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Amendments tabled to the Finance Bill that would either “curb or kill” umbrella companies could be discussed today [24 May 2021] as the Bill reaches the Report Stage.

A collaborative initiative aims to help the industry reflect the make-up of UK society better by boosting black recruiters.

This week’s appointments include: Heidrick & Struggles, Laurence Simons Search, WLTS

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Nine Twenty, Odro

Energy recruiter ersg has appointed Paul Liffen as the new UK head of permanent recruitment.

Returning to in-person identity checks from 21 June is “a daft decision”, the House of Lords has been told following a government announcement last week that the move away from digital checks has been postponed but not cancelled.

Two experts have put forward proposals they say are needed to regulate the umbrella company industry, in the wake of the government’s failure last week to unveil an Employment Bill in the Queen’s Speech.

Google regularly rolls out updated algorithms to ensure website owners are delivering a good user experience. Afterall, visitors want to find the information they seek quickly. In June, page experience comes under the gaze of the search engine giant. ‘Core Web Vitals’ is the latest addition to Google’s page ranking metrics.

The issue that has brought together the whole recruitment sector (possibly for the first time) was the Home Office’s announcement that the recently introduced virtual checks for all UK-based workers would be removed and replaced by the old system of in-person checks, writes Adrian Thomas

UK headhunter HW Global is launching a mid-market recruitment business using executive search techniques to attract sub-£100k candidates.

A company statement said HW People, which will operate alongside HW Global’s Executive Search division to source permanent and interim talent, will operate exclusively on a retained basis.

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