Elvis Eckardt Recruitment
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🔵 Entrepreneur & Founder | Robin Hood meets Recruitment | Fractional TA Leader | Moonshot | Father to a cheeky 🐒 | Extended Workbench for the Big 4 | SatCom & New Space Hiring 🦄 | Helping to make the World Wireless 🔵
🔻 Royal Mail is cutting up to 2,500 head-office and support jobs across the UK by the end of 2027. Frontline posties and drivers aren’t affected. Letter volumes have fallen about 70%, while parcel competition keeps rising. Sometimes an entire operating model has to shrink with the market.
October 8, 2026 at 9:16 AM
🔻 Royal Mail is cutting up to 2,500 head-office and support jobs across the UK by the end of 2027. Frontline posties and drivers aren’t affected. Letter volumes have fallen about 70%, while parcel competition keeps rising. Sometimes an entire operating model has to shrink with the market.
A German porcelain manufacturer that survived two world wars, the division and reunification of Germany, and nearly two centuries of economic change is finally closing its doors.
October 8, 2026 at 9:05 AM
A German porcelain manufacturer that survived two world wars, the division and reunification of Germany, and nearly two centuries of economic change is finally closing its doors.
Software engineering is undergoing an extraordinary transformation, with some of the industry's most productive developers now running five to ten AI coding agents simultaneously instead of writing everything themselves.
October 8, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Software engineering is undergoing an extraordinary transformation, with some of the industry's most productive developers now running five to ten AI coding agents simultaneously instead of writing everything themselves.
German chemicals giant BASF is reportedly interested in acquiring rival Evonik, potentially bringing together two major names in an industry struggling with Europe's difficult industrial environment.
October 8, 2026 at 8:35 AM
German chemicals giant BASF is reportedly interested in acquiring rival Evonik, potentially bringing together two major names in an industry struggling with Europe's difficult industrial environment.
UAE investment group Crescent Enterprises has led a $45 million investment in myTVS, an Indian company quietly building a national platform around something extremely ordinary: fixing cars.
October 8, 2026 at 8:34 AM
UAE investment group Crescent Enterprises has led a $45 million investment in myTVS, an Indian company quietly building a national platform around something extremely ordinary: fixing cars.
Dutch construction group BAM has agreed to pay €504 million for A.Hak, a specialist company that installs and maintains the cables and pipelines hidden beneath roads and cities.
October 8, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Dutch construction group BAM has agreed to pay €504 million for A.Hak, a specialist company that installs and maintains the cables and pipelines hidden beneath roads and cities.
The number of jobs companies are trying to fill has barely changed, but the number of people applying for each successful hire is rising quickly.
October 7, 2026 at 10:28 AM
The number of jobs companies are trying to fill has barely changed, but the number of people applying for each successful hire is rising quickly.
Some researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind have started leaving the companies building the world's most powerful AI systems because they no longer want to participate in where they believe the technology is heading.
October 7, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Some researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind have started leaving the companies building the world's most powerful AI systems because they no longer want to participate in where they believe the technology is heading.
European defence-tech start-ups have already raised $7.4 billion in 2026, almost three times the $2.6 billion raised during the whole of last year.
October 7, 2026 at 10:05 AM
European defence-tech start-ups have already raised $7.4 billion in 2026, almost three times the $2.6 billion raised during the whole of last year.
Around 100 technology billionaires added $845 billion to their combined wealth during the first nine months of 2026, the largest increase ever recorded over that period by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
October 7, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Around 100 technology billionaires added $845 billion to their combined wealth during the first nine months of 2026, the largest increase ever recorded over that period by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Rheinmetall has started mass-producing military reconnaissance satellites in Germany, with its factory in Neuss expected to manufacture around 50 satellites every year.
October 7, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Rheinmetall has started mass-producing military reconnaissance satellites in Germany, with its factory in Neuss expected to manufacture around 50 satellites every year.
Three McKinsey employees in Berlin are trying to establish something that none of Germany's major management consultancies currently has: a formal works council.
