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.

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.

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.

HR, 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.

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

ContractsIT/Telecoms, HR 14 April 2025

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

Amrop appoints four consultants

Global retained executive search partnership Amrop has appointed four consultants.

Day named as new Eames CEO

Guy Day is the new chief executive of Eames Consulting Group, with immediate effect, Recruiter learns.
IT/Telecoms 21 July 2016

FINANCIALS: TrueBlue sees rise in revenue

US blue-collar recruiter TrueBlue has seen year-on-year revenue increase 7% in Q2 2016, according to group results for the period. The results, published late yesterday, reveal Q2 revenue of $673m (£508m) compared to revenue of $628m for the second quarter of 2015.
IT/Telecoms, Engineering 21 July 2016

Virgin Trains shares its experience on hiring ex-offenders

Being brave, forming good partnerships with charities and prisons, as well as providing one-to-one contact at smaller scale recruitment days are some of the ways Virgin Trains is reaching out to the talent among ex-offenders, according to lead recruiter Kathryn Wildman.
HR 20 July 2016

Workday signs up new clients

Enterprise cloud applications provider Workday has signed up a number of new clients across Europe to use its Workday Recruiting software.
IT/Telecoms 20 July 2016

Recruitive integrates with hairandbeautyjobs

Cloud-based recruitment software provider Recruitive has integrated its multi job-posting technology with hair and beauty job board www.hairandbeautyjobs.com.
IT/Telecoms 20 July 2016

NowWeComply works with Kamanchi

Workforce compliance admin provider NowWeComply has announced a partnership with Kamanchi, an IT service provider for recruiters.

Invenias platform rolled out at Granger Reis

Cloud-based platform for executive and strategic hiring Invenias has announced international executive search firm Granger Reis has deployed its platform.

Digi-Me partners with Talenetic

Video technology firm Digi-Me has partnered with cloud-based vacancy and talent management system Talenetic to offer digital job postings to job boards, recruitment agencies and corporate recruiters.

Class People links up with The British School

Education recruiter Class People has linked up with Wooton-under-Edge primary school The British School to offer sponsorship through its ‘Class People Foundation’ programme.
Education, Public sector 20 July 2016

Brookson buys Boomerang Funding to help start-ups

Brookson, the specialist accountants for contractors, freelancers and small businesses, has acquired Boomerang Funding, the first of a number of acquisitions in which the company is interested.
20 July 2016

Airswift to host UK pavilion at WETEX in Dubai

Airswift, global workforce solutions provider for the energy, process and infrastructure sectors, has partnered with the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) to host the UK pavilion at WETEX 2016.
IT/Telecoms, Engineering 20 July 2016

Mobile-friendly searching

Google recently finished rolling out its ‘mobile-friendly algorithm boost’. This means that mobile-friendly websites appear higher up the search results if the user is searching on a mobile phone. Those that aren’t mobile-ready may find themselves slipping down the rankings.

Morson’s Mason is new co-owner of Sale Sharks

The group chief executive of a UK engineering, rail and technical recruiter is the new co-owner of rugby union outfit Sale Sharks.
IT/Telecoms, Engineering 19 July 2016

Transitioning from refugee to worker

A not-for-profit social enterprise company is venturing into an area that most employers and recruitment agencies fear to tread. Transitions London, founded in 2010, aims to help arguably the most marginalised group in the UK labour market: refugees. The figures tell their own story, with the unemployment rate for refugees at around 70%, according to a Department of Work and Pensions research paper in 2002, far higher than for the general population.
Education 19 July 2016

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