lord Sugar hired as enterprise tsar

Lord Alan Sugar has been appointed as enterprise tsar for a second time, as part of the government’s drive to get more young people to consider starting their own business or to take up an apprenticeship.
25 May 2016

CMA accuses agencies of unmodel behaviour

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today accused five UK modelling agencies of collusion and price fixing, breaching competition law.
Creative/Digital/Media, HR 25 May 2016

Walmart workforce equation aims to balance staff turnover

Walmart is working on a way of measuring optimal staff turnover that balances high retention with workforce productivity.
25 May 2016

Aviva promises to have 30% women on its board going forward

Global insurer Aviva has committed to ensure at least 30% of its executive committee are women now and going forward, in a statement it released yesterday.
25 May 2016

Further changes are Tweet news for digital recruiters

Digital recruiters have warmly welcomed wider changes to Twitter to enable them to better reach out to candidates and clients alike.
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