APPOINTMENTS: 14-18 APRIL 2025

This week’s appointments include: Eventus Recruitment Group, Matrix, SPG Resourcing

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 14-18 APRIL 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Greene King, Insights, Workday

NEW TO THE MARKET: 14-18 APRIL 2025

This week’s new launches include: Busy Bee Recruitment, Deel

Cheshire-headquartered Gap Personnel acquired by Rcapital

Cheshire-headquartered recruitment agency Gap Personnel has been acquired by Rcapital in a corporate carve-out.

Businesses need to be patient for OPW rules to change

Small businesses will need to wait a few more years before being relinquished of their off-payroll working obligations.

Legislation 14 April 2025

Californian master plan calls for new statewide collaborative to align education, training and hiring needs

In the US, the state of California is proposing to launch digital career passports for the labour market.

Spotted Zebra merges Interview Intelligence and Assessment in one platform

HR tech talent acquisition firm Spotted Zebra has merged its Assessment platform with its Interview Intelligence.

APPOINTMENTS: 7-11 APRIL 2025

This week’s appointments include: Aspen, Eames Consulting, Sydney Mitchell, the rec hub

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 7-11 APRIL 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: AESC, Dosen

Recruiters could carry the cost of coronavirus with sick pay support

Recruiters could be left carrying the can should the government act on a TUC recommendation for emergency support for workers affected by the coronavirus outbreak, who currently miss out on sick pay.

LegislationHR 9 March 2020

Contractors look to switch to perm roles finds research by Interim Partners

Around one in five contractors are now looking for permanent roles ahead of the extension of off-payroll rules into the private sector from next month.

9 March 2020

Survey finds recruiters are feeling the pinch

Most recruitment professionals are struggling to make ends meet, according to a survey from job board CV-Library.

9 March 2020

Sleep on the job at Hillarys and get paid for it

Home interiors specialists Hillarys is recruiting for a new sleep executive as part of a planned experiment that looks into the effect of light and sound on sleep quality.

APPOINTMENTS: 9-13 MARCH 2020

This week’s appointments include: Adecco, Elite Leaders, ersg, Guidant Global, Integral Ad Science, McGregor Boyall

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 9-13 MARCH 2020

This week’s contracts and deals include: Acorn Recruitment, Acorn HR, APSCo, DMA Recruitment, GradTouch, Lorien, Memset, Meridian Business Support, Rota, SRS, Synaco, Ten Live Group

Clarity of purpose CEO White’s key mission for Harvey Nash

Communicating clarity of purpose about what the business does and how it can help clients lies at the heart of Bev White’s mission, having taken over the reins at Harvey Nash.

Recruiters advised to remember duty of care in coronavirus outbreak

Employers should be wary of mental health issues among staff as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a legal expert, who accused government of making up guidance around the virus “on the hoof”.

HR 6 March 2020

Report on Jobs signals rise in perm placements, fall in temp billings

The latest KPMG and Recruitment & Employment Confederation ‘Report on Jobs’ survey signalled a stronger rise in permanent placements during February.

Measure candidate satisfaction rather than rely on hiring managers’ feedback

Clients of RPOs are shifting their focus away from hiring managers’ feedback to measures of candidate satisfaction, according to leaders at US-based RPOs. 

Research shows contractors prepared to go to tribunal over IR35 extension

Six in 10 contractors says they are willing to take clients to tribunal for incorrect determinations under off-payroll rules set to be rolled out to the private sector from April.

Legislation 5 March 2020

FINANCIALS: Reports from Capita, Cross Country Healthcare and PageGroup

Capita, Cross Country Healthcare and PageGroup have experienced mixed fortunes in a bumper day for results in the recruitment sector.

IPSE asks for mitigation fund for the self-employed as a result of Covid-19 virus

The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE) has written to the health secretary on behalf of self-employed workers.

HR 4 March 2020

Starling Bank looks for 400 staff for new hub in Wales

Digital bank Starling is to create 400 new roles at a new office in Cardiff.

Haven holiday firm on recruitment drive

Haven is seeking to fill 7,000 jobs as part of its 2020 recruitment drive.

Hospitality/Leisure 4 March 2020

Not a whole lot of shaking going on among recruiters

Recruiters are resisting shaking clients’ hands in the wake of the coronavirus.

3 March 2020
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