Nearly a million UK workers say work made their mental health worse last year. Support that's more than a poster: what it looks like, what it's worth to the business, and where hiring comes into it.

Contractor hiring goes wrong in the gaps: the status nobody determined, the extension nobody reviewed, the checks nobody ran. Ten steps from brief to off-boarding that close them.

A talent pool isn't a folder of old CVs. It's the reason some businesses fill a role in a fortnight while everyone else starts from zero. What it is, how to build one and how to keep it warm.

Your competitors' job adverts are their strategy written down. What to read in them, where else to look, what it tells you about your own employer brand, and what to do with what you find.

Three weeks waiting for references and a DBS certificate is three weeks for a new hire to change their mind. Which checks you actually need, which are proportionate, and how fast they can be.

A frozen headcount, an unexpected project, a skill nobody in the building has. Contract staff solve all three, until they don't. When they're the right answer for an insurance business, when they aren't, and what they really cost.

The Government’s proposed amendment to the Employment Rights Bill aims to ban substitution clauses, a key element that helps define genuine self-employment. This move could shift contractors closer to employee status and impact business flexibility, sparking a heated debate on the future of contractor engagement.

Underwriters, claims handlers, pricing analysts, contractors for the transformation programme: insurers hire in every shape at once. What an insurance RPO and an insurance MSP each do, and when you need which.

When it comes to building a flexible, skilled workforce, contractors can be the perfect solution. Whether you need to fill short-term skills gaps, bring in expertise for a specific project, or scale up your team quickly, contractors bring agility and expertise to the table. But let’s be honest, hiring contractors comes with its own set of challenges, from complex compliance to finding the right talent. That’s where contractor recruitment agencies, like Vermelo, come in. We’re here to take the stress out of contractor hiring.

An RPO agency (Recruitment Process Outsourcing agency) is your go-to expert for managing all (or part) of your recruitment process. Unlike traditional recruitment agencies, who focus on filling individual vacancies, an RPO agency works as an extension of your HR team, delivering a scalable, end-to-end recruitment solution.

The salary is the visible part. The team covering, the manager quietly doing the job, the client who noticed, the hiring you do twice: what a bad hire really costs, and the five things that stop it happening.

An inclusive workplace isn't a policy. It's a hiring process that doesn't quietly filter out the people you say you want. Five practical fixes, what the law does and doesn't allow, and how to tell if it's working.