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IIP for SBW

Bristol-based agency SBW has been awarded Investors in People status ... more or comment here 1 comment

TMP Worldwide have gained nominations in two categories at the 2012 New Media Age awards, putting them into direct competition with entries from the world of consumer marketing ... more or comment here

Tender: Metro (West Yorkshire)

5-year contract for advertising and marketing services, with an estimated total value of £500K (excluding vat). ... more or comment here

RBAs open for entries

The tenth Recruitment Business Awards are now open for entry. They’re open to any UK organisations based outside the M25 that produce recruitment advertising (plus those inside who’ve produced work that qualifies for clients based outside!) ... more or comment here

Agency Bites #7

Just a few gems from the agency world this month, with lots of items, including awards reports, covered elsewhere on Ri5. Lots of rumours flying around, of course. Ri5 aims as always to be first with the real news. ... more or comment here

Encouraging talent to move – and stick

The morning of Monday 14th May saw the first of TMP Worldwide’s ‘Can’t Move, Won’t Move’ seminars take place at the agency’s 265TCR headquarters, with presentations from chief executive Andrew Wilkinson, business director Breda Power and Ghost Partnership director Alan Crozier ... more or comment here

Special Ri5 discount for Onrec’s ‘Gravity’ conference

Ri5 has arranged a special discount for users intending to attend Onrec’s Gravity Recruiting Conference next month ... more or comment here

Recruitment Society – forthcoming events

News of the latest Midlands region event – focusing on apprenticeships – plus early notification of the Society’s summer reception in London ... more or comment here

Recruiter Awards – all the results

A packed Grosvenor house was the glitzy setting for the 2012 Recruiter Awards for Excellence – the first to be held since the Recruiter brand returned to the Redactive fold ... more or comment here

Charity news

Two characters in our sector. Three very good causes. All they need is your backing. ... more or comment here

SBW opens in Wales

Bristol-based ad agency SBW has opened a new office in Cardiff. It will be headed up by Sam Teague, a familiar face in recruitment advertising circles ... more or comment here 1 comment

Which way will the recruitment industry develop?

It’s a big question, and one that Gareth Jones – chief inmate at BrubakerHR – will be seeking to answer at the next meeting of the Online Recruitment Marketing Council on Wednesday 30th May ... more or comment here

Double success for TMP and Penna at PPMA awards

At the PPMA Recruitment Awards, held at the Paragon Hotel in Birmingham on the evening of Thursday 26th April, TMP Worldwide and Penna each took two of the five awards to be presented ... more or comment here

Tender: The City University (marketing services)

The City University (known as City University London) seeks expressions of interest for the provision of marketing and design services (typically, for small campaigns and literature) by a roster of firms for all business areas of the University. ... more or comment here

The logic of turning business away

A year on from winning agency of the year at the CIPD Recruitment Marketing Awards, Wave director David Jenkins reveals a change of heart over new business strategy ... more or comment here 2 comments

Press ad wins latest Ri Fiver

We may be well into in the digital age, but press advertising is still capable of packing a punch in the recruitment arena, as the winning entry for the February/March Ri Fiver clearly demonstrates… ... more or comment here 3 comments

Engaging prospective and current employees

During May, TMP Worldwide will be hosting a UK-wide series of events for HR professionals on the highly topical issue of how to persuade the best talent to move, and how to engage existing employees ... more or comment here

Tender: Forestry Commission (Scotland)

The Forestry Commission Scotland is inviting tenders for a three-year framework contract (with an estimated value of £100,000) involving the planning and delivery of various communications, including elements of employability, skills and engagement. The deadline for expressions of interest is noon on Monday 7th May (a bank holiday, as it happens) ... more or comment here

Agency bites #6

The latest in Ri5’s regular round-ups of news from the recruitment marketing agency scene ... more or comment here

One year on – Penna Recruitment Solutions

Exactly a year ago Penna reorganised its resourcing activities, creating a new Recruitment Solutions business under the leadership of Julie Towers in the process. Ri5 returned to find out how the first year had gone, talk to some of the key players involved and enjoy a celebratory slice of cake ... more or comment here

Awards aim to celebrate best in recruitment industry

Next up on the industry’s busy awards front are the 2012 Recruiter Awards, designed to celebrate excellence across all areas of recruitment. These are due to take place on Wednesday 2nd May at London’s Grosvenor House, with comedian/presenter/actor Rufus Hound headlining the evening’s entertainment. To see whether your organisation has been shortlisted, and/or to book your place at this high-profile event, read on ... more or comment here

Workingmums launches third Top Employer Awards

Workingmums.co.uk has launched its third annual Top Employer Awards, designed to celebrate organisations that lead the field in “developing innovative ways of working suited to twenty-first century demands” ... more or comment here

Tender: Network Rail

In what’s likely to prove one of the UK’s biggest resourcing-related tenders of the year, Network Rail is seeking potential suppliers for the provision of direct candidate sourcing services. But you’ll need to act fast, as the deadline for expressions of interest is later this month ... more or comment here

CIPD RMAs – 2012 shortlist revealed