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		<title>ARC Challenge AWD Regulations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Hamilton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) is challenging the legality of the draft Agency Workers Directive Regulations which were laid before Parliament at the start of this year. Despite a two part consultation process, ARC have stated that the draft Regulations contain important aspects which were omitted from the consultations and should not be introduced as part of a secondary legislation such as AWD.]]></description>
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		<title>IT Contracting Opportunities Increase&#8230;For Now</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/848/it-contracting-opportunities-increase-for-now</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There seems to be a direct link between the recent demand for IT staff and the recovery of the banking industry. This is the belief of the Association of Recruitment Consultants (ARC) who believe that many companies are looking to upgrade their IT systems as the UK leaves recession. This means that skilled IT contractors are back in demand.
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		<title>ICTs For Entry and Mid-Level Positions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurel Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home Office figures have revealed that 30,000 foreign IT workers entered the UK on intra-company transfers last year from seven companies who have their headquarters in India. The main three users of the ICT scheme were Tata, Infosys and Wipro. The figures, obtained through a Freedom of Information request, show that most of the positions filled by these ICTs were for entry and mid-level IT positions, which could easily have been filled by UK based staff. Actually none of the positions filled with Indian workers required a skills base currently in shortage within the UK.

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		<title>Freelance Hiring On The Increase</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/641/freelance-hiring-on-the-increase</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Francis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The founder of Ecademy, a social business network, believes that more companies are shunning permanent staff in favour of freelancers and contractors. Penny Power is an expert in business matters and she has said that this increase in freelance hiring is inevitable while the effects of the recession continue. She said: &#8220;Businesses have hired consultants, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tories Confirm Further AWD Consultation</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/566/tories-confirm-further-awd-consultation</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Willows</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Agency Workers' Directive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shadow minister Jonathan Djanogly has spoken out to confirm that even if the implementation of the Agency Workers Directive is pushed through by the present government prior to the general election, a full review would be carried out by the Conservatives if they were to come into power.]]></description>
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		<title>Scottish IT Recruitment Steady for Five Years</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/563/scottish-it-recruitment-steady-for-five-years</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Francis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is fair to say that the effects of the recession have been felt by employers across the UK. However, figures show that both Scotland and Northern Ireland have actually experienced an increase in IT recruitment over the past five years. However, the majority of recruiters in Scotland admit to the recession affecting their team morale due to increased workloads and training cutbacks.]]></description>
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		<title>Partnership Rate Checker for IT Contractors</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/534/partnership-rate-checker-for-it-contractors</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurel Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Specialist accountancy firm SJD Accountancy has joined forces with specialist IT recruiter Technojobs to create a rate checker for contractors. This new service will cover the most up to date IT contracting including Java, SQL and C++. The rate checker will be a useful tool for those considering a working as a contractor as well as experienced contractors.]]></description>
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		<title>Business Link Contractor Support Data Denied</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/509/business-link-contractor-support-data-denied</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Tedd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The shadow work and pensions minister, Mark Harper, has questioned how much the government's Business Link service has spent on support for start-up businesses and contractors. Harper was asking how much of the £207 million Business Link budget was ringfenced for one-person ventures or new companies. He put this to Lord Mandelson's business department, requesting figures for the past twelve months. However Pat McFadden, Lord Mandelson's deputy, has refused to provide the requested information. He stated that the department would incur a prohibitive cost for gathering this data.]]></description>
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		<title>Fujitsu Axe 1200 UK Jobs</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/419/fujitsu-axe-1200-uk-jobs</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Willows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japanese electronic firm Fujitsu has announced 1200 job cuts within its British IT services unit. Fujitsu have attributed these redundancies to reduced client spending and have deemed them “reluctant” but “necessary”.]]></description>
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		<title>Leading Companies Sign Technology Manifesto</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/328/leading-companies-sign-technology-manifesto</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BT Global Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kingfisher IT]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leading technological companies in the UK have formed a coalition to will the creation of quarter of a million IT jobs over the next decade. This coalition has been developed by software firm Micro Focus who have asked other influential firms to sign their Technology Manifesto. They have said that due to a decline in manufacturing and the resulting “shock” to financial services, the IT sector needed a boost in order to stimulate the economy. More than thirty influential sector figures have backed this manifesto.]]></description>
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