The Institute of Recruitment Professionals’ (IRP) Awards, now in their second year, are set against the backcloth of recruitment, one of the UK’s most vibrant industries, with nearly 100,000 employees and 14,000 businesses, and now worth over £22 billion annually to the economy.

The REC has said faster than expected growth of 1.1 per cent in the UK’s economy has in the second quarter of this year is encouraging news for jobs.

The REC’s first webinar on the Agency Workers Regulations yesterday proved a huge success, with over 250 members registering to take part – the maximum allowed under the licence.

According to a statement issued today by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Government is to stop funding for a number of the Department’s bodies.

With Sir Richard Branson celebrating his 60th birthday last weekend, entrepreneurship has been the focus of political and media debates.

The REC will be hosting a live webinar tomorrow (July 22) to provide members with the latest update and employer feedback on the Agency Workers Regulations.

Changes in legislation so far this year and since the coalition Government was formed two months ago are highlighted in the REC’s July/August Legal bulletin which is now available to Corporate Members.

The Institute of Recruitment Professionals (IRP) held its first ever major regional event with a quiz night for its West Midlands’ members at the Grosvenor Casino in central Birmingham on Wednesday evening.

The REC's Accounting and Financial Services sector group has welcomed the Government’s response to the Women in the City enquiry carried out by the Treasury Select Committee in April.

Figures released today by the Office for National Statistics have shown a slight drop in the number of people out of work. Between March and May, the number fell by 34,000 to 2.47 million.