United Kingdom: Recruiting

The aerospace and defence sector faces a critical workforce challenge: how to attract, develop and retain talent in an era of rapid technological change and geopolitical uncertainty. With skills shortages intensifying and demand for specialist expertise growing, organisations must rethink their approach to building adaptable, diverse teams capable of delivering innovation across emerging technologies and complex operational environments.

Understanding the UK Home Office's "genuine vacancy" requirement is critical for Skilled Worker visa applications. This article examines how employers can demonstrate that a sponsored role truly exists and wasn't created primarily to facilitate immigration, exploring key evidence factors from company size and financial health to recruitment records and family connections.

The Open University's latest Business Barometer report uncovers how persistent skills shortages across UK organisations are creating ripple effects on employee wellbeing and operational capacity. The research examines employer perspectives on retention strategies, recruitment challenges, and training investments, while investigating whether young talent could provide solutions to the widening skills gap.

In the first of our two-part special to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week we chat with two of our Solicitor Apprentices about their experiences...

Those of us who grew up in the 90s will be familiar with the works of Ugly Kid Joe and today we are thinking about the closing track to their debut album, ‘Mr Record Man'.

This week is Trustees' Week – and here at Higgs we're celebrating with a series of articles about the hot topics in the charity and not for profit arena.

There exists a direct correlation between accessibility and social inequality that often goes unaddressed

CEO David Sproul blogs about the changes to Deloitte's recruitment programme to make sure that everyone has the chance to thrive, develop and succeed - regardless of background.

Maples and Calder has continued to strengthen its international Trusts and Private Client practice with the appointment of Ray Davern, who joins the firm on 6 June 2016 as a partner in its London office.