I am delighted to announce that the Trade Association Forum has produced a new stakeholder leaflet (copy attached) in order to promote trade associations to interested parties. This document has been written with TAF’s strategy to increase its outward facing work specifically in mind.

Over £700 million of affordable and easy to access funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) has been approved for nearly 3,000 small businesses across the UK, through participating national banks.

Limits on awards and payment made to workers in certain employment rights cases will be revised from 1st February under the annual index-linked formula. The revised limits affect:

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has today signed up to the Government’s Backing Young Britain Campaign to pledge the recruitment industry’s support in helping to prevent a generation of young people being lost to unemployment. Last November at its National Convention, the REC launched a Youth Employment Taskforce to bring together leading figures in recruitment and HR and provide practical solutions to getting young unemployed people into work.

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) is going up and down the breadth of the UK to talk and listen to its members. The “2010 On the Road programme” is a critical process in keeping members up to date and for them to express their views on the issues the REC should be concentrating on. Last year’s successful tour had more than 1000 members attending. This year’s “On The Road” starts next week in Chelmsford, Norwich and Cambridge and will run until October.

The Institute of Recruitment Professionals (IRP), the vibrant new body representing dedicated individuals working within the recruitment industry, is expanding its services further this year to meet the growing needs and demands of the modern-day recruiter.