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3:00pm - 5:00pm, 18 November 2025
(Europe/London)
(Europe/London)
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Event Details
Members Meeting
Tuesday 18th November
Registrations and refreshments 2:30pm-3:00pm
Meeting 3:00pm-5:00pm
Venue: JMW Solicitors LLP, 36-37 King Street, London EC2V 8BB
Networking drinks from 5:00pm
Key Takeaways
- Understand the Regulatory Shift - Clear insight into upcoming legislative changes and how they impact contractor engagement models.
- Know Your Options and Risks - Practical guidance on navigating PSC vs umbrella decisions, with expert and peer-led perspectives.
Meeting Agenda
Responding to legislative and regulatory change
As the landscape of employment legislation is evolving, businesses in the professional staffing and recruitment sector are preparing for a fresh wave of regulatory change. With information now emerging, this session will explore how these developments are already influencing compliance behaviours, market dynamics, and contractor engagement models.
This session will explore whether we are seeing a shift away from umbrella company models back towards PSCs (inside or outside IR35), and what this could mean for our members. What are the options available in light of these changes? How do they stack up in terms of risk, reward, and commercial viability? And how should firms adapt their strategies to remain compliant while maintaining competitive advantage?
Welcome & APSCo update
Samantha Hurley, Managing Director, APSCo UK
Regulatory update
Simon Bloch, Partner and Head of Employment and Recruitment Law, JMW Solicitors LLP
A scene-setting overview of the proposed legislative changes, with insight into how the market is expected to respond and what members should be preparing for.
Panel discussion - understanding the options
A practical discussion with our panel of experts; with representatives from Kingsbridge, JMW Solicitors LLP, SafeRec and Recruitment Accountants (part of the TC Group), exploring what the changes will mean in practice.
Topics will include:
- Compliance obligations
- Commercial considerations
- Behavioural trends among clients and contractors
- Managing risk and remaining agile
Panellists
Simon Bloch, Partner and Head of Employment and Recruitment Law, JMW Solicitors LLP
Sebastian Sauca, CEO and Co Founder, SafeRec
Jacques Sypkens, Client Relationship Partner, Recruitment Accountants
Round table peer discussions
Breakout discussions hosted by our expert facilitators will allow members to share concerns, explore different approaches, and learn from each other.
Q&A and close
This event is offered to members to ensure clarity and knowledge and to support members in navigating a period of complex changes.
Speakers
Sebastien Sauca
SafeRec, CEO
Sébastien Sauca is the CEO of SafeRec.co.uk, a leading compliance and technology firm at the forefront of safeguarding workers and recruitment agencies from non-compliant umbrella companies. With a wealth of experience in the recruitment industry spanning almost a decade, and a Master's degree in management and HR, Sebastien left a director position to address the compliance challenges he encountered throughout his staffing career. Through two years of dedicated R&D, SafeRec has emerged as a game-changer, empowering numerous recruitment agencies with automated processes to shield their businesses from non-compliant umbrellas and fully understand their legal requirements.
Simon Bloch
JMW, Partner
Simon is a Partner at JMW and has specific expertise in working with clients in the recruitment sector, since 2007. He has extensive knowledge and understanding about the Agency Workers’ Regulations and regulatory legislation that govern how employment agencies can operate. Simon regularly assists businesses put in place compliant contractual terms. Simon also has significant experience and expertise in advising recruitment businesses with restrictive covenant disputes and in the issues arising from the use of social media.
Jacques Sypkens
Recruitment Accountants (a division of TC Group), Partner
Jacques is a Partner at Recruitment Accountants, a specialist division of TC Group, a UK top 20 accountancy firm. He works exclusively with recruitment businesses, bringing deep insight and hands-on experience to the financial, tax, and strategic challenges they face.
With over 20 years’ commercial and advisory experience, Jacques offers more than just numbers. He helps agency owners make better business decisions—whether that’s scaling profitably, navigating a transaction, or preparing for new legislative risks. His advice is practical, sector-specific, and rooted in real operational understanding.
Jacques previously served as Finance Director of an FCSA-accredited umbrella company, giving him a unique insider view of the umbrella landscape. This first-hand experience means he understands the commercial pressures, compliance hurdles and due diligence requirements that come with operating in the space. At a time when HMRC is sharpening its focus on the umbrella sector, Jacques able to provide clear, commercially minded guidance to help firms prepare for potential changes, stay compliant, and mitigate future risk.
