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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

Labour supply problems to persist later in the decade

The biggest constraint on growth in the UK is a labour shortage, a behavioural economist has warned.

Social care, Industrial/Manufacturing 18 January 2022

Recruiters search for more flexible arrangements

Recruiters are becoming so accustomed to flexible working arrangements that they are prepared to change jobs in search of conditions that suit them more.

18 January 2022

Webchat: Leaders need to engage more with employees in the new hybrid world

I completely agree with your story from 20 December 2021 (‘O.C.Tanner report claims work output is better metric than employee engagement’, recruiter.co.uk). 

18 January 2022

Editor's leader January/February 2022

The new year is looking uncertain once again for the recruitment industry.

18 January 2022

Equality Fund launches to make businesses more inclusive in Scotland

A two-year equality fund has been launched to make Scottish workplaces, including those in the recruitment sector, more inclusive and diverse.

17 January 2022

Recruiters: go again, and go even better in 2022

I am going to share the words of our group managing director, Andrew Michael, from an internal post he sent to the business during the first week back from the festive season.

17 January 2022

Cathedral Appointments hires Murphy as director

Exeter-based independent recruitment agency Cathedral Appointments has welcomed Clodagh Murphy to the team as director.

IT/Telecoms 17 January 2022

Leeds becomes g2 Recruitment’s latest home

International recruiter g2 Recruitment has a new home in Leeds.

Public sector, Oil & gas/Energy 17 January 2022

Encore Personnel launches specialist maintenance engineering division

Midlands-based Encore Personnel has kicked off the new year with the launch of a new division to specialise in “exceptional” maintenance engineers.

Engineering, Industrial/Manufacturing 17 January 2022

HW Global acquires digital recruitment specialist Osmii

Executive search firm HW Global, based in Leeds (pictured), has secured a majority shareholding in digital recruitment specialist Osmii, according to online news organisation BDaily.

Creative/Digital/Media, Executive search 13 January 2022

Fried heads up SRI’s betting practice in London

SRI, a global executive search and consulting firm, has appointed Ben Fried (pictured) to head up its betting & gaming practice from London.

Executive search, Hospitality/Leisure 13 January 2022

Gartner's Kropp outlines 2022 trends for people issues in workplace

Brian Kropp, chief of HR Research at leading research and advisory firm Gartner, has outlined the trends that will shape the workplace in a continuing environment of volatility, uncertainty and variability in 2022.

10 January 2022

Vibe Recruit merges with Paterson Personnel and expands into South England

Welsh-based recruitment firm Vibe Recruit is marking the new year by expanding into the South of England with the merger and subsequent rebranding of Paterson Personnel.

Public sector, Social care 10 January 2022

APPOINTMENTS: 10-14 JANUARY 2022

This week’s appointments include: Ducatus Partners, Eton Bridge Partners, gunnercooke, Harvey Nash Group, Hudson Global, Petroplan, Rangam, Robert Walters, Sellick Partnership, VIQU

Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Oil & gas/Energy 10 January 2022

NEW TO THE MARKET: 10-14 JANUARY 2022

This week’s new launches include: RBW Consulting

Life sciences 10 January 2022

Good news for digital RTW checks but added costs mean bad news for recruiters

Recruitment industry leaders are welcoming the Home Office’s announcement that a permanent system of digital right to work (RTW) checks will be put into place from 6 April 2022.

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 5 January 2022
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