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Your Guide to Criminal Checks - The process for obtaining details of the criminal history for a person who resides in England, Scotland and Wales is conducted through the Criminal Records Bureau or Disclosure Scotland. This information is provided as a guide to understanding what is available from each organisation and the differences between their services...more

Social Networking is a Still a Major Concern for Organisations - Concerns over social media sites are not new, even before these sites existed there were major concerns that the inappropriate use of e-mail was a major factor in sensitive business information being “leaked”...more

Right to work in the UK - Employers need to be aware that under the Government's new Points Based System for immigration, which started to roll out in 2008, businesses need to be licensed as sponsors by the UK Border Agency before they can bring in any skilled foreign workers from outside the EEA...more

Illegal immigrants working in government highlights the risk of using agency personnel - Some 349 illegal foreign staff have been given jobs with Whitehall departments, councils and NHS Trusts over the past four years according to information obtained by the Mail on Sunday under the Freedom of Information Act and reported on January 3rd 2010. This raises the increasing issue of the use of temporary and agency personnel and how you can ensure that the staff provided are not illegal workers...more

Agenda Values Recognition Award Winner Announced - Agenda prides itself on its friendly and professional approach and its focus customer care. In 2009 a new Agenda Values Recognition Programme was developed for all staff. Nominations could be made by colleagues or customers based on the individual showing a great example of “living” the Agenda Values...more

Council Employ Dozens of Illegal Immigrants - In January 2010 it was reported that Haringey Council had employed 35 illegal immigrants between 2006 and 2009, the council revealed the findings under a Freedom of Information request...more

Unlicensed security guards found working across the English Riviera’s holiday parks - Investigators from the Security Industry Authority and the Department for Work & Pensions conducted an intelligence-led operation to target criminality and fraud within the tourist industry in Devon...more

Interactive crime maps launched - An interactive online map allowing people to compare crime figures across England and Wales has been launched, all 43 police forces, including the City of London Police, launched website crime maps and the new site pulls this information together...more

Vetting and Barring Scheme Launched! - The new Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS came into force on the 12th October 2009 and will be delivered under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006...more

National Identity Fraud Prevention Week - Agenda’s screenings services often come across information which does not ring true, ranging from misquoted qualifications to stolen identity documents and with identity fraud becoming one of the UK's fastest growing crimes, affecting individuals and businesses alike it has never been more important to take care of your valuable personal information...more

How well do your suppliers screen their staff? - An audit of over 50 third party suppliers has revealed worrying gaps in both knowledