The soft services provider has reinforced its commitment to creating inclusive and equitable employment pathways for disadvantaged groups by signing the 2024 Social Recruitment Covenant. Created by recruitment and training provider PeoplePlus, the Social Recruitment Covenant is a collaborative national programme, ...

Serco has been appointed to deliver the Ministry of Defence’s next-generation recruiting solution for the Royal Navy, the British Army, the Royal Air Force and Strategic Command. The Armed Forces Recruitment Service (AFRS) contract sees recruitment for these branches of ...

Matt Bailey, workplace analytics specialist at Matrix Booking explains why flexible working means FM can’t go it alone. Collaboration across multiple departments is key to delivering a successful workplace The rise of flexible working has reshaped the way businesses operate, ...

Sodexo has announced a significant milestone in its commitment to social mobility by introducing guaranteed job interviews for people with criminal convictions as part of its Starting Fresh programme. Applicants with a disclosed criminal conviction who meet the job criteria ...

Many UK employers believe young people aren’t ‘job-ready’ and lack important workplace skills, with a fall in earning and learning opportunities cited as a key reason, according to the CIPD’s latest report ‘Changing face of the youth labour market‘. The ...

Amey has announced it is taking responsible action to address the industry’s widening skills gap through the implementation of strategic social recruitment initiatives. With 14 per cent of new recruits across the whole business coming from individuals facing barriers to ...

More companies are mandating office days or even tracking the working locations of their employees. Rachel Houghton of Business Moves Group digs into some of the factors at play when creating a hybrid work policy It seems that the hybrid ...

Kingdom Services Group has announced its acquisition of recruitment company, MC Personnel Ltd. Established in 1998, MC Personnel has over 400 staff which it places into the Industrial, Food, Production, Manufacturing, Hospitality, and Driving sectors throughout Kent, South East London and ...

A new skills and policy department has been launched by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) to address the major training and recruitment challenges faced by the sector. A team of skills and policy specialists will focus on improving the ...

Employers might need to rethink their approach to the work week and consider the benefits of greater flexibility to improve productivity says Lucy Bisset, Director of Robert Walters North The days of the traditional work week may be numbered, with ...