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Post Stormont climate good for Irish recruiters_2
Recruiters have greater oportunities in Northern Ireland following increased political co-operation, said Jo Sellick, a director with Manchester-based financial and legal specialist the Sellick Partnership.

He told Recruiter that the changed political climate meant more businesses were coming
MSC law leads workers to re-evaluate tax status_2
The turmoil over new legislation affecting contractors' use of managed service companies (MSCs) has led to large numbers of workers having to reassess their tax status for more than one reason, said Barry Roback, chief executive of chartered accountants JSA Group.

Recruitment agencies faced with the prospect of third-party liability for taxes owed by their contractors are now taking a close
Profits plummet for firms switching to umbrellas_2
A mass migration of contractors from Managed Service Companies (MSCs) to umbrella companies is hitting the profits of the provider firms dramatically.

One provider said he would have to double his current number of contractors if he was to maintain the same net profit.

The vast majority of com
PRG undergoes reshuffle after RCP cash injection_2
Public Recruitment Group (PRG) has replaced the three most senior people in the company, and will raise £4.9m to reduce debt.

Private equity firm Risk Capital Partners is injecting the cash in return for a 27% stake. Luke Johnson, chairman of Risk Capital Partners, will join the PRG board as a non-executive director.
Threats to Ireland's labour market looming large_2
The stunning transformation of Ireland's labour market over the past 20 years could be thwarted if the republic's government fails to control the growth of wages and tackle the problem of excessive employment regulations.

Peter Keenan of Irish recruitment company the Parc Group, which has been established for 32 years and operates in 32 countries, warned delegates that a number of factors t
Suppliers driven to gain diversity accreditation_2
Business demand for recruiters' commitment to diversity is intensifying, with an announcement by two major UK master vendors that they will require suppliers on their preferred supplier lists to achieve a new diversity certification.

Matrix Management Services and SkyBlue Solutions have written to th
Kyte takes flight with its online video channels_2
Recruiters have another powerful online channel to build brand and find passive candidates, following the launch of Kyte.tv.

Based in San Francisco and backed by some of the same investors behind Google, Hotmail and Skype, Kyte's uniqueness lies in bringing together social networking, user-generated
Workcircle's widget could make anyone a job site _2
Workcircle, a UK-based search engine for jobs, is enabling recruiters to target passive candidates by putting their job advertisements within specialist blogs and websites.

It works by the site owner or blogger embedding a piece of code, referred to as a 'widget', which then pulls relevant jobs from the Workcircle database to their site.

"The people visiting the site or blog won't be
Deliver on training and careers to ease shortage_2
Recruiters need to deliver on consultants' career expectations to help ease the skills shortage in the sector, according to Richard Lawrance, managing director of engineering specialist Resource Solutions.

"There is a shortage of good recruitment consultants and there is also a shortage of companies
ATSCo looks further afield to EU for real growth_2

Providing information on geographical expansion should be at the heart of the Association of Technology Staffing Companies' future, ATSCo's chief executive told Recruiter.

Ann Swain said in an exclusive interview that member companies branching out to the EU could be a "real growth area" for ATSCo, with the provision of information key.

"Our plans are to extend the vista

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