Director General of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA), Hamish Pringle, has urged recruiters to focus on establishing best practice and demonstrating the added value they provide to employers in the sector.

REC members are reminded that the National Minimum Wage will be going up on Friday October 1.

The REC has welcomed confirmation from the coalition Government that a decision on the Vetting and Barring Scheme, which was postponed pending a review, will be made by December this year.

The REC has welcomed confirmation from the government that a decision on the Vetting and Barring Scheme, which was postponed pending a review, will be made by December 2010.

The REC’s new Legal bulletin takes an in-depth look at some of the interpretations of employment status within the Agency Workers Regulations which come into force in October next year.

The REC has responded to the rise in Scotland’s unemployment figures to 239,000 in the quarter to July.

The latest survey findings by Ipsos MORI for the Interim Management Association (IMA) have shown that the use of interim managers has increased by nine per cent over the first two quarters of 2010.

Following the launch of the Women in the Creative Industry report by Skillset, the sector skills council for creative media, the REC's specialist marketing, media and creative (MMC) sector group is calling for a review of the industry’s existing working practices to better accommodate female talent.

The political party conference season is upon us again with the REC represented the Liberal Democrats’ gathering in Liverpool this week.

The REC is urging the Government to consider the needs of the British jobs market before imposing a limit on immigration. This follows today’s comments from Business Secretary Vince Cable confirming that such a cap is already costing thousands of jobs and hurting the country’s fragile recovery.