As a result, the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC), the professional trade association representing recruitment consultancies across all sectors, is hosting a full day conference in London on 9th February, bringing together keynote speakers, including Mark Bull, CEO of Randstad UK, one of the country’s leading specialist recruitment consultancies.
Commenting on Mark’s confirmation as a keynote speaker, Adrian Marlowe, Chairman of ARC said “There is no doubt that the apprenticeship levy will have an impact on the recruitment supply sector and as a trade association representing the sector, we are campaigning for the government to review the way the levy is applied. I am therefore delighted that Mark Bull, CEO of one of the UK’s leading specialist recruitment consultancies, will be speaking at our conference to add his voice to the concerns we’ve been highlighting in recent months.”
Mark Bull, CEO Randstad UK & Middle East, "The proposed apprenticeship levy scheme has honourable intentions to enhance and improve the training and learning of UK Plc's workforce, which Randstad applauds, but its unintended consequences cannot be ignored by the recruitment industry. The legislation seems to unjustly and disproportionately impact upon large scale recruitment organisations misunderstanding the true nature of the triangular relationship between an employer, an employee and a recruiter.”
The conference will also include a seminar by our legal partners Lawspeed on the new Public Sector IR35 rules, exploring how the new rules and the proposed HMRC online tool will work, as well as the options available and handling risk.
Keynote speakers
In addition to Mark Bull, other speakers include:
- Neil Withey, Training & Development Divisional Director from the manufacturers’ organisation EEF
- John Deaville, Development Director at Key Training
- Theresa Mimnagh, Associate Director at Lawspeed
- Ben Grover, Senior Legal Consultant, Lawspeed
- Adrian Marlowe, Chairman of ARC
Full details about the conference can be found by visiting www.arc-org.net/events/public-sector-ir35-and-the-apprenticeship-levy-national-conference/
Information about the Association of Recruitment Consultancies.
ARC was formed in 2009 and represents recruitment businesses with a combined turnover of approximately £2bn p.a. ARC is dedicated to improving conditions for recruitment and agency work, and has a particular focus on lobbying and addressing confusing legislation. Achievements include helping change Employment Tribunal rules and removing gold plating from the Agency Workers Regulations. ARC offers full legal support services for its members.
For further information please contact Mark Jeffery on 01273 777997
