Education charity partnership
Connex Education Partnership has partnered with the team at Magic Breakfast with the aim of raising 1 million breakfasts for hungry children to help ensure no child goes to school too hungry to learn. In the UK, one in four children experience food insecurity* and struggle to access nutritious meals. This has a detrimental impact […]
World poetry day
For #worldpoetryday we\’ve created the following little rhyming poem to celebrate all that we do at Bluestones. What do you think of it? In the world of talent, where recruiters reign,Our company invests, to relieve their strain.We scale and create wealth, with a strategy fine,Building recruitment brands, that truly shine. At the heart of our […]
Why recruitment startups fail
The world of recruitment is an ever-changing landscape, with over 6,000 new UK recruitment businesses launched in 2021 alone according to data from Companies House. However, not all recruitment startups are successful, and many fail due to a variety of reasons. Understanding why this happens is critically important to help mitigate the risk to […]
All things recruitment
Bluestones Group today reveals its \’all things recruitment\’ concept, along with a new divisional structure and an all-new Group website. The video below explains our all things recruitment approach to how we structure our business and how we operate in this industry. https://vimeo.com/785989065/f675c8d5c5 Bluestones is widely regarded as one of the market-leading recruitment investment companies […]
Podcast listeners soar
Connex Education Academy is celebrating a new milestone with their ever-popular education-focused podcast, After the Bell, as it\’s now logged over 2,000 listeners. Available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, the podcast provides quick tips and discussions with education experts. Covering a wide range of topics for everyone, including Early Career Teachers, aspirational or existing middle […]
Additional funding product from RFS
Recruitment Funding Solutions (RFS), the specialist recruitment funding provider within the Group\’s portfolio of recruitment and staffing service companies, has launched a completely overhauled website, incorporating a range of design and functional changes that coincides with the addition of an all-new funding product too. Recruitment Funding Solutions provides specialist recruitment funding support to recruitment agencies […]
Happy New Year
Happy New Year from all of us at Bluestones Group. After the many successes of 2022, what will 2023 bring? Perhaps it could be the year you launch your own recruitment business…
QPS share payroll provider tips
Quest Pay Solutions, the Group\’s specialist payroll provider that provides CIS, PAYE and Umbrella payroll services to recruitment agencies throughout the UK, has shared a detailed guide on how to find the best payroll provider. In the article, they advise: When looking to hire the best payroll provider for your recruitment agency, it […]
Succession planning
Future investors want to know what happens after they invest, so having a clear succession planning strategy and ongoing narrative is critically important. Succession planning is an important part of any business plan, but it’s often overlooked when it comes to investor relations. Investors want to know what will happen to their investments in […]
Education businesses join Connex Education
Connex Education Partnership, the education specialist recruitment business within the Group\’s portfolio has today announced that two of its sister companies – The International Teaching Partnership and The ECT Partnership are being rebranded as they officially become part of the Connex Education brand. The International Teaching Partnership, which helps classroom practitioners and school leaders find […]