New online guide launched to help recruitment consultants to run their business

Croner, providers of business information, advice and support, is launching an online business information product to help recruitment consultants address the day-to-day compliance and management issues they face.

’Run Your Business: Recruitment Consultancy’ has been developed through consultation with recruitment specialists and trade associations and is the first product that provides core compliance content relevant to this particular industry sector, freeing up time for recruitment professionals to concentrate on making their business successful.

Customers receive access to Croner’s Business Support Helpline, which offers instant advice and guidance from qualified accountants, solicitors, barristers and tax experts. Customers can call the helpline as often as required for help with day-to-day problems or queries.

Designed to be a constant online aid, each section of Run Your Business has been authored by experts with specific hands-on knowledge of their topic. Run Your Business provides user-friendly information to help recruitment professionals implement policies and procedures in five key areas: Managing Business, Health & Safety, Human Resources, Tax & Finance and Web & IT.

The product features easy-to-understand factsheets on current legislation and guidance on areas ranging from employment contracts, discrimination and dispute resolution to first aid for employees.


Customers enter the guide through an easy-to-use homepage featuring news and information relevant to the recruitment industry, and can browse for advice related to a query or problem. It is updated and added to regularly to cover the latest legislative topics and industry developments.

Clare Webber, product developer of Run Your Business at Croner, which is part of Wolters Kluwer UK, says: There are an increasing number of legislative, compliance and management issues affecting businesses in the recruitment industry. Multiple sites or franchises that are managed independently also need support in these areas. However, they rarely have either an in-house expert or the time to deal with essential compliance areas.

Most business resources are not industry-specific, therefore don’t cater for the fact that some issues are unique to the recruitment sector.

Wading through irrelevant information is a waste of time, and means the customer is paying for more information than they actually need. By subscribing to Run Your Business, for either a single office or networked across multiple sites, the customer receives a tailored information package which is both a backstop reference and an instant lifeline should a problem occur.

Recruitment professionals have to tackle a wide range of problems whilst trying to make their business successful, and managing ’red tape’ often prevents them from focussing on other commercial activities. Run Your Business provides the only ’one-stop-shop’ legal compliance and best practice guide for recruitment professionals, leaving them more time to concentrate on making their business profitable.

Priced from 150 (excluding VAT and postage and packing), Run Your Business: Recruitment Consultancy is available from Croner by calling 020 8247 1630. Free advice and news from Croner for all small businesses is available at www.smallbusiness-centre.net