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The executive chairman of the Reed group of companies said he wants fellow recruitment businesses to "do well" as a result of reed.co.uk's decision to sell access to its sizeable CV database.

In November, reed.co.uk launched a number of customer enhancements to its popular recruitment website, includ
Media recruitment firm Steppingstone Associates floated on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) last week.

The company, which owns Hamblyn Selection, acquired Inspired Selection for £2.7m on admission to the AIM.
Chancellor Alastair Darling's concessions to his original Capital Gains Tax proposals, that would have had a significant effect on owners of recruitment agencies selling their busineeses had they come into effect on 6 April, have received a mixed welcome.

Under the new proposals, the 10% flat rate will remain for the first £1m of gains for entrepreneurs who sell their businesses, instead of
External recruiters who want to do business with PricewaterhouseCoopers should focus on "value-added services that we can't provide for ourselves" instead of "simply interfering in the natural union of candidates and clients", advises the accountancy firm's director of resourcing and people engagement.
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Nearly 60 recruitment enterprises have been shortlisted across 23 categories in Recruiter's Awards for Excellence 2008, supported by Thomas International.

"This has been a particularly exciting year for the Awards so far," said DeeDee Doke, Recruiter editor.
The Sports Recruitment Company celebrated its seventh anniversary by re-branding as Sports Recruitment International (SRI) and announcing plans to develop a network of offices worldwide.

The move is in response to the trend towards globalisation in sports and the increasing demand for talent in an in
Recruiters supplying recruitment process outsource companies Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) and Capital Consulting have little to fear following AMS's acquisition of Capital Consulting.

David Spence, AMS's global head of procurement, told Recruiter that any concerns that the number of suppli
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation has hit back at government claims that VAT Staff Hire Concessions were an "obsolete tax avoidance scheme".

Fiona Coombe, director of professional services at the REC told Recruiter the comments made in the 2 April issue of the magazine endorsing t
Sexual harassment caused by their customers and suppliers could lead to recruitment agencies having to pay unlimited damages under new legislation.

Employers can face a tribunal if they fail to take reasonable steps to protect staff from third-party harassment once they have been warned.
Adults most likely to fall through the cracks when it comes to finding meaningful work in their later years are those in the workforce's middle class — those who have neither a sophisticated network of professional contacts nor are sufficiently destitute to be a target for re-skilling programmes.

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