Worrying new figures reveal that recruitment firms are going bust at the fastest rate in 15 years, with 120 businesses entering liquidation in the last six months alone, according to a City AM analysis of UK government insolvency filings. This analysis points to mounting economic pressures and a slowdown in companies hiring new staff. So, […]

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Liz Truss has won the Conservative leadership race and the top job as Prime Minister, so what do recruiters want from the new PM and is it in the interests of British freelancers? The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) says there are three crucial policy areas that Truss needs to focus on to support […]

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HMRC estimates that the 2021 IR35 reforms to the private sector will or already have affected around 180,000 personal service contractors, compared to the estimated 50,000 contractors already affected by the 2017 public sector reforms. That said, HMRC has so far only found central government bodies to be non-compliant, none of which have challenged the […]

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Which sectors and companies are hiring interims and why? Interim vacancies will continue to grow in 2022 as demand for flexible talent shows no signs of slowing down, according to new research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), the recruitment sector’s trade association. According to data provided by business intelligence specialist Vacancysoft, the retail, consumer […]

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