G4S Secure Solutions (UK) has become a founder member of The Social Recruitment Advocacy Group which champions greater participation by people with disadvantaged backgrounds in the recruitment market. Social recruitment is an approach to hiring that positively impacts every part of society and the economy by moving unemployed people, who are furthest away from the…
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ISS will recruit 1,000 refugees into its European operations following a commitment at the Tent Partnership for Refugees’ European Business Summit in Paris. The commitment builds on the Danish multinational facility services provider’s on-going commitment to hire, train and upskill immigrants and refugees. Europe faces its largest refugee crisis since World War II, including 5…
Jess O’Dwyer, General Manager-Europe at Pocketalk, says embracing language diversity and improving communication are essential for closing the resource gap in the UK’s facilities management sector. The UK facilities management sector has always been heavily reliant on a foreign workforce. However, the impact of three significant factors – Brexit, the COVID pandemic and Russia’s invasion…
BM Caterers has presented 26 awards to individuals and teams at its annual FOODIES awards ceremony which recognise outstanding contributions to the business and communities it operates in. Hosted at a client site in White City, West London, the event celebrated excellence in customer service, coffee and safety skills and innovation – with awards additionally…
FCC Group holding company, FCC Medio Ambiente, has committed to supporting the Tent Partnership for Refugees initiative in Spain by recruiting significant new numbers of Ukrainian refugees. The company’s latest initiative was confirmed at a signing event attended by Amaia Elizalde, director of Tent Spain and Luis Suárez, Head of Human Resources for FCC Medio…
The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has branded recent comments on migrant workers made by Home Secretary Suella Braverman as being ‘ridiculous’, ‘completely out of touch’ and ‘divorced from reality’. According to the BCC, the United Kingdom’s hygiene and hygiene and waste sector has been suffering from severe staff shortages since a tightening of immigration rules…
The British Cleaning Council (BCC) is warning continuing staff shortages in the cleaning, hygiene and waste sector will amplify the impact of a feared ‘twindemic’ combining winter flu and new immune evasive Sars-Cov-2 variants. The cleaning, hygiene and waste sector – which is one of the ten biggest industries in the UK – has played…
Leigh Anderson, Bis Henderson Recruitment managing director, believes misconceptions about off-payroll working and HMRC IR35 rules in the UK are exacerbating difficulties recruiting top managerial talent into the supply chain sector. For some years now a wave of misunderstanding and misinformation has swept the temporary employment market. Companies large and small have…
The Crown Estate is hosting a first of its kind jobs fair to help support its hospitality customers with staff shortfall. The event will take place on Tuesday 14th June at Park Row on Brewer Street, between 10am and 4pm, offering over 500 applicants the opportunity to gain a hospitality role in London’s vibrant WestEnd.…
With reported recruitment shortages within the asbestos industry leading to delays and service cancellations, facilities managers would be wise to review their continuity planning, says OHS director, Aaron Dodd. Over the last 12 years, Australia and New Zealand have worked hard at attracting expertise from the UK to solve their labour shortages in the…
Kier has launched a recruitment drive with over 1,200 jobs available across the Group. As one of the UK’s leading construction and infrastructure providers, the jobs will support new schools, hospitals, roads and rail projects in communities right across the UK. The recruitment drive will also help Kier to achieve its ambitions to bring a…
With rising ecommerce volumes combining with a driver shortage to create the perfect storm in the UK, Leigh Anderson, managing director at Bis Henderson Recruitment, explains how interim managers can provide the skills needed to save Christmas. At almost every point in every supply chain, companies are facing unprecedented levels of change and uncertainty. Challenges…
16.07.2021, 16:34 SOMO Awards 2021 Nominations Compass Group UK&I Chief People Officer, Donna Catley, is a Champion of the Year finalist for this year’s Social Mobility Awards for which the group has also been nominated in the Recruitment Programme of the Year category. The SOMOs, now in their fifth year, were the first national awards…
Leigh Anderson, managing director at Bis Henderson Recruitment, explains why the ‘new normal’ is generating demand for for senior Human Resource executives within supply chain logistics. Logistics operators, and distribution and fulfilment functions across retail and manufacturing, are realising that the solutions to most of the challenges they are facing include a significant HR strategy…
29.04.2021, 13:59 Terminix Announces Major Recruitment Drive Terminix has announced plans to hire 500 sales and service professionals over the next month. Terminix provides opportunities for career advancement and training to help its teammates achieve their career goals. The commission potential for sales professionals is uncapped, meaning they can earn as much as they are…
Leigh Anderson, managing director of Bis Henderson Recruitment, considers ways supply chain professionals can maximise their potential for job opportunities during the Covid-19 pandemic. Jobs are going almost daily, from retail assistants to aero-engineers, and inevitably including a good few logistics and supply chain staff. But all is not necessarily doom and gloom, as there…
19.03.2020, 11:51 Business as Usual In response to the Coronavirus crisis, talent-to-solutions supply chain company Bis Henderson Group, is implementing precautionary measures recommended by the UK government and stressing it’s ‘business as usual’ for its operating divisions. Reassuring clients, the business emphasises how its significant investment into a comprehensive digital remote working capability is enabling…
11.11.2019, 20:06 Aramark in Veterans Recruitment Drive Following the involvement of its employees in activities to mark Veterans Day today, Aramark has announced it will be recruiting thousands of former armed services personnel in 2020. The initiative, which is part of a wider campaign to diversify Aramark’s workforce, follows several volunteer projects over the Spring. During…