Recruitment insolvencies on rise at fastest rate since financial crash

Recruitment agencies are shutting for business at their fastest rate in 15 years, according to analysis by business news outlet CityAM.

28 April 2025

Agency workers at UK’s well-known retailer told to stay at home

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has ordered hundreds of agency workers at its main distribution centre to stay at home.

Retail, Transport & logistics, IT/Telecoms 28 April 2025
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APPOINTMENTS: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: Eames Consulting, Oyster, Starfish Search

Public sector, Charity & not-for-profit, Executive search, Interim recruitment, HR 28 April 2025

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: 55/Redefined, AMS, In2Dialog

ContractsRecruitment Process Outsourcing, Creative/Digital/Media 28 April 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Matchtech, Jobmatch Sweden

New to MarketLife sciences, Engineering 28 April 2025

Cobalt Recruitment appoints new UK managing director

Cobalt Recruitment has announced the appointment of Maria Sinclair as the new managing director of its UK operations.

PeopleEngineering, Construction & property 25 April 2025

National student lettings agency launches apprenticeship scheme

A student lettings agency based in Loughborough is helping young professionals kickstart their careers with a new apprenticeship scheme.

New to MarketConstruction & property, Graduates/Apprentices/School leavers 25 April 2025

Sheffield director of umbrella company banned for VAT fraud

The boss of an umbrella company that failed to pay more than £2.5m in VAT has been banned as a director.

PeopleHR, Accounting/Finance 24 April 2025

Robert Walters promotes three senior managers globally

Global talent solutions recruiter Robert Walters has made three senior appointments across its business.

PeopleRecruitment Process Outsourcing 24 April 2025

APPOINTMENTS: 16-20 OCTOBER 2017

This week’s appointments include: Franklin Fitch, Frontline Recruitment, Green Park, Impellam, ManpowerGroup, Oyster Partnership, PeoplePlus, TeamJobs

PeopleConstruction & property, Commercial & office support 16 October 2017

NEW TO THE MARKET: 16-20 OCTOBER 2017

This week’s new product, offices and offerings include: Brookson, CandiRight, iwant2bea, Fircroft, iMultiply, Madgex, MSS People, NHS Northamptonshire, Taylor Higson

New to MarketPublic sector, Education 16 October 2017

Online peer recommendations could revolutionise recruitment

Dedicated industry online forums offering peer-to-peer recommendations could revolutionise recruitment processes.

IT/Telecoms, Accounting/Finance 13 October 2017

Recruitment director banned for seven years

The director of a Birmingham-based recruiter has been banned from acting as a director for seven years.

Legislation 13 October 2017

‘Golden hellos’ positive but won’t solve GP crisis say recruiters

Recruiters have urged the government to come up with a more “robust” approach to tackle the UK’s chronic shortage of general practitioners.

Public sector, Healthcare/Medical 13 October 2017

Top UK firms to have at least one BAME director on board by 2021

The UK’s top firms should have at least one board level director of an ethnic minority within the next four years, a new government-backed report has recommended.

LegislationExecutive search 13 October 2017

Amazon creates 1,000 jobs at new distribution centre

The North-West’s industrial sector stands to benefit from more than 1,000 new jobs in the region.

Retail, Transport & logistics 13 October 2017

Is the UK addicted to cheap labour?

The director general of the British Chambers of Commerce has rejected the notion that UK business is addicted to recruiting cheap labour.

Legislation 12 October 2017

Blog: REC reports from SNP party conference

Continuing the series of Recruitment and Employment Confederation blogs from this year’s major political party conferences – Karen O’Reilly, stakeholder engagement manager at the REC, reports from the Scottish National Party conference in Glasgow.

Legislation 12 October 2017

Did James make it through on The Apprentice?

So did recruitment’s representative in The Apprentice 2017 survive the second week of the competition?

Lighter Side 12 October 2017

Hays posts 13% boost in net fee income

Recruitment giant Hays posted a 13% increase in overall net fee income, including some marginal NFI growth in the UK and Ireland, for the three months to 30 September.

Financials 12 October 2017

Charity to recruit coach for ex-offenders

A charity helping women with criminal convictions find jobs has received funding to employ a full-time recruitment coach.

UK&Ireland 12 October 2017

Meaningful relationships can still outperform AI in recruitment

If you spend each day making cold call after cold call rather than concentrating on building meaningful client relationships, then artificial intelligence (AI) is coming for your job.

HR 11 October 2017

ASA upholds misleading claim against ‘modelling agency’ ad

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against an advert casting for models, actors and dancers placed by First Step Modelling for falsely claiming they were a recruitment agency.

Legislation 11 October 2017

FINANCIALS: PageGroup profits down in the UK, up elsewhere

Despite an overall rise in gross profit, political uncertainties around Brexit have resulted in a 7.6% decline in GP in the UK for global recruiter PageGroup.

Financials 11 October 2017

New Travelodge hotels create 200 jobs in Essex

Essex’s hospitality sector is to benefit from the creation of 200 jobs across the county.

Retail, Construction & property 11 October 2017

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