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Following a report in the Financial Times last week that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) intends to adopt a more flexible approach to resolving tax disputes with business, the Freelancer & Contractor Services Association (FSCA) has warned of the continuing need for strong enforcement. 

Despite UK companies reverting back to outsourcing call centre operations abroad, most customer facing roles are likely to remain in the UK, according to Mark Conway, director at Contact Centre Partners.

Executive recruiter GatenbySanderson has been appointed to the new buying-solutions framework agreement for non-permanent staff.

Healthcare recruiter Pinnacle Staffing Group has agreed the proposed sales of its agency nursing and medical services business to Ambition subsidiary Arabella Health staffing for £2.75m.

Executive search firm DHR International has implemented Dillistone Systems’ executive recruitment software FILEFINDER 9 across its 48 international offices in the Americas, Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific.

Education recruiter Hourglass Education has opened for business.The firm has been set up by former teachers Geoff and Louise Brown, who were both previously with education recruiters TimePlan Education Group and Dream Education.Hourglass Education specialises in sourcing teachers from within the UK and from Commonwealth countries including Australia, Canada, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand and South Africa as well as schools and academies throughout England.

Little opportunity for scalable growth has seen Lloyds Banking group leave the Irish market, but the bank says the majority of jobs will be saved.

Financial recruiter Howarth Morris has opened an office in Manchester.The office, the firm’s fourth, welcomes Thandi Barnes as a consultant, who joins the Manchester team to lead the industry and commerce team.Director Paul Howarth will head the new office, which will also have a new professional practice team headed by Ian Lenehan who has moved across from the firm’s head office in Warrington.

Radio industry executives are to converge upon Salford for Move on Up at the Radio Festival, an event aimed at addressing under-representation of black and minority ethnic workers in the radio industry by setting up one-to-one meetings with key industry executives. The event has been organised by union BECTU in partnership with the BBC and the industry and has been put together by the Radio Industry Diversity Group. Move on Up will take place on 20 October ...

International IT recruiter Darwin Recruitment has appointed John O’Sullivan and David Higgins as non-executive directors. 

Talent management specialist Ochre House has appointed Kieran Scally who joins as principal solutions consultant, based in London and Staines. Meanwhile, the firm welcomes new talent attraction specialists Eva Krcova and Degnouma Diarra, while Tania Rabindiran and Inderjit Kaur both join the firm’s Bupa team as candidate attraction specialists.   

More students receiving their A-Level results are looking to training schemes in the workplace, rather than be saddled with university debt, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

An increase in demand for shipping workers means that the retail sector could be in for a bumper Christmas, according to Steve Wyeth, director at sdw Recruitment.

Discussions over the possibility of private-sector investment in NHS Professionals are ongoing, according to a spokesperson for the not-for-profit organisation.

The number of job offers in the financial services sector rose 15% last month, according to data from Powerchex.

Following Healthcare Locum’s (HCL) general meeting of 2 August, the healthcare recruiter has announced that the acquisition of the Redwood Health business has been completed.HCL has also appointed Lloyds Banking Group as its sole banking partner.

Recruiters have hit back at claims by unions that recruitment agencies have been guilty of “ripping off” hospitals by charging “outrageous fees”.

The number of business insolvencies fell in July, according to the latest insolvency index from information services firm Experian.

The number of new City jobs rose by 7% month-on-month in July, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.

Multi-sector recruiter Central Employment Agency has appointed Denise Low as team leader of its commercial division.Low will be responsible for leading the commercial team and will also look after temporary vacancies including vacancies from local public sector organisations, private business and the NHS.