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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

£1.5bn defence spending will create highly-skilled jobs in the UK

The UK government is to create more than 1,000 new jobs as a result of a £1.5bn defence investment.

Public sector, Engineering 2 June 2025

Staying with one employer outdated, says hiring expert

A leader of the newly launched UK Hiring Taskforce sees a future short-term employment environment similar to the so-called gig economy in which organisations themselves are not long-lived because of rapidly changing technology.

27 May 2025

Government’s apprenticeship budget refocuses to ‘rebuild Britain’

The government has made radical changes to skills and training, including a refocus away from higher-level apprenticeship funding.

NPAworldwide brings in 10 news members

Member-owned split-fee recruitment network NPAworldwide has taken on 10 new member firms.
IT/Telecoms, Engineering 27 January 2016

CoreHR wins investment from JMI Equity and JMI Services

Ireland-headquartered provider of cloud-based human capital management and payroll software provider CoreHR has received growth investment from equity firm JMI Equity and investment company JMI Services.
IT/Telecoms, HR 27 January 2016

Carval Computing helps manage golf at St Andrews

Scottish golf course and retail business St Andrews Links Trust has adopted Carval Computing’s HR Unity solution.
IT/Telecoms, HR 27 January 2016

Traveltek creates 200 tech jobs plus overseas plans

East Kilbride, Scotland-based travel and hotel bookings system provider Traveltek is creating 200 technology jobs as part of expansion plans.

Newly formed Airswift brings Searle onboard

Energy recruiters Air Energi Group and Swift Worldwide Resources have merged to form Airswift Holdings, with former Adecco UK & Ireland chief executive Peter Searle becoming CEO of the $1.2bn (£840m) turnover firm.
IT/Telecoms, Engineering 26 January 2016

Grassroots Recruitment appoints Byrne business development director

North-West based recruitment process outsourcing provider Grassroots Recruitment has appointed Steven Byrne as business development director.
IT/Telecoms, Engineering 26 January 2016

High Court ruling: recruiters must take extra care with criminal checks

Recruiters need to take extra care how they approach criminal record checks due to uncertainties about a High Court ruling from last week, employment lawyers say.
HR, Legal 25 January 2016

FINANCIALS: Americas, energy restructure help drive SThree profits

Capitalising on opportunities in the Americas and restructuring its energy division has helped drive international multi-sector recruiter SThree’s gross profit up 11% year-on-year.
IT/Telecoms, Engineering 25 January 2016

Arsenal’s goal for hundreds of new recruits

Arsenal Football Club is on the hunt for hundreds of retail and casual workers for jobs at its stadium and museum.
Creative/Digital/Media 25 January 2016

FiveTen appoints Joyce CFO from InterQuest

IT recruiter InterQuest’s former chief financial officer Michael Joyce has been appointed by recruitment group FiveTen in the same role.
IT/Telecoms 25 January 2016

Textkernel offers Jobfeed for UK

Textkernel, the international market leader in semantic recruitment technology, has launched its lead-generation tool Jobfeed for the UK to make the online job market searchable and transparent.
IT/Telecoms 25 January 2016

Talexis offers Talassure Workforce Assessments suite

Texas, US-headquartered talent management solutions provider Talexis has launched a new suite of workforce assessment products for upper-level, mid-level, and entry-level employees, Talassure Workforce Assessments.
IT/Telecoms, HR 25 January 2016

LoveMondays converts paper-based CVs to online

Job search engine LoveMondays.com has launched a new service to automatically convert paper-based CVs into an online one.
IT/Telecoms 25 January 2016

Cast UK launches interim & contract division

Specialist recruiter Cast UK has launched an interim and contract recruitment division.
Interim recruitment 25 January 2016

Actonomy launches xMP Data Services

Belgian-based HR services group Actonomy has launched a big data service, xMP Data Services.
IT/Telecoms 25 January 2016

Recruiter FAST 50: At full throttle

Recruitment firms are achieving record levels of growth, this year’s Recruiter FAST 50 reveals. Marcus Archer and Mark Maunsell of Clearwater International look at what lies behind the figures
22 January 2016
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