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Recruitment giant Hays plc has announced a sharp cut to shareholder dividends after reporting a dramatic fall in profits, underscoring the ongoing challenges facing the global recruitment industry. The group’s pre-tax profit for the year ended June 2025 fell 90%…

Distinct, a recruitment firm based in Nottingham with offices in Milton Keynes, Boston, and New York, has just become a B Corp certified recruitment firm. The company, also recognised as a Sunday Times Best Place to Work, supports UK- and…

Hiring for a startup can easily become a full-time job, especially when the role is senior, niche, or business-critical. In some cases, founders can hire well through their own network or with the help of an internal recruiter. In others,…

The candidate experience in today’s hiring landscape is facing serious challenges. Reddit posts venting about frustrating recruitment processes are everywhere – and many are filled with abusive language toward recruiters. From vanishing recruiters to endless interview rounds and vague job…

Getting VC funding puts real pressure on a startup to scale quickly. That often means making senior hires earlier, faster, and with more at stake than before. But this is exactly where many VC-backed startups get it wrong. The challenge…

Technology executive search covers several quite different markets. A board search for a listed software company, a CTO hire for a venture-backed scale-up, a divisional CEO for an industrial technology business, and a CIO appointment tied to enterprise transformation all…

CFO executive search is rarely defined by finance alone. A venture-backed software company hiring its first scaled CFO, a listed financial institution planning succession, a life sciences business managing long investment cycles, and a public body appointing a finance leader…

Hays, a FTSE 250 recruiting firm, has been working on cost-cutting measures to drive profit, but this has yet to be reflected in its profitability. Hays’ profits drop by half as hiring slowdown persists. For several months, Hays has warned…

The Protocol Group, a recruitment company based in Nottingham, has announced that it has implemented a four-day work week option for its employees. This move is designed to enhance productivity and support better work-life balance, aligning with a rising trend…