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Talking trends in the Black Country
Leading recruiters from the West Midlands attended Recruiter's regional forum in Birmingham at the end of November to discuss the latest trends and issues affecting the industry.

Among the topics discussed were the resurgence of manufacturing in the region and its beneficial spin-offs, the need for r
Accountancy firm offers MSC 'surety'

Accountants SJD have been approved by accountancy firm KPMG as being compliant with the government's managed service company (MSC) legislation.

SJD claims this move ensures that recruiters who recommend their services to contractors won't be liable for the contractors' unpaid taxes.

Bebo: open to recruitment platforms

Bebo has joined the OpenSocial programming model, which allows developers to build universally accepted applications for social networking sites. Bebo has also launched a developer's platform that allows applications written for Facebook to be ported to Bebo (there are already dedicated Facebook recruitment applications).

Recruiter convicted for fake Viagra
Partner and general manager of Goldteam Recruitment Mohammed Azim Dad was convicted of selling fake Viagra over the internet earlier this month.

Dad, who runs the Slough agency, which won the national ISO 9001 award and REC accreditation in 2006, admitted three counts of selling erectile dysfunction medicines with false trademarks, contrary to the Trade Marks Act 1994 at Reading Crown Court
Ruling buoys recruiters and clients
A Court of Appeal ruling will make it much harder for contractors to claim employment rights when they are working for agencies.

Temporary agency worker Merana James lost her appeal against Greenwich Council, where she had worked part time under a temporary agency contract for five years.

James took the local authority to an Employment Appeals Tribunal, claiming there existed an impl
Hourly nurse rate 'not full picture'
Media reports that the NHS paid more than £121 an hour for agency nurses did not give the full picture, according to information revealed to Recruiter.

Information released to the Conservative Party under the Freedom of Information Act showed that Royal Chesterfield NHS Foundation Trust paid
Jump on board the recruiter regatta
Recruiter and Resourcing magazines, in partnership with Tomorrow's People, are hosting a Recruitment Regatta in the Isle of Wight in September for recruiters and their clients.

The two-day sailing event provides an opportunity for teams of eight to 10 recruiters to sail yachts and enjoy a gala dinner in Cowes and a chance to race for the Recruiter Challenge Cup.

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... But incentives welcomed in part
Alistair Darling's olive branch Budget to small businesses through tax exemptions, enterprise incentives and start-up aid was given a cautious welcome by the recruitment industry.

The good news for recruiters is the expansion of the small firms loans guarantee scheme by £60m, and a delay in the intro
Do staff checks or risk prosecution
Recruiters who supply staff who are not 'fit for purpose' could be prosecuted under new corporate manslaughter laws due to come into effect on 6 April, according to a legal expert on health and safety in the workplace.

Ron Reid, a partner at law firm Shoosmiths and head of its regulatory law practice
WorkCircle targets the US job sites

WorkCircle, which recently announced the availability of its pay per click traffic management tool, Massive Traffic Driving (MTD), as a managed service, has just launched a US-based jobs aggregator [content feed] site.

Zamzim.com lists jobs from across the US. Chief executive Simon Appleton said it would be the first of many international sites.

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