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Gi Group UK awarded silver medal by EcoVadis for CSR commitment

6th January 2020

Company announcement: Further to a stringent process, Gi Group UK are proud announce that they have been awarded a Silver Medal by EcoVadis. EcoVadis is a global CSR assessment company, that measures the initiatives, successes, that a business has on global goals such as: • Environment • Labour a...

Big Christmas Appeal: Gi Group collaborates with local food banks to give people a better Christmas.

2nd January 2020

In December 2019, Gi Group UK held the Big Christmas Appeal campaign: this initiative had the objective of collecting essential items like food, clothes and sanitary products, and donating them to local Food Banks. The project was based on the song “12 Days of Christmas”, and each sit...

Gi Group sponsors Charlie Gard Foundation Charity Ball

7th November 2019

Last month, Gi Group sponsored and attended a Greatest Showman themed charity ball, held in London to raise funds and support for the Charlie Gard Foundation. Created to support children, adults and their families that have been affected by mitochondrial disease, the Charlie Gard Foundation inves...

Gi Group helps Stockport Foodbank through local team donations

4th November 2019

At Gi Group, our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee have been working hard on a new strategy to enable us to effectively give back the communities in which we are based. After travelling around the UK to speak to staff across all of our businesses, the collective decision made was to...

Speed is of the essence

25th September 2019

Time waits for no one in a candidate driven market, meaning decisive action is necessary if you don’t want to lose the top candidates for your vacant roles. Failure to attract top talent can lead to significant revenue and productivity losses as knock-on effects. While organisations should...

UK Labour Market – Employment rates hit record levels

19th September 2019

The latest ONS statistics show employment rates continue to hit record levels with 76.1% constituting the joint-highest figure since comparable records began in 1971. Clearly at present, the UK jobs market remains robust despite wider concerns about the future of the economy beyond Brexit. That s...

Gi Group UK Shortlisted for Best Temporary Recruitment Company of the Year

30th August 2019

We are delighted to announce that Gi Group UK has been shortlisted for Best Temporary Recruitment Company of the Year as part of TALiNT International Annual Recruitment Awards 2019. The TIARA’s recognise the very best in recruitment, celebrating the excellence, innovation and growth of leading co...

SPACEUP: Join the Space Academy in Germany

6th August 2019

As sponsors of the SpaceUp Programme, Gi Group are pleased to announce the second Space Academy taking place on the 18th – 19th of November in Bremen, Germany. Register your Start-up by August 15th 2019 at this link www.spaceupeurope.eu More information and details are available on the Spac...

UK Labour Market: Number of Vacancies Continue to Fall

26th July 2019

The ONS employment figures on the UK Labour Market released this month again reflect a bouyant market with the UK unemployment rate estimated at 3.8% – as low as it has been since October to December 1974. Furthermore, the number of vacancies has fallen by 19,000 since the previous quarter,...

UK Labour Market: Record Low Level of Female Unemployment

19th June 2019

Latest statistics from the ONS show that the number of women in the workplace is now at its joint lowest level since 1971. Commenting on the figures, Gi Group UK’s CEO Bev White said “Whilst it’s fantastic to see the lowest unemployment rate for women at 3.7% since 1971, we shouldn’t be complac...