Nick Croucher

Partner | Head of UK and Ireland

Ireland, UK

Nick is part of the global Frazer Jones leadership team with responsibility for leading the UK and Ireland business in London, Bristol, Birmingham and Dublin and expanding our regional footprint. He also supports businesses with senior HR appointments and executive searches. Nick is co-chair of the APSCo HR sector forum and an active member of our diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) committee – striving to create a truly inclusive environment, whilst advising our clients on inclusive recruitment. Having been recruited in HR since 2007, he has a strong global network supporting interim, permanent and retained search solutions across HR.

nick’s Insights

  • Markteinblicke

Webinar Q&A: key UK employment law changes in 2024

  • Posted Oktober 23, 2024
What’s in store for 2024? Our latest employment law series webinar discussed the key changes for this year. Following the session, our own Nick Croucher, Partner, again partnered with Emma O’Connor, Director at Boyes Turner, to delve deep into the questions you asked us during the webinar. What does „normal remuneration“ mean in the context of calculating […]
  • Markteinblicke

HR recruitment trends: my Outlook for 2024

  • Posted Januar 29, 2024
2024 is underway and the question I am continually being asked is “what are you seeing across the HR space and what do you think the market will do?”. It is the $64,000 question! Whilst I am not an economist nor do I claim to be, the senior and executive markets that I work with […]
  • Markteinblicke

November 2023 market overview

  • Posted Dezember 19, 2023
Across the UK’s commerce and industry, financial services and professional services sectors, we’ve pulled together all the live vacancies we’ve had in November 2023 across London, Home Counties, West Midlands and South West England. Typically, we see November offer a last burst of recruitment activity, as organisations look to get a candidate secured before the […]
  • Karriereberatung

HR recruitment trends: UK commerce and industry

  • Posted Dezember 16, 2023
What’s been happening in HR recruitment in the UK commerce and industry sectors? Ben Wood, Partner and head of our UK financial services business, spoke to Nick Croucher, Partner and head of our commerce and industry business, about the key trends in 2023 and what to look out for in 2024. Watch the full video […]
  • Hiring Advice

HR recruitment trends: UK talent acquisition

  • Posted Dezember 14, 2023
What’s been happening in the UK talent acquisition hiring market? Ben Wood, Partner and head of our UK financial services business, spoke to Nick Croucher, Lead Partner, Frazer Jones UK and Ireland, about the key trends in 2023 and what to look out for in 2024. Watch the full video here: If you would like […]
  • Markteinblicke

UK employment law round-up: your questions answered

  • Posted Juli 13, 2023
Our own Stephanie McCleery, Director, recently hosted an insightful webinar welcoming special guest Emma O’Connor, Legal Director and Head of HR Training from law firm Boyes Turner. Emma talked us through potential employment law changes in the UK, how they may affect HR policies in your business and what you can do to stay ahead of the […]
  • DEI

The power of brands: highlights from this year’s Advancing Racial Equity Conference

  • Posted April 12, 2023
We were very proud to be gold partners at this year’s Advancing Racial Equity Conference hosted by Shereen Daniels, Managing Director at HR rewired and bestselling author of The Anti-Racist Organization – Dismantling Systemic Racism in the Workplace. Our own Nick Croucher took part in a panel on the power of brands, led by Reeta […]
  • DEI

Interview with Shereen Daniels: advancing racial equity in the workplace

  • Posted Januar 24, 2023
Our own Nick Croucher sat down with Shereen Daniels, Managing Director at HR rewired and bestselling author of The Anti-Racist Organization – Dismantling Systemic Racism in the Workplace. Shereen is a gifted educator and speaker, capturing audiences across HR rewired TV, her podcast Advancing Racial Equity 4.0 and her annual conferences, Advancing Racial Equity: Moving […]
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October 2022 market overview: commerce and industry

  • Posted November 3, 2022
Across the UK’s commerce and industry sectors, we’ve pulled together a review of the live data we have captured in October – London, Home Counties, West Midlands and South West England. Stabilising vacancies „The sectors consistently recruiting are in the technology, oil and energy, and retail space.“ Indicators are showing that we have now reached […]
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September market overview: commerce and industry

  • Posted Oktober 5, 2022
What’s happening in commerce and industry? Across the UK’s commerce and industry sectors, we’ve pulled together a review of the live data we have captured in September – covering London, Home Counties, West Midlands and South West England. We saw an increase in vacancies in August with a spike by around 30% from June and […]
  • DEI

Matthew Syed on cognitive diversity: Why it’s the most important thing for you and your business

  • Posted Juli 18, 2022
The most successful and innovative businesses are focused on cognitive diversity at the C-suite level. These businesses see cognitive diversity not just as an organisational attribute that is important in political and social terms, but as a cutting-edge performance asset – perhaps the most important performance asset. But there are some companies where Chief Executives […]
  • HR

The future of HR recruitment: Nick Croucher on oven-ready HR’s podcast

  • Posted April 8, 2022
With companies changing their internal structures, dealing with talent shortages, and adjusting to a new way of working, HR has grown significantly in importance and influence in every successful business. In a recent podcast, Nick Croucher (Lead Partner, Frazer Jones UK), spoke to Chris Taylor (Host, Oven-Ready HR) about the future of HR Recruitment. Here, we highlight Nick’s key points […]
  • Company Updates

Our business continuity strategy

  • Posted April 8, 2022
With an international network of offices including London, Bristol, Amsterdam, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Milan, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Sydney and New York, Frazer Jones is ideally placed to support our clients on a global basis. We have a robust business continuity plan (BCP) which underpins and ensures an unbroken level of service. Working remotely We […]
  • Interviews mit HR Führungskräften

What we learned speaking to Ellie Simmonds on Disability Inclusion

  • Posted Januar 24, 2022
One in five people in the UK are disabled. That’s over 14 million of us. But only a little over half of working-age disabled people are employed. Of those, The UK Disability Survey reports that under half (48%) agree that their employer has made sufficient reasonable adjustments for them, and only 24% agree that their promotion opportunities […]
  • Karriereentwicklung

Maximising your day rate

  • Posted September 24, 2020
How to maximise your day rate in a downturn We understand the value of senior HR Interim candidates at Frazer Jones. You will usually have operated at a very senior level and have proven yourself many times over on complex projects in difficult economic climates and complicated or distressed organisations. A proven interim background is […]
  • Wellbeing

Work-life balance is it possible with kids in lockdown?

  • Posted Mai 24, 2020
Working and looking after kids just doesn’t work. Take comfort from the fact that no one with small kids is doing a good job and that’s a lot of the population. Most people/bosses/companies get it, but that doesn’t actually help when you are trying to fit it all in and you now have new financial […]
  • CV und Interview Tipps

Candidate Guide to Video and Telephone Interviews

  • Posted März 24, 2020
Your essential guide to preparing for video and telephone interviews Whilst there are certain things to consider when interviewing via video conference or telephone, the most important to remember is that it is still an interview so preparation remains key! We have created a simple and helpful guide for you should you be interviewing remotely. To […]