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REC/IRP - The Week Ahead

This is the weekly snapshot of REC and IRP activities including events, launches, external meetings and policy developments with implications for the recruitment industry.

Monday 30th April

• House of Commons science and technology committee publishes its follow-up to the 2009 report on engineering.

Tuesday 1st May

• ‘Ask the Experts’ – AWR Webinar with legal experts and REC Director of Policy http://www.rec.uk.com/academy-for-business/business/asktheexperts
• REC meeting Employment Minister Chris Grayling as part of business delegation
  http://www.rec.uk.com/press/news/2094
• REC VAT Working Group meeting, London
• Council Strategy Working Group, Birmingham

Wednesday 2nd May

• Managing Client Relationships – a development workshop for Recruiters
  http://www.rec.uk.com/events/event1755?keyword=&type=&category=&offset=0
• Recruiter Awards for Excellence 2012, Grosvenor House, London
  http://www.recruiterawards.co.uk/home/
• Council Strategy Working Group, Birmingham
• REC Working Board meeting
• REC Education - Working group on procurement policy

Thursday 3rd May

• REC meeting with Department for Business (BIS) on initial findings of Flexible Work Commission
• REC Engineering – Executive Committee meeting

Friday 4th May

• Details of next round of REC Regional Policy Forums (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)

Last week

Last week included further discussions with Government Procurement Service and Cabinet Office – including the crown Representative for SMEs – on proposed new procurement procedures. We took forward member proposals for segmenting the market and applying different procedures to higher skilled roles. Updates will be provided to REC members over the coming weeks.

Meetings of the REC Drivers and Industrial sector included a keynote presentation by the Chair of the Gangmaster Licensing Authority. The latest meeting Employment Policy Committee agreed some key industry messages ahead of our meeting next week with the Employment Relations Minister Norman Lamb.

April has been a good month for media coverage – higher volume than in both February and March with 15 broadcast appearances. Including positive interview on BBC News 24 on the latest JobsOutlook.