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STEM recruiter acquires construction training firm 3B Training

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

Transport & logistics, Engineering 12 June 2025

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.

Transport & logistics, Education 5 June 2025

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.

Oil & gas/Energy, Life sciences 4 June 2025

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

Money: the great divider for recruiters

The opportunity to earn a good salary based on sales commission has traditionally been seen a way of attracting talent into the recruitment industry. But could this be changing?
1 October 2012

Hays signs up to revised APSCo code

Hays has signed up to a revised APSCo (Association of Professional Staffing Companies) code of conduct for RPOs and managed service providers, following talks between APSCo and Hays, as recruiter.co.uk reported last week.
1 October 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Harvey Nash HR gets senior consultant from Page

HR recruiter Harvey Nash HR has appointed Catrina Wilson as a senior consultant based in Birmingham.
HR 1 October 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Brakes takes on Argos resourcing manager

Rebecca Martin-Cortez has joined food services supplier Brakes as head of resourcing.
1 October 2012

Insurer Hiscox brings 300 new jobs to York next year

International insurer Hiscox is to open a new UK office in York in February 2013, creating 300 new jobs.
1 October 2012

Chunky decline in City jobs, corroborates recruiters’ data

Depending on which is your City recruiter of choice, newly-available financial services jobs in London in September dropped 15% to 2,490 jobs or 19% to 2,205 on August, according to Astbury Marsden and Morgan McKinley respectively.
1 October 2012

Minimum wage rises by 11p, no rise for younger workers

As of today, the national minimum wage for adults aged over 20 years has risen by 11p to £6.19 an hour, but respective rates for 18-20-year-olds and 16-17-year-olds remain unchanged at £4.98 and £3.68 an hour respectively.
1 October 2012

City comment: Too early to call bottom of the cycle for recruitment stocks

We published our quarterly review of the staffing sector last week in which we moved our sector stance to underweight.
1 October 2012

Future of Work Consortium collaborates with 36 global companies

The fourth Future of Work (FoW) Research Consortium launched last Friday [28 September] in London.
IT/Telecoms 1 October 2012

AWR a year on: opinion divided over effects

A year on from the introduction of the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR), opinions are divided over the precise effects.
1 October 2012

Auto-enrolment: just as complex as AWR

A radical overhaul of UK pensions begins today. Over the next six years recruitment agencies will be required to auto-enrol both their own employees (if they aren’t already in a company scheme) and eligible agency workers.
1 October 2012

INTERNATIONAL Appointments: SumTotal targets Southern Europe with regional VP

Human capital management solutions provider SumTotal Systems has appointed Christophe Marre as regional vice president for Southern Europe, overseeing development of its operations in Cyprus, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Turkey.
HR, IT/Telecoms 1 October 2012

INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Pedersen gets Bosman in South Africa

International executive search firm Pedersen & Partners has appointed Carl Bosman as a senior consultant and specialist in its industrial practice group.
Construction & property, Engineering 1 October 2012

INTERNATIONAL Trinidad & Tobago: Local government minister promises jobs investment

Minister of local government Suruj Rambachan has pledged to create more than 6,000 new jobs over the two months in a number of works and development projects when the new budget is passed later this month.
Construction & property, Engineering 1 October 2012

INTERNATIONAL New Zealand: Workers just want to have fun

Having fun at work is the most important thing for job satisfaction among New Zealanders but their employers see brand as the decisive factor, finds a survey conducted by HR consultancy Clarian Human Resources and Massey University.
HR 1 October 2012

H1 Healthcare starts work in Northern Ireland

Recruitment, training and healthcare services provider H1 Healthcare has expanded into Northern Ireland. It is recruiting registered nurses for roles including carrying out insurance medicals.
28 September 2012
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