October 7, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Three McKinsey employees in Berlin are trying to establish something that none of Germany's major management consultancies currently has: a formal works council.
Former Bundesbank president Axel Weber is investing in French fintech Spiko as it prepares to enter Germany, with the latest investment reportedly valuing the company at around €800 million.
October 7, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Former Bundesbank president Axel Weber is investing in French fintech Spiko as it prepares to enter Germany, with the latest investment reportedly valuing the company at around €800 million.
KKR has agreed to buy Gen II Fund Services for $5.1 billion, including debt, putting an enormous valuation on a company most people outside private equity have probably never heard of.
October 7, 2026 at 8:50 AM
KKR has agreed to buy Gen II Fund Services for $5.1 billion, including debt, putting an enormous valuation on a company most people outside private equity have probably never heard of.
Informa has agreed to pay £2.24 billion for Clarion Events, a company whose products include trade shows for gamers, defence companies, energy executives and consumer-electronics brands.
October 7, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Informa has agreed to pay £2.24 billion for Clarion Events, a company whose products include trade shows for gamers, defence companies, energy executives and consumer-electronics brands.
The global permanent recruitment market generated around $75.6 billion in 2025, yet the largest company in the entire industry controls just 1.34% of it.
October 6, 2026 at 11:34 AM
The global permanent recruitment market generated around $75.6 billion in 2025, yet the largest company in the entire industry controls just 1.34% of it.
More than half of UK professionals, 55%, say they are burnt out at work, according to new research from Robert Half.
October 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM
More than half of UK professionals, 55%, say they are burnt out at work, according to new research from Robert Half.
McKinsey estimates that automation could reduce US labour demand by the equivalent of around 36 million jobs by 2035, which sounds like the beginning of a fairly terrifying AI story.
October 6, 2026 at 10:30 AM
McKinsey estimates that automation could reduce US labour demand by the equivalent of around 36 million jobs by 2035, which sounds like the beginning of a fairly terrifying AI story.
Elon Musk says he will rename his AI company SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, following Donald Trump's campaign to replace the term “artificial intelligence” with “superintelligence.”
October 6, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Elon Musk says he will rename his AI company SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, following Donald Trump's campaign to replace the term “artificial intelligence” with “superintelligence.”
BT wants to acquire insolvent broadband provider TalkTalk for around £472 million, but what looks like another telecom takeover has become a question of national infrastructure.
October 6, 2026 at 9:24 AM
BT wants to acquire insolvent broadband provider TalkTalk for around £472 million, but what looks like another telecom takeover has become a question of national infrastructure.
Ruja Ignatova disappeared years ago, but investigators are still trying to recover the money left behind by one of the strangest alleged financial frauds of the crypto era.
October 6, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Ruja Ignatova disappeared years ago, but investigators are still trying to recover the money left behind by one of the strangest alleged financial frauds of the crypto era.
Two years ago, sustainability reporting looked like one of the safest growth markets in professional services, and Deloitte and its competitors hired people specifically to serve it.
October 6, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Two years ago, sustainability reporting looked like one of the safest growth markets in professional services, and Deloitte and its competitors hired people specifically to serve it.
Germany's economy isn't exactly overflowing with good news, yet a group of relatively small companies is quietly producing some very different numbers.
October 6, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Germany's economy isn't exactly overflowing with good news, yet a group of relatively small companies is quietly producing some very different numbers.
Investing has become an industry built around finding the next opportunity, yet three financial experts have offered an almost disappointingly simple alternative: have a goal, diversify, keep costs low and stop fiddling with it.
October 6, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Investing has become an industry built around finding the next opportunity, yet three financial experts have offered an almost disappointingly simple alternative: have a goal, diversify, keep costs low and stop fiddling with it.
For years, lending money to France was considered almost as safe as lending it to Germany, but investors are suddenly questioning that assumption.
October 6, 2026 at 9:03 AM
For years, lending money to France was considered almost as safe as lending it to Germany, but investors are suddenly questioning that assumption.