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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

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.

Positive action or discrimination – do you know the difference?

Recruiters have been warned to learn the difference between ‘positive action’ and ‘positive discrimination’ when hiring.

Legislation 7 March 2018

FINANCIALS: PageGroup annual group profits up but UK profits down

While PageGroup has seen annual group gross profits climb 14.6%, their UK business has not fared quite so well, according to full-year results for the year ended 31 December 2017.

Financials 7 March 2018

Jobs’ job application up for auction

A job application filled out by a rather famous entrepreneur is set be auctioned in the US this week by Boston-based RR Auction.

Lighter Side 7 March 2018

Lookers gets revved up to take on new apprentices

National motor retailer Lookers has added 160 new apprentice positions.

Be wary of NMW when going down the internship route, recruiters are warned

Recruiters have been urged to exercise caution when offering unpaid internships or risk reputational damage and falling foul of National Minimum Wage rules.

McDonogh appointed CEO at Morgan McKinley

Aldagh McDonogh has taken over the reins as CEO at Morgan McKinley.

MAEL doubles apprenticeship intake for 2018

Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) is doubling its apprentice intake in 2018.

Ex-recruiter loses out in BBC final of singing competition

Recruitment’s representative in the final of the BBC’s latest singing competition unfortunately lost out at the weekend.

Lighter Side 6 March 2018

APPOINTMENTS: 5-9 MARCH 2018

This week’s appointments include: BGL Group, Pedersen & Partners, Roc Search, Salt Digital Recruitment, The Talentmark Group

Beware of ‘gender coded’ language in job ads, recruiters are warned

Recruiters using ‘gender coded’ language in job adverts run the risk of being brought to tribunal.

Legislation 5 March 2018

Development leads to new East End jobs

London’s East End is to be boosted by the creation of more than 350 new jobs.

Branson seeks admin assistant on Necker Island

Fancy swapping the UK for a role on the idyllic Necker Island in the Caribbean?

NEW TO THE MARKET: 5-9 MARCH 2018

This week’s launches include: Airswift, Appointments Personnel, Erecruit, Gleeson Recruitment Group, Head Resourcing, Prospects, Solvo Vir, Uptree

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 5-9 MARCH 2018

This week’s contracts & deals include: ClearStar, Frontline Recruitment, Go Resourcing, Harvey Nash Group, Horton International, Human, Jarell Group, Meraki Executive Search & Consulting, Performan Group, Recruitive

Flexibly does it to keep recruiting through the snow

Flexible working may have been how most recruiters coped with the deluge of snow that has hit the UK…

Lighter Side 2 March 2018

FINANCIALS: China’s 51job sees revenues rise

51job has seen revenues rise 21.4% year-on-year, according to results for the year ended 31 December 2017.

FinancialsHR 2 March 2018
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