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Compass Group UK & Ireland Compass Group UK & Ireland has partnered with technology provider inploi to upgrade its recruitment marketing function and enhance the applicant experience. The partnership enables the food service provider to use its existing HR systems and gives them full visibility of the process. Compass said it had a 30% increase in completed application numbers since partnering with inploi.
Hirewell Prytek’s talent solutions division Hirewell has acquired technology recruitment platform Rainmakers. The acquisition will create a techenabled talent ecosystem, and will enable Hirewell’s clients to connect with technology sales talent via a digital marketplace.
iCIMS Talent cloud company iCIMS has acquired Candidate.ID, a marketing automation software built for talent acquisition. Candidate.ID enables recruiting teams to hyper-target best fit, most engaged candidates with unique lead scoring and automated marketing campaigns.
Arrows Group Global technology talent specialist Arrows Group has announced a strategic partnership with Unibeez, a SaaS platform specialising in Gen Z talent. The two companies will work together to source, train and mentor top emerging talent, “pipelining the way to a brighter future for the tech and data industry”, a Unibeez statement said.
Kingdom Medical Services Healthcare staffing firm Brindley Medical has merged with Kingdom Group to operate as Kingdom Medical Services. The merger will allow Kingdom Medical Services to expand and meet the demand for qualified professionals in the healthcare sector.
Adecco Group Adecco Group UK & Ireland will merge Badenoch + Clark’s commercial recruitment business into a new division of its LHH brand. Badenoch + Clark will then operate as LHH Recruitment Solutions and Badenoch’s public sector business based in England and Wales will become part of Adecco, known as Adecco Public Sector England and Wales.
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Randstad France
Recruitment agency Randstad France has announced its intentions to acquire end-to-end digital staffing platform Side in France. Randstad says the acquisition would enable it to strengthen its market position in the growing digital staffing market and lead to a “strong” extension of its current portfolio and offer access to
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new opportunities for existing and potential clients. Side was founded in 2016 and specialises in online recruitment, offering digital staffing solutions to more than 2,000 customers, with 300,000 active candidates, primarily in the logistics, trade and service sectors. Financial details were not disclosed.
The Recruitment Co Cordant People and Premiere People, both part of the Cordant recruitment group, have combined and rebranded to become The Recruitment Co. The new brand signifies Cordant People and Premiere People’s evolution from a predominantly blue-collar, industrial temporary staff recruiter to a multi-sector player with a national footprint and a £240m turnover. The merger will expand services and almost double employee headcount.
More contract news at recruiter.co.uk/news
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