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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

APPOINTMENTS: 4-7 JANUARY 2022

This week’s appointments include: New Directions Group, Pearson

Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Retail 5 January 2022

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 4-7 JANUARY 2022

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Tempest Resourcing

Public sector, Interim recruitment 5 January 2022

Heraty steps down as CEO of CPL Resources

Anne Heraty has stepped down as CEO of Irish recruitment company CPL Resources, with deputy CEO Lorna Conn named as Heraty’s successor.

Recruitment Process Outsourcing 22 December 2021

Seymour-Jackson to succeed Lowden as chair at PageGroup

Specialist recruitment consultancy PageGroup has announced that Angela Seymour-Jackson has been appointed as chair-designate with effect from yesterday (21 December 2021).

22 December 2021

Impellam adds two to top level North America team

Talent acquisition and workforce management company Impellam has made two top level appointments.

Life sciences, Engineering 22 December 2021

O.C. Tanner report claims work output is better metric than employee engagement

Work output is a better metric than employee engagement, according to new global research by the O.C. Tanner Institute.

20 December 2021

Taylor Martin Recruitment sold to The Recruitment Group after going into administration

Nationwide insolvency practitioner SFP has successfully completed the sale of Taylor Martin Recruitment’s business and assets after it went into administration in November 2021.

20 December 2021

Pertemps Network Group promotes Mogano to group FD

Recruitment specialist Pertemps Network Group has appointed Steve Mogano as its new group finance director.

20 December 2021

Talentmark appoints Nobakht VP of search

Global life sciences recruiter Talentmark has appointed Ali Nobakht as vice president of its search arm.

Public sector, Executive search 20 December 2021

Recruiters contributed £36bn to UK economy in 2020 despite Covid

The wider recruitment industry contributed £35.9bn to the UK economy in 2020, according to the new Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) ‘UK recruitment industry status report 2020-21’, released this week.

Recruitment Process Outsourcing 17 December 2021

Education secretary to work with staffing agencies to fill teacher absences due to Covid

The Secretary of State for Education will be working with education recruiters to help schools fill high teacher absences in the continuing Covid pandemic.

Public sector, Education 17 December 2021

APPOINTMENTS: 13-17 DECEMBER 2021

This week’s appointments include: Astute Technical Recruitment, Coleman James, Dedicate Recruitment, Petroplan

Oil & gas/Energy, Transport & logistics 17 December 2021

SThree CEO Dorman steps down at the end of the year

SThree CEO Mark Dorman will step down as head of the specialist staffing business and from its board at the end of the month.

Life sciences, Engineering 13 December 2021

Two more directors resign from Brewster Partners’ parent company

It has emerged that two more directors have resigned from the parent company of Brewster Partners.

Banking/Financial services, Executive search 13 December 2021

Brunel acquires majority share of renewables recruiter Taylor Hopkinson

Longacre Group and specialist recruiter Taylor Hopkinson has made a majority sale to Brunel International NV (Brunel), a global provider of flexible workforce solutions and expertise.

Oil & gas/Energy, Engineering 13 December 2021

NEW TO THE MARKET: 13-17 DECEMBER 2021

This week’s new launches include: Access Training UK, Astriid, Harvey Nash Group, Petroplan

Oil & gas/Energy, Engineering 13 December 2021
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