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Robert Walters promotes three senior managers globally

Global talent solutions recruiter Robert Walters has made three senior appointments across its business.

Recruitment Process Outsourcing 24 April 2025

APPOINTMENTS: 14-18 APRIL 2025

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

Public sector, Social care 14 April 2025

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 14-18 APRIL 2025

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

IT/Telecoms, HR 14 April 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 14-18 APRIL 2025

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

Creative/Digital/Media, Engineering 14 April 2025

Cheshire-headquartered Gap Personnel acquired by Rcapital

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

Social care, Transport & logistics 14 April 2025

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.

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.

Public sector, Creative/Digital/Media 14 April 2025

APPOINTMENTS: 7-11 APRIL 2025

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

Banking/Financial services, Executive search 10 April 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 7-11 APRIL 2025

This week’s new launches include: HRGO, Sowena Group

Creative/Digital/Media, Executive search 10 April 2025

Lords call on government to rethink IR35 private sector extension

“A wholesale reform of IR35” is required, a House of Lords sub-committee has said in a report published today [27 April 2020] following an inquiry into the off-payroll working taxation rules.

27 April 2020

Recruiters don’t have confidence in government CBIL loan scheme

Recruiters lack confidence in the government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBIL) due to continuing prohibitive criteria and lack of response.

Rec-to-rec 27 April 2020

Will furloughed workers be drafted in to help on farms?

Furloughed workers may be encouraged to work as fruit and vegetable pickers to help farmers fill their labour shortages, the BBC reports.

Agriculture 27 April 2020

Hospitality will be hit hard unless job retention scheme is extended, says HBAA

Hospitality, travel and events sector businesses need the Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme (CJRS) extended, according to a trade association representing those industries.

Transport & logistics, Hospitality/Leisure 24 April 2020

London-wide recruitment initiative looks for people who are Proud to Care

A London-wide care sector initiative aimed at recruiting care workers to support elderly and vulnerable people requiring care has launched.

Public sector, Social care 23 April 2020

Tales from the Front: VIQU recruits IT volunteers to help NHS during Covid-19 disaster

Thanks to a Birmingham-based IT recruiter, NHS Trusts around the country are benefitting from expert volunteer support in setting up remote working for hundreds of employees who cannot work at their normal places of duty during the Covid-19 crisis.

Public sector, IT/Telecoms 23 April 2020

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 20-24 APRIL 2020

This week’s new contracts & deals include: APSCo, DaXtra Technologies, IPSE

23 April 2020

UK employment stats before the Covid-19 situation

Today’s release of the UK employment statistics in the three months to February were a flashback to happier economic times, when UK employment was estimated at a record high.

21 April 2020

Recruiters call for clarity surrounding agency workers and furlough

Recruitment leaders are calling on the government for clarity around furlough for agency workers.

Public sector, Social care 20 April 2020

Campaign launches to Keep Britain Working during Covid-19 crisis

Keep Britain Working has been launched to support businesses and workers during the coronavirus crisis.

20 April 2020

Indiscriminate robots

How to avoid human and machine bias in recruitment

17 April 2020

Q&A: Kellie Gordon

Kellie Gordon, director, Appoint-Ed

17 April 2020

What I know: St Giles Trust

REC charity partner St Giles Trust on the value of helping the UK’s most disadvantaged people

17 April 2020

Don’t lose sight of standards – especially at a time of crisis

Coronavirus may have rocked our economy, but this is no excuse to lose sight of our standards and the importance of compliance.

17 April 2020

Legal update: Delayed, not cancelled: the next steps for IR35

On 17 March 2020 the government answered the REC’s call to delay the IR35 tax changes until April 2021.

17 April 2020

Big talking point: Supporting our mental health

Coronavirus raises important questions about how we look after our mental health in a time of social distancing and self-isolation. With one in four people worldwide suffering from a mental disorder at some point in their lives, and as mental health week approaches, what can recruiters – as employers and as advisers – do to help?

17 April 2020
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