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Employees at de Poel, the number one procurer of temporary agency labour, celebrate today after raising £77,840 for its nominated charity, Mencap, the leading voice of learning disability, supporting people with disabilities, their families and carers.

This amazing total was achieved following a year of fundraising activities, which has seen staff and their families work tirelessly to raise money. Fundraising initiatives over the last year includes:

de Poel, the UK’s number one procurer of temporary agency labour, has appointed Charles Gray as its Sales and Marketing Director. Working from the Cheshire based headquarters and reporting directly to Joe Tully, Managing Director of de Poel, Charles’ direct remit is to grow the de Poel businesses in the UK. 

An inspiring team of skydivers, cyclists, bakers, runners and swimmers at Knutsford-based de Poel, the UK’s biggest consultancy specialising in the strategic procurement of temporary labour for the private sector, are celebrating raising £70,000 for Mencap, the leading voice for learning disability, supporting people with disabilities, their family and carers.

Further to recent recruits to the management and operations teams, de Poel, the number one procurer of temporary agency labour in the UK has expanded four additional departments.

The departments seeing new members of staff include I.T., Accounts, Support Services and Marketing, with 8 new members of staff between them.

The company welcomes Greg Stanton, Stephen O’Shea, Ian Gristock, Daniel Morgan and Tristan Pemberton adding a wealth of experience and ideas to an already innovative and dedicated I.T. department.

The number of temporary workers employed within manufacturing has risen for the second time this year according to data from de Poel, the UK’s number one procurer of temporary agency labour.

With January’s unemployment figures expecting to remain high, data from de Poel, the UK’s number one procurer of temporary agency labour, reveals that the use of temporary staff in the UK rose by 13% in January compared to the same period last year.

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%.