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HMRC allays concerns of recruiter liability
It will be "wholly exceptional" for recruitment companies to be held liable for the unpaid tax debts of contractors.

That was the assurance from Robin Wythes, of Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC), who addressed a meeting of more than 180 recruiters and other interested parties in London this
Ochre House merges its education businesses

Ochre House has merged its two education recruitment agencies, ITN Teachers and Mark Education, to form ITN Mark Education.

The new company's ownership and management team remains the same, with Chris Herrmannsen as group managing director of Ochre House and Eddie Austin as managing director of ITN Mark Education.

Greythorn plans to buy three more companies
Greythorn chief executive Graham Palfery-Smith has told Recruiter that he is planning more acquisitions to follow the purchase of legal specialist Laurence Simons International (LSI).

Palfery-Smith said that he wants to add three more names to the Greythorn stable before the end of the year,
New Berkeley Scott boss starts making moves
Berkeley Scott, the hospitality and leisure recruiter, is undergoing a significant restructuring under the leadership of new chief executive John Rose who took up the reins nine weeks ago.
Gunning for expansion at the helm of Vedior?

Industry observers are looking with interest at the proposed appointment of Unilever executive Tex Gunning to succeed Zach Miles at the helm of Anglo-Dutch staffing giant Vedior.

Imprint's share price falls on stalled deal
Financial recruiter Imprint saw its share price fall dramatically, down 21% — 41p, on the day it announced that OPD Group had walked away from discussions about a possible takeover.

Kean Marden, support services equity analyst at Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander, told Recruiter: "The key is that OPD's share price has fallen; to complete the acquisition it would have had to issue more and
'Commercial naivety' to sign PASA agreement
Recruiters have criticised the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) for its national framework agreement to supply medical locums (excluding GPs) and told Recruiter of their fears for the organisation's recently announced £187m contract due to begin next year.

Tim Wheeler, managing direct
Fish4jobs tops NORAS poll for job board use
Fish4jobs has the most unique users of any job board, according to the second ABC Electronic audit, part of the latest National Online Recruitment Audience Survey (NORAS).

Fish4jobs achieved 2.8m unique users, compared with Monster.co.uk's 2.7m, Guardian Jobs' 1.1m and eFinancialCareers.com's 1m unique users.

The survey of 27 leading job boards revealed that a majority of jobseekers
Give more help to those at career crossroads
Recruitment agencies are not at their most helpful when candidates are looking to change career or go into a new sector.

That was one theme raised by speakers at the Executive Recruitment Conference, at London's ExCel this month.

Rob Barklamb, vice president of operations at MRINetwork Worldwi
Quarry in quest to give entrepreneurs equity
EXCLUSIVE: Gareth Quarry, the man who made a personal profit of £30m from the sale of Quarry Douglas to TMP Worldwide, is looking for ambitious search consultants to follow his example as part of a planned expansion of Shilton Sharp Quarry, his current company, into non-legal services.
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