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A West London gangmaster, jailed for six years in 2008 for fraud, has been ordered to re-pay £1.7m to tax authorities.

Traditional manufacturing and heavy industry areas in Northern England, Wales, the Midlands and Scotland have suffered the biggest rises in unemployment, during this recession.

The candidate database is becoming ever more important for HR recruiters as clients seek HR professionals with experience in their own sector.

Richard Colgan, chief executive at Oakleaf Partnership, told Recruiter that the database was integral to finding the right cultural fit.

Cisco service extension partner Intact Integrated Services, has announced a major recruitment drive to support its 2009 expansion programme.

Professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has taken on 125 graduates as part of a 1,000 strong recruitment drive for the firm nationwide this year.

Almost half (43%) of the intake will join the firm’s financial services practices including banking and capital markets, insurance and investment management.

Recruitment software provider i-Business Resources (i-BR) has entered into a strategic partnership with telecommunications firm Voxalis.

Under the agreement, for a monthly rental charge, hosted VoiP gives free UK landline telephone calls giving clients cost savings on monthly outgoings.

Serial entrepreneur Ray Nolan has launched an online recruitment site in Ireland which he believes will change the way employers hire and candidates get hired.

Twelve recruitment agencies went into administration or administrative receivership in April, compared to nine in March and eight in February.

In related news, two directors of a recruitment company that has gone into liquidation, Advent Recruitment, have been disqualified from holding company directorships.

Interim management company Russam GMS has been appointed by the Department of Health (DH) and the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (NHS PASA) as one of the suppliers on the commercial resources framework.

The framework began on 1 June and will continue thorough to 30 April 2012, with an option to extend for a further two periods of 12 months.

Multi-sector recruiter Anne Corder Recruitment (ACR) is set to source 18 customer service consultants for AB Agri’s pig and poultry division.

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