2025 - A Year of Relentless Innovation in Recruitment Technology

1. AI takes centre stage
2. What you can now achieve with Access Vincere Evo
3. Powered by our own AI transformation 
4. The end of manual drudgery 
5. Stop revenue leakage in high-volume temp staffing 
6. From website builder to marketing intelligence platform 
7. Compliance made effortless 
8. A connected RecOS ecosystem 
9. Turn data into decisions, faster 
10. Candidate presentation, elevated 
11. Building great technology

If 2024 was about AI hype, 2025 for us was about making AI an operational reality for recruiters. 

The launch of Access Evo, our revolutionary AI software experience, marked a turning point. Now available across Access Vincere Evo, Access ARCRM Evo and Access FastTrack360 Evo, with Access Attract Evo just launched in mid-January 2026, this isn’t just another AI bolt-on. 

It’s an intelligent layer that connects your CRM, Pay & Bill, and analytics into one seamless experience, with AI embedded at every step of your recruitment agency operations. 

• Get instant answers without digging through systems: Ask Copilot AI Assistant questions in plain English - it searches your CRM, timesheets, contracts, and finance data simultaneously 
• Shortlist candidates in minutes, not hours: AI-powered Candidate Scoring delivers 1-5 star ratings, instant insights, and suggested interview questions 
• Create job ads, emails, and candidate presentations in seconds: Content Generation handles the heavy lifting so you can focus on relationships 
• Never miss a critical deadline: Smart Feeds prioritises your notifications - document expirations, candidate requests, starters, finishers, and offer approvals surface automatically 
• Understand performance without building reports: Automated Analytics provides ready-made dashboards with real-time KPIs and natural language reporting 

The impact speaks for itself: agencies using Access Evo are seeing 38% faster time to fill, 2x placement win rates, and 25% lower operational costs. 

Access Vincere Evo is our daily engine. Our sales teams, delivery consultants, everyone, they live in it. What makes it work is how intuitive it is. When new people join and say, ‘Oh, I’ve used Vincere before, I love it,’ that’s gold. That’s a real testament to the system.

- Carrie Sheen, IT Operations Director, Auxo Talent

Beyond Access Vincere Evo, our smartAI integration in Access Recruitment CRM Evo handles sourcing, screening, and scheduling automatically. HireAra’s AI Transform delivers one-click CV enhancement with instant translation into every major business language. And Access FastTrack360 Evo’s Analytics lets you query your database using plain English and get insights at the snap of your fingers. 

How did we deliver 200+ features in a single year? By practising what we preach. 

We’ve invested heavily in AI to empower our own teams over the last 15 months - from product development to engineering to customer success. Our product teams now use AI-assisted tooling to accelerate research, prototyping, and delivery. 

The result: we ship faster, iterate smarter, and respond to your needs more quickly than ever before. 

This internal transformation isn’t just about efficiency. It’s about ensuring the pace of innovation you’ve seen in 2025 becomes the new normal. When we invest in AI for ourselves, our customers reap the benefits. You ask, and we deliver. 

You said your teams were bogged down by admin, so we declared war on repetitive tasks in 2025. 

Time savings you'll notice immediately: 

• Reach 100 candidates in the time it took to reach 10: Send Jobs to Multiple Candidates (Access Vincere Evo) lets you distribute opportunities to your entire Talent Pool with bulk tracking 
• Update candidate records en masse: Bulk Candidate Updates (Access FastTrack360 Evo) eliminates one-by-one profile editing 
• Work on multiple records without losing context: Multiple Records (Access Recruitment CRM Evo) displays applicants, clients, jobs, and placements side-by-side 
• Generate contracts without copy-paste errors: Merge Tag Builder (Access Onboarded) auto-populates dynamic fields in documents 
• Launch campaigns without re-keying data: Launch Automation from CSV Records (Access Automate) runs campaigns directly from your spreadsheets 

The Merge Suite in Access Recruitment CRM Evo also tackles database chaos head-on with bulk data merge and duplicate consolidation without manual admin. 

When you're managing hundreds of shifts, workers, and client requirements, even small inefficiencies compound into major revenue leakage. We heard you.  

For agencies managing high-volume temporary staffing, these updates were designed with you in mind. 

New capabilities to protect your margins: 

• Forecast payroll costs before they surprise you: TimeTemp Time Dashboard (Access Vincere Evo) provides daily shift adherence visibility and estimated labour spend tracking 
• Find the right data faster across any role: Unified Filter Bar (Access Vincere Evo) gives all users a single filter system with persistent filters and one-click copying 
• Adjust shifts on the fly without administrative bottlenecks: Scheduling 2.0 (Access Recruitment CRM Evo) offers bulk shift editing, rota templates, and instant adjustments to times, rates, and types 
• Track placements end-to-end: Placement Manager (Access Recruitment CRM Evo) integrates Purchase Orders and handles high-volume management 

2025 was a transformative year for our recruitment marketing platform, Volcanic. We launched Design Studio - our no-code website builder, empowering marketing teams to build and update pages without developer dependencies. 

Then, in January 2026, we took it further. The platform evolved into Access Attract Evo with AI-powered intelligence transforming our solution from a website builder into a full recruitment marketing intelligence platform. 

