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More than 80 recruiters have expressed an interest in a £50m two-year contract to provide temporary workers for Birmingham City Council.

The contract, worth £25m per year and starting in January, is to provide workers across a range of sectors, including social care, education procurement, horticulture and HR.

Senior procurement officer at the council, Stephanie Prutton, told Recruit
More than 70 people made their way to Wapping in East London to hear a debate organised by the Recruitment Society on the role of universities in preparing graduates for work.

The motion was: 'Should recruiters expect higher education to deliver graduates who meet the expectations of employers?'
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The public relations sector must gain a greater sense of its own worth if it is to combat its candidate shortage, according to Patrick Barrow, director general of the Public Relations Consultant Association.

He said recent statistics show that 20% of those working in PR want to leave it within 10 years and 50% want to leave within five years.

Speaking at a debate organised by recruit
The inaugural Recruiter Annual Forum heard views on a variety of topics from leading figures in the industry
The chairman of the REC's board of directors says the recruitment trade body is "in good hands" with acting chief executive Helen Reynolds, in the wake of CEO Marcia Roberts' departure.

At a press briefing last Thursday, chairman Gary Irvine said that the board was "in discussions" about how the orga

Support is growing among MPs to extend the remit of the Gangmasters Licence Authority (GLA) from agriculture and food processing to other sectors, including construction and hospitality.

GLA chairman Paul Whitehouse told Recruiter: "Last month there was a Private Members Bill to expand the GLA's p

Attention all car-loving recruiters!

Does miles-per-gallon mean as much to you as margin? Do you get het up over horsepower?

Then Recruiter wants to hear from you. Tell us about your obsession or love affair with a car for a future article in Recruiter.

Consistent Group is facing legal action by new union Unite after it lost an Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) case.

Unite, which was formed following a merger of the Transport and General Workers' Union and Amicus on 1 May, plans to claim unfair dismissal and victimisation of union activities against the recruitment agency, which supplies workers in the food processing and manufacturing s

Recruiters are casting doubt on whether an urgent review of recruitment checks on overseas staff working in the NHS that has been ordered by Prime Minister Gordon Brown will produce concrete results.

The government action ignores basic challenges facing recruiters and the NHS alike in scrutinising ca
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