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Precision Recruitment are this year proud sponsors of Leicester Tiger’s player Ben Woods.

A successful end to a first season with Leicester Tigers after switching from Newcastle Falcons brought Ben Woods the status of becoming a Guinness Premiership title winner, alongside helping the club to reach the Heineken Cup final.

He figured in 23 matches in all competitions in 2008/09 after being a try scorer on his debut in the pre-season match at Biarritz. While with the Falcons, he sustained a badly broken leg in 2003/04 when playing in a development match against Northampton Saints and was absent for 18 months. He scored with his first touch of the ball in his comeback game against NEC Green Rockets in Tokyo.

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The most fundamental right is to have a job but this must be balanced against fairness and the rights of workers, Lord Young, minister for postal affairs and employment relations at the department for business, innovation and skills (BIS), told the REC National Convention in London today.

He told the audience of around 200 delegates that the government recognised that many workers enjoy agency work, as it gives them the flexibility and an opportunity to re-enter the labour market: “I see recruitment agencies making a positive contribution to this.”

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Precision Recruitment has launched a new networking group called ‘Good news Engineering’ – a networking group which “celebrates British enginering excellence and is dedicated to keeping engineers in engineering.” The group which is on networking site Linked-in is open to anyone working in or involved in Engineering. The aim of the group is to share business good news such as new orders, new manufacturing advancements and stories of interest to Engineering professionals.

Senior Engineering Consultant Scott Lydon commented:

“I speak to a lot of Engineering firms and they like to discuss their good news with me. We thought it would be a great idea to gather the information and publish it in one place, so businesses can share news with other firms and find out what’s happening in Engineering.”

To join ‘Good News Engineering’ click the link and sign up.