Marketing insights you couldn't get before: 

• Discover which sources actually convert: Ask Copilot Intelligence questions like "Which sources convert best?" and get plain-English insights in seconds 
• See exactly where candidates drop off: Conversion Intelligence tracks the journey from first click to application and shows revenue impact 
• Catch failing campaigns in 48 hours, not at month-end: Smart Alerts flag underperforming campaigns before your budget disappears 
• Update your website without waiting for developers: Design Studio's no-code builder enables drag-and-drop page creation and instant duplication 
• Build branded content once, deploy everywhere: Reusable Content Library stores section templates for rapid campaign deployment 

Access Attract Evo also expanded its DEI capabilities, offering comprehensive diversity-related data capture options to demonstrate commitment to inclusive hiring. 

I think it's an extremely useful tool that's going to really help small and large businesses keep greater records of analytics and where they can be making more money, or even saving money.

- Chloe Williams, Marketing & Events Manager, Venture Recruitment Partners

Compliance failures cost recruitment agencies more than fines - they cost reputation. In 2025, we built compliance into the workflow, not around it. We prioritised regulatory features that keep you protected without the admin burden. 

Protection that works automatically: 

• Control who sees what, aligned to your org structure: Document Permission Controls (Access Vincere Evo) provide role-based access matching your hierarchy 
• Anonymise candidate data with one click: Candidate Anonymisation (Access FastTrack360 Evo) handles bulk privacy compliance instantly 
• Improve email deliverability under client domains: DKIM Email Management (Access FastTrack360 Evo) sends emails under clients' authentication rules 
• Run 20+ UK background checks from one place: Access Onboarded includes comprehensive screening with automated consent flows 
• Meet cross-border payment regulations automatically: ISO20022 compliance (Access Pay and Bill) uses AI-powered address verification to combat money laundering 

Access Pay and Bill also now supports Statutory Neonatal Care Pay and Leave for new UK legislation. 

Disconnected systems don’t just slow you down - they cost you placements. Research shows that recruiters spend up to 12 hours per week searching for data trapped in disconnected systems.  

Data silos cause missed opportunities, duplicated outreach, and slower time-to-placement. When your CRM doesn’t talk to your Pay & Bill, when your onboarding platform is isolated from your ATS, you’re flying blind. 

That’s why we’ve made integration a priority in 2025 - building a truly connected Recruitment Operating System (RecOS) where data flows seamlessly between every touchpoint in your agency. 

Integrations that eliminate data silos: 

• Create branded CVs without leaving your CRM: HireAra Integration (Access Vincere Evo) generates professional presentations directly in your workflow 
• Access onboarding status from candidate profiles: Onboarded Integration (Access Vincere Evo) embeds onboarding content with customisable layouts 
• Sync rates automatically between systems: Vincere Rate Integration (Access FastTrack360 Evo) pulls rates from job orders to placements 
• Connect seamlessly with Salesforce platforms: ARCRM and Lumary Integrations (Access Onboarded) streamline data flow 
• Get real-time updates without manual syncs: Vincere Webhook Integration (Access Automate) eliminates delays and mismatched information 

The agencies winning today surface insights faster, act on trends sooner, and make decisions backed by real-time intelligence. In 2025, we made your data more accessible and instantly actionable. 

Smarter ways to work with your data: 

• Modify views without rebuilding from scratch: Edit Smart Views (Access Vincere Evo) lets you adjust columns, track changes, and control sharing 
• Export shift data for payroll and planning: Data Export: Shift Information (Access Vincere Evo) integrates with your reporting tools 
• Match candidates more intelligently: Smarter Review Lists (Access Recruitment CRM Evo) provide enhanced Auto Match with direct candidate addition and full audit tracking 

First impressions matter. Clients judge candidates within seconds, and how you present talent directly impacts your win rate.  

HireAra has been redefining candidate presentation - turning standard CVs into branded, professional showcases that help agencies stand out in competitive shortlists. And with AI now embedded throughout, what once took 30 minutes takes just two. 

New capabilities that help you stand out: 

• Transform CVs with one click: AI Transform enhances, translates, formats, and adjusts tone instantly 
• Make candidate pages interactive: Video and Calendar Embeds turn static presentations into engaging experiences with booking capability 
• Pull candidate data automatically: CRM Field Mapping connects to Access Vincere Evo and Access Recruitment CRM Evo for salary expectations, notice periods, and notes 
• Publish under your own brand: Custom Domains put candidate landing pages on your URLs 

The result: recruiters reclaim hours every week, candidates are presented at their best, and clients receive submissions that stand out from the competition. 

2025 proved that recruitment technology can truly transform how you work. We eliminated thousands of manual hours across your teams. We made your data actionable. We accelerated your time-to-revenue. And we're not slowing down.  

But innovation isn't just about shipping features. We've also invested in helping you unlock its full potential through webinars, regular tips and tricks emails, and customer success resources designed to keep you ahead of the curve. Because a feature is only valuable when it works for you. 

The innovations we've delivered this year lay the groundwork for what's coming next. As AI capabilities mature, as integrations deepen, and as we continue to listen to what you need, expect the pace to accelerate further. 

Thank you for being part of this journey. Here's to an even bigger 2026.