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FINANCIALS: Staffline results exceed market expectations

Recruitment group Staffline has announced a strong performance for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Financials, Your recruitment business 8 April 2025
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New industries’ struggle to find skilled workers damaging to UK growth

Business leaders and educators issued a warning to the government.

Your business, Your recruitment business 4 March 2025

Nicholas Associates Group acquires Smart Temporary Solutions

Nicholas Associates Group (NA Group), a leading provider of talent management solutions across the UK, has acquired Smart Temporary Solutions.

Your recruitment business, Temporary workforce 10 February 2025

FINANCIALS: Staffline defies recruitment’s downward trend

Recruitment and training company Staffline Group has reported a 9% increase in gross profits, bucking the recent downward trend posted by recruitment firms.

Financials, Your recruitment business 4 February 2025

APPOINTMENTS: 3-7 FEBRUARY 2025

This week’s appointments include: Be Personnel, Calibre One, RAMP Global, Ultimate Finance

Supplier, Your recruitment business 4 February 2025

Circle appoints Pirate Kelly as chairman

Recruitment organisation Circle has appointed Dean Kelly (left), co-founder of RDLC Pirates, as chairman.
 

Your recruitment business 3 February 2025

Outsource UK joins Sanderson Solutions Group

Global recruitment solutions firm Sanderson has acquired Outsource UK, offering growth and increased capability opportunities for colleagues, candidates and clients alike.

Your recruitment business 13 December 2024

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 2-6 DECEMBER 2024

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Bluestones Group, Dynamite Recruitment, SHK, TalentPredix

Supplier, Your business 4 December 2024

Sphere Digital Recruitment acquires JasperRose to support expansion

Sphere Digital Recruitment has acquired London-based recruitment agency JasperRose.

Your recruitment business 19 November 2024

Parkdean Resorts looks to recruit 1,500 for predicted UK holiday boom

UK holiday chain Parkdean Resorts has created 1,500 jobs as it predicts a fully booked summer, according to online news service Bdaily.

Temporary workforce, In-house recruitment 6 July 2020

Working practices and pay in clothing factories investigated in Leicester

Leicestershire Police, along with the Gangmasters Labour and Abuse Authority (GLAA) and the National Crime Agency, are among the organisations looking into allegations about how workplaces and factories in Leicester have been or are operating during the lockdown.

Temporary workforce, In-house recruitment 6 July 2020

Action needed to avert labour market crisis, says report

With unemployment widely expected to rise over the coming months as the government furlough scheme is withdrawn, a new report has called on the government to take a two-pronged approach to avert a labour market crisis.

Temporary workforce, In-house recruitment 30 June 2020

Hays Travel plans recruitment drive lift-off

A spike in holiday bookings has sparked a recruitment drive for one travel agency.

Your recruitment business 30 June 2020

Boost for logistics sector as DPD recruits 6,000 staff

Logistics and delivery firm DPD is recruiting 6,000 new staff, in response to an unprecedented boom in online shopping caused by Covid-19.

Your business, In-house recruitment 26 June 2020

APPOINTMENTS: 22-26 JUNE 2020

This week’s appointments include: Horton International, Pedersen & Partners, Sigmar Recruitment

23 June 2020

NEW TO THE MARKET: 22-26 JUNE 2020

This week’s new launches include: Amerit Consulting, Arc Recruitment
 

Temporary workforce 23 June 2020

When there’s no place like home – and it may need improving

Amid a gloom-and-doom cascade of unemployment figures and numbers of furloughed workers, small shoots of economic activity are popping up, notably in the home improvement and delivery sectors.

 

Companies, Workplace 18 June 2020

Demand for 30,000 financial services call handlers expected

Up to 30,000 additional customer support staff could be needed by banks, insurers and credit card firms to help the public deal with financial issues in the wake of Covid-19, according to the founder of contingent recruitment firm Momenta Group.

Your recruitment business 12 June 2020

Key outcomes of coronavirus furlough scheme revealed

The first release of official statistics on the furlough initiative was issued yesterday [11 June 2020].

Your business, Your recruitment business 12 June 2020

SPE Resourcing supplies interims to support hospitality and retail firms reopen

From today (1 June), SPE Resourcing is supplying interim candidates to support businesses in the hospitality and retail sectors.

Your recruitment business, Temporary workforce 1 June 2020

NEW TO THE MARKET: 24-28 MAY 2020

This week’s new launches include: Pace Med Tech, Podium, Redwigwam

Supplier, Your recruitment business 28 May 2020

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 4-8 MAY 2020

This week’s new contracts & deals include: CD Recruitment, Connektd, HECSU Prospects, Jisc, Mazuma, Resume-Library, Sales Confidence, Wagestream

Supplier, Temporary workforce 4 May 2020

NEW TO THE MARKET: 27 APRIL-1 MAY 2020

This week’s new launches include: Pineapple Recruitment, Zoho Corporation

Supplier, Technology 29 April 2020

Agility and flexibility rescues logistics recruiter

Colin Cottell reports how J&J Recruitment Services is taking the long view in this crisis.

Your recruitment business 17 April 2020

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 14-17 APRIL 2020

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Attrax, Candidate.ID, Central England Co-operative, Cross Country Healthcare, Frontline Recruitment, RoboRecruiter

Supplier, Technology 14 April 2020
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