Laurie Boyall, managing director of McGregor Boyall, told Recruiter: “The client had inserted the phrase ’candidates of Indian origin preferred’. The individual responsible for converting the job description into an advertisement, rightly and in accordance with our procedures, deleted the comment in one advert placed on a website, but failed to remove the statement from an advert placed on another website. McGregor Boyall has an unqualified commitment to diversity and regardless of any client’s request, will always produce, through a lawful process, the best quality candidates for clients. In the case in point this was simple individual human error which was regrettable,” she said. The advert has been removed from McGregor Boyall’s website as the Equality and Human Rights Commission launched an investigation.