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THE AGENCY WORKERS REGULATIONS (AWR) are ridiculous. In response to your story reporting on the AWR summit in London (‘AWR four months on: opinions still divided over position of limited company contractors’, recruiter.co.uk, 3 February) we have clients still not supplying the correct rates largely due to middle management companies.

The Reed case: are concerns over travel schemes justified?

The long awaited decision on the first-tier Tribunal case of Reed determined that Reed’s travel scheme was ineffective and that the expense payments were not allowable. The resulting liabilities have been calculated at £158m but are disputed and an appeal is expected.

And would you like a job with that?

Restaurant chain McDonald’s will offer volunteers at the London 2012 Olympic Games an automatic job interview and a newly-designed, nationally-recognised qualification.

Great industry to work in – 25 of the best revealed

Recruitment businesses can be great places to work – and there’s evidence to prove it: recruitment companies have achieved a 25% share of The Sunday Times ‘100 Best Small Companies to Work for List’ this year.

From Nigeria to Surrey to Perth via TEAM

A Nigeria-based candidate has got a job in Australia via a UK recruitment company as a result of The Employment Agents Movement’s (TEAM’s) new membership tie-up with international recruitment network NPA Worldwide.

Contracts/Deals: Ochre House acquires TAAHEED and Carmichael Fisher in UAE

Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and talent management firm Ochre House has purchased UAE recruitment firm TAAHEED and the Dubai operation of executive search firm Carmichael Fisher.

Contracts/Deals: Intelligent Energy to double workforce with JAM

North-West based multi-sector recruiter JAM has begun recruiting for clean power technology company Intelligent Energy.

Contracts/Deals: Absolute acquires Meadowbank Associates

Cheshire-based commercial, industrial, IT and marketing recruiter Absolute Group has acquired Nantwich-based multi-sector recruiter Meadowbank Associates.

CDI Corp revenues grow, AndersElite now in the black

Technical recruiter CDI Corp saw revenues for Q4 2011 of $268m (£168m), and $1.06bn (£665m) for the whole of 2011, up 8% and 14.4% compared to the previous periods, alongside significantly reduced operating losses within the UK-based AndersElite brand.

Adecco tackles ‘massive challenge’ of lost generation of workers

Chris Moore, managing director of Adecco Group Solutions UK, tells Recruiter that part of his firm’s commitment to re-engaging a potentially “lost” workforce has included an unpaid work experience scheme.