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PASA locum contract up for grabs_2
The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) has invited agencies to register their interest in bidding for a £187m, three-year contract for the supply of medical locums.

The contract, which can be extended for an additional 12 months, is a renewal of the current framework agreement and covers all grades and specialities of locums except locum GPs throughout England, Wales and Scotland.
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Reprimand for ads from BCL Legal_2
Legal recruiter BCL Legal has received a slap on the wrist from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over adverts it placed in trade magazines The Lawyer and Law Gazette.

The Manchester-based firm got into hot water for suggesting it placed "three candidates to every one placed by our competitors in the North" and was "No.1 in the North".

Competitor G2
The rise and rise of Michael Page_2

Shares in Michael Page International have risen to yet another high, following the group's first-quarter trading update.

The financial recruitment specialist said first quarter gross profits were £105.4m, up 33.2% on the same period a year earlier.

Rally troops, weed out terrorists_2
Peter Flannery, managing director of Select Education, was among the other speakers at the Forum.

He said it was important to understand the people working in your recruitment business and to weed out the "terrorists".
Leadership crisis by Generation X_2

Employers will have to think differently about where the next generation of leaders is coming from, according to one management guru.

Bruce Tulgan, founder of US-based research and training company rainmakerthinking.com, was addressing the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's 'Human Resources Developing' conference last month.

He said the rules of the workplace had b

Biznus Solutions' new IT division _2

Somerset-based Biznus Solutions Recruitment has launched a specialist IT division. The company has taken on consultant Ewen Alcorn to support the launch.

Sarkozy looks to stimulate growth_2
New French president Nicolas Sarkozy faces "quite a challenge" to revamp France's labour laws when he takes up his new post today (16 May), according to the head of a body which represents temporary agencies across Europe.

Denis Pennel, managing director of the European Confederation of Private Employment Agencies (Eurociett) and a French national, told Recruiter that he felt condi
SThree goes for Conkers in Europe_2
IT recruiter SThree has signed a six-month deal for Conkers.net to be its European job posting partner for the company.

SThree has already been using Conkers' services to post jobs on job-boards in the UK for the past three years, but now wants to extend its reach to the continent.
UK virtual careers fair to follow _2

Following the recent success of TMP Worldwide's US careers fair in the online universe, Second Life, similar events are planned for the UK and French markets.

Companies attending the US event, which took place on the recruitment communications agency's own Second Life island, included eBay, Hewlet

No risk in demand for specialists_2
GRS Risk, the international risk search firm, has reported a 100% increase in demand for enterprise risk specialists by the fast moving consumer goods sector over the past year.

It says demand has been prompted by recent high-profile fraud and manufac- turing cases and the increasing regulatory burden for consumer brands.

Sam Duggan, senior consultant at GRS Group, told Recruiter
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