APSCo News & Blogs

The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo UK) has unveiled the cohort of 2026 finalists for its annual UK Awards for Excellence. Sponsored by Workwell Global, Interactive Investor, DY...

The latest APSCo legal updates for June 2026.

The long anticipated and delayed consultation seeking views on the zero hours provisions in the Employment Rights Act has launched and is open for 12 weeks. The resulting regulations will determine...

Alan Milburn’s wide-ranging report on NEETs published today commissioned by the Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden warns of a “generational fault line”. It projects a potential 1.25 million...

Last week’s updates from the IMF and ONS paint a mixed picture: growth is modest, hiring has slowed, and unemployment has ticked up. But beneath the headlines, the recruitment market is quietly...

Hiring fraud is no longer a fringe risk. It has become a fast-evolving, multi-layered threat impacting every stage of the recruitment lifecycle — from attraction to onboarding and beyond. For APSCo...

The King delivered the King’s Speech to Parliament on the 13th May in the midst of Starmer’s leadership turmoil. Read our press release and a Prime Ministerial Background Briefing on the King’s...

Labour’s warring factions apparently agreed a truce for the long-arranged King’s Speech today. As expected the Speech announced bills intended to drive forward the Government’s growth agenda on...

The latest APSCo legal updates for May 2026.

The Make Work Pay consultation, Modernising the Agency Work Regulatory Framework, sets out plans to tighten rules around umbrella companies, increase transparency in pay, and strengthen protections...

APSCo members are increasingly reporting sophisticated scams targeting recruitment businesses - in most cases, the recruitment firms have spotted the fraud in time, but it’s becoming more important...

The BBC reports recent labour market data from the Office for National Statistics shows an unexpected drop in UK unemployment - down to 4.9% in the three months to February.