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placeability™ was again on the winning team this month, working with Remploy and Making Space to ‘pass on the baton’, at an event aiming to help recruit and aid the disabled and those with long term barriers to work.

The ‘baton’ event was organised to celebrate International Day of Disabled People (IDDP), which is held annually across the world on December 3rd to promote awareness of disability issues, the rights of disabled people and the integration of disabled people into their local communities.

The UK’s number one procurer of temporary agency labour, de Poel, has recruited a record number of staff in August to take their overall number of employees to 90.

de Poel, based in Cheshire, has almost doubled its staff count in the last 18 months and is well on track to reach 100 by the end of 2011.

With 10 new members joining the six recruits in July, the company is showing positive progress not only on the balance sheets, but on headcount too.

de Poel increased its staff numbers by over 50% in the last 12 months, giving a welcome boost to the local economy’s employment levels and providing further proof that the UK’s  number one procurer of temporary agency labour continues to grow at a substantial rate.

In the last month alone the company has seen seven new additions, with the marketing, support and operations departments being the current beneficiaries of de Poel’s long term prosperity.

Temporary worker registration enhanced ahead of AWR implementation in October

de Poel, the number one procurer of temporary agency labour in the UK, has increased compliance checks during the registration of temporary agency workers to help improve security and reduce administration for recruitment agencies. The move, which includes the compulsory registration of a passport or national insurance number, will remove human error in checking a valid passport and provide the ability to track a temporary agency worker whilst on assignment.

Number one procurer of temporary agency labour calls for employers to take action

Research from the number one procurer of temporary agency labour, de Poel, has found that 95% of temporary workers in the UK do not have personal accident insurance or life assurance.

The shocking statistic comes ahead of the introduction of the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) in October that will see temporary staff getting the same rights as permanent employees after 12 weeks in a position.

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Businesses turn to temporary agency workers despite upcoming legislation

New data from de Poel, the number one procurer of temporary agency labour, shows the use of temporary agency workers in the UK rose by up to 65% in February, compared with the same period last year.

Figures show that the number of hours worked by temporary agency workers increased by an average of 17.8% in February 2011, with sectors such as facilities management growing by 65% and business services by 58%.

THE NUMBER ONE procurer of temporary agency labour de Poel has joined forces with Care UK during the last part of 2010 to help reduce temporary agency costs; so far the relationship has blossomed for both parties.

Care UK, a leading independent provider of health and social care, are the 15th in a string of new care clients for the managed service provider, and in doing so are de Poel's biggest care client since they began trading in 2001.

de Poel, neutral vendor and number one procurer of temporary agency labour in the UK,  has been invited to take part in a roundtable on the future of the UK labour market, organised by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and Ellwood and Atfield.

Matthew Sanders, CEO will be attending to share his knowledge and expertise within the industry which spans over several decades.  The event will focus on how the UK labour market has changed during the recession and the challenges of the forthcoming Agency Workers Regulations.