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Full circle: Blue Fox on The Recruitment Mentors Podcast

Blue Fox first heard about Raise on The Recruitment Mentors Podcast. A year on from launch, Victoria and Jon are on the episode themselves. Here is the story behind it, and what two founders got right about funding.

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Full circle: Blue Fox on The Recruitment Mentors Podcast

Temp billings are rising for the fifth month running. That is good news, and it is a cash problem.

The September Report on Jobs shows the first broad improvement in hiring for nearly four years, led by temp. Vacancies are still at a 2014 low and temp pay is climbing. Put those together and the agencies that win the next six months will be the ones whose funding grows as fast as their book.

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A 60-day cap on payment terms is coming. What the Commercial Payments Bill means for agencies, and what it doesn't.

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A 60-day cap on payment terms is coming. What the Commercial Payments Bill means for agencies, and what it doesn't.

The Government calls it the biggest late-payment legislation in 25 years: a 60-day ceiling on terms, mandatory interest at 8% over base, and a Small Business Commissioner with teeth. For an agency paying contractors weekly it helps less than the headline suggests. Here is the honest reading.

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Right to work checks reach the supply chain on 1 October. Here is who is now on the hook.

Right to work checks reach the supply chain on 1 October. Here is who is now on the hook.

From Thursday, right to work liability stops being an employer's problem and becomes a supply-chain problem. Agencies, hirers and umbrellas all sit in that chain. Here is what changes, what the statutory excuse now needs, and the four things to sort this week.

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The 12-week rule is coming for agency workers. Here's what it actually says.

The 12-week rule is coming for agency workers. Here's what it actually says.

Eight industry bodies wrote to the Government this month asking it to think again about guaranteed hours for agency workers. The REC says the plans take a hammer to two-way flexibility. Here is what is actually proposed, what is still open, and what an agency should do about it before 2027.

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Five months after joint and several liability: what agencies are actually being asked for

Five months after joint and several liability: what agencies are actually being asked for

The umbrella rules changed on 6 April 2026. The warnings have stopped; the questions have started. Here is what a compliant agency is being asked to show now, and how to keep it simple.

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"100% of your margin": what the phrase hides, and the six numbers to ask for instead

"100% of your margin": what the phrase hides, and the six numbers to ask for instead

Half the recruitment funding market now advertises 100% funding. It is a real model with real advantages. It is also a phrase that stops people asking the questions that decide what funding actually costs.

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Your funder said no to a credit limit. Read this before you add a second facility

Your funder said no to a credit limit. Read this before you add a second facility

A refused client limit is the moment a growing agency feels its funder most. Bolting on a second funder sounds like the answer. Usually it is the last option, not the first. Here is the order to work through.