• Global talent solutions firm AMS has announced a three-year partnership with Tesco Bank to provide volume hiring of permanent customer service talent, delivering contingent workforce requirements for both professional contractors and interim roles. AMS will embed a team of 35 talent experts within Tesco Bank’s operations across the UK.

• CGI has partnered with apprenticeship provider Breakthrough, which recruits directly from prisons. The organisation offers apprenticeship programmes to both prison leavers and those from underprivileged backgrounds who face barriers to employment.

CGI will be providing an eight-week community programme designed to equip the apprentices with the fundamental skills to succeed in the workplace. During its first programme CGI hosted a training session on key tech related topics and organised mock interviews to help the associates develop their job application experience. The programme concluded with a graduation ceremony held at the firm’s Fenchurch Street office.

• HR platform provider Deel has announced a “strategic” partnership with talent acquisition platform RAMP Global to provide thousands of enterprise customers with access to global talent to grow its teams at scale. Deel says its partnership with RAMP demonstrates its commitment in helping enterprises fill vacant roles at a time when the global war for talent continues to intensify. RAMP Global is a SaaS-powered recruitment agency management platform, which was founded in 2010 and is based in London.

• EuroJobsites has acquired Space-Careers.com to expand its leadership position in the European job boards for senior STEM candidates. EuroJobsites, which is the leader in niche jobsites, now offers recruiters the ability to attract top space-industry talent through its acquisition of Space-Careers.com. Space-Careers.com clients will benefit from being part of a larger group of niche jobsites with a well-developed product portfolio and a dedicated accounts team.

• Executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles has entered into an agreement to acquire businessfourzero, a London-headquartered consultancy specialising in developing and implementing purpose-driven change. H&S says this acquisition will “deepen” its existing set of leadership advisory and culture and organisation solutions and accelerate its ability to help clients drive successful business transformations by linking purpose and strategy to leadership and culture.

The businessfourzero management team, led by Atif Sheikh, along with the brand name and its roster of employees and clients, will all remain in place, ensuring business and client service continuity as the integration takes place upon deal closing. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed in April 2023. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

• Kernel Global is set to receive investment from Three Hills Capital Partners to support CEO and founder Logan Naidu’s growth plans, which include building its multi-brand platform through both M&A and organic growth. In return for its investment, THCP will hold a significant minority stake in the business. Kernel is a platform that invests in and operates high-potential recruitment businesses globally.