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Tougher enforcement powers which are set to have an impact on agencies have been announced as the government cracks down on rogue recruiters.

The measures were unveiled last week at the TUC conference in Brighton, where agencies were under the spotlight.

The most immediate plan is for the numb

Private equity firm buys Clearstone

Clearstone Training and Recruitment, the LGV specialist, has been acquired by private equity firm RCapital in an undisclosed deal.

Clearstone chief executive Paul Jacobs, who joined the company in October 2006 from Office Angels, told Recruiter that he is "still engaged with the company" and

Applications up for social networks

The social networking application market has experienced 120% growth this year and will be worth $428.3m by 2009, predicts analyst IDC in its Social Networking Application Market Overview and Forecast.

Referral and reward company Jobtonic was among the first to develop an application for Facebook, enabling it to embed its vacan- cies into the networking site.

Nick Goldstein, sales an

Prime People posts share price rise

Property specialist Prime People saw its share price rise 17p to 119p on the day it announced a positive close period reading update. The shares remained at this level. Network Group saw its share price soar from 42.5p to 45p in the day after it announced positive first half results, but later fell back to 44.5p.

Take your staff with you to the top

The need for recruiters to get the engagement of their staff was one of the recurring themes of the Forum.

Charlotte Butterfield, senior manager at Badenoch & Clark, said it was vital staff "lived the values" of the company which, were "excellence, teamwork, and innovation".

Roy's service aim for CareerBuilder

Tony Roy is the new UK managing director for careerbuilder.co.uk.

Speaking exclusively to Recruiter, Roy, an eight- year veteran of careerbuilder.com, said his goal is to offer "best in class customer service".

"I'm here to take careerbuilder.co.uk to the next level.

Talking trends in the Black Country

Leading recruiters from the West Midlands attended Recruiter's regional forum in Birmingham at the end of November to discuss the latest trends and issues affecting the industry.

Among the topics discussed were the resurgence of manufacturing in the region and its beneficial spin-offs, the need for r

Accountancy firm offers MSC 'surety'

Accountants SJD have been approved by accountancy firm KPMG as being compliant with the government's managed service company (MSC) legislation.

SJD claims this move ensures that recruiters who recommend their services to contractors won't be liable for the contractors' unpaid taxes.

Bebo: open to recruitment platforms

Bebo has joined the OpenSocial programming model, which allows developers to build universally accepted applications for social networking sites. Bebo has also launched a developer's platform that allows applications written for Facebook to be ported to Bebo (there are already dedicated Facebook recruitment applications).

Recruiter convicted for fake Viagra

Partner and general manager of Goldteam Recruitment Mohammed Azim Dad was convicted of selling fake Viagra over the internet earlier this month.

Dad, who runs the Slough agency, which won the national ISO 9001 award and REC accreditation in 2006, admitted three counts of selling erectile dysfunction medicines with false trademarks, contrary to the Trade Marks Act 1994 at Reading Crown Court