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The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has reflected on the public policy wins of the last year that it has driven on behalf of the professional staffing sector.

The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has published its public policy roadmap, outlining the critical needs from Government and policy makers for 2021 to build a professional labour market fit for the future.

As the UK celebrates National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) 2022, the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has urged levy paying recruitment firms and SME businesses to make sure they’re benefitting from the potential apprentices bring to firms.

Tania Bowers, Global Public Policy Director at the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) responds to the details outlined in the Levelling Up White Paper published by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

"The planned investment in the education, health and social care sectors is promising, but we strongly believe that more still needs to be delivered to support growth across the UK."

The announced changes to the Kickstart Scheme to remove the minimum threshold of 30 jobs is a welcome move, but the disappointing delay means many people may have already missed out. That’s according to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), the trade body for professional recruitment businesses.

Professional vacancy numbers have continued to grow as the holiday season approaches, with permanent jobs up 3% month on month in November and 43% year on year. That’s according to the latest Recruitment Trends Snapshot report from The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

The Skills for Jobs whitepaper revealed by the Government at the end of last week doesn’t support the flexible training of today’s workforces and fails to utilise crucial recruitment networks, according to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).