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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.

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

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

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.

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.

APPOINTMENTS: 7-11 APRIL 2025

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

Recruitment, robotics and connected devices

Rohit Talwar and fellow authors from Fast Future explore how robotics and connected devices can change the working lives of recruiters for the better.

16 March 2018

Recruiters: are you getting enough sleep to function properly?

On World Sleep Day it appears recruiters are missing out on sleep, if evidence from some of the sector’s leading figures is anything to go by…

16 March 2018

Take time out to recharge not take it out on colleagues

Recruitment managers should use stress management techniques to stop themselves taking out their frustration on colleagues.

HR 15 March 2018

Alan Furley: What we really mean is...

Hidden meanings. My goodness... they are a curse.

HR 15 March 2018

Ask the expert: April 2018

Q: Can I sell more retainers in the current climate? If so, how?

15 March 2018

Brendan Flood: The deal maker

The CEO and chairman of Staffing 360 Solutions Brendan Flood has been the driving force behind the group’s growing portfolio of subsidiaries, but making them work together is just as important.

14 March 2018

Spotlight on CV-speccing

Spotlight on CV-speccing

HR 14 March 2018
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Chancellor’s promise of £80m for apprentices given mixed reception

The Chancellor Philip Hammond’s announcement of a £80m boost to apprenticeships has been given a mixed reception by recruiters, with one telling Recruiter that more money was not the answer.

FINANCIALS: Empresaria NFI up for 18th consecutive quarter

International specialist staffing group Empresaria grew its net fee income (NFI) for the 18th consecutive quarter as it reported a 14% increase in adjusted profit before tax on revenue that was 28% higher for the full year 2017.

14 March 2018

Quality not quantity: Putting relationships back into recruitment

Before smartphones and laptops, the most important item in a recruiter’s arsenal was their little black book.

HR 14 March 2018

Castlerock Recruitment acquires Healthcare Locums

Healthcare and medical recruiter Castlerock Recruitment Group (CRG) has acquired rival Healthcare Locums (HCL), Recruiter can exclusively reveal.

Two recruiters make the government’s NMW ‘name and shame’ list

Almost 180 employers, including two recruitment agencies, have been named and shamed for underpaying the National Minimum Wage (NMW), according to a government list.

HR 9 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.

7 March 2018

McDonogh appointed CEO at Morgan McKinley

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

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

FINANCIALS: Covering all bases key to Robert Walters’ success

Covering all bases in recruitment services offered has helped Robert Walters post a 17% increase in revenues in 2017.

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