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UK Recruitment Market Snapshot — April 2026

MARKET SNAPSHOT: 5 Key Numbers  49.2 Permanent placements index (still declining, but at the slowest rate in 3 years)  48.4 Temporary billings index (decline easing month-on-month)  46...

UK Recruitment Market Snapshot — March 2026

Signs of stabilisation, but new economic pressures remain The latest data from S&P Global, KPMG and the REC suggests the UK recruitment market may be...

The UK recruitment market is entering 2026 with cautious but encouraging signs of stabilisation.

Across labour market data, sector performance indicators and consumer confidence research, the message is consistent: business activity is improving, but hiring confidence remains fragile...

A New Year, A New Window Of Opportunity For Recruiters

As we step into 2026, the mood across the UK recruitment market feels noticeably different. There’s still caution. Growth isn’t roaring back. But compared to...

Building Recruitment-Smart Automation: Lessons from the CRM Frontline

In the recruitment world, “automation” often triggers two opposing reactions — excitement from management, and quiet skepticism from recruiters. The truth is: both are...

The Unsung Art of QA: A Developer’s Secret Weapon

Behind every successful product launch or system rollout, there’s a quiet hero — the discipline of testing. At JSBC Labs, testing isn’t a checkbox at...

The Future of Recruitment: Why Skills-Based Hiring is the Shift Every Employer Needs to Make

The recruitment landscape is changing — fast. In a world where technology evolves faster than job descriptions can keep up, traditional hiring models are...

Building for Scale and Security in Recruitment Tech

Recruitment software looks simple on the surface — jobs, candidates, placements. Underneath? It’s one of the most complex data ecosystems you’ll ever engineer. Personal data,...

Ready to recruit in the US? Don’t commit these cultural faux pas when you get started!

As many UK recruiters may already be aware, the US boasts a rapidly-growing employment market. If you have ambitious growth plans, you may be...

The priority of embedding a culture of diversity and inclusion in the contingent workforce

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” – Peter Drucker Diversity and inclusion (D&I) has never been more of a priority for business as it is today. It...

Data insight

Access teamed up with Alex Fourlis, Managing Director of Broadbean Technology, to share insightful data on the current status of the employment market due to the effects of Covid-19. Here’s our key takeaways from the recent webinar.

Company-mandated policies seen as least effective in addressing gender diversity.

“To make real gender diversity progress, you need every piece of the puzzle put in its correct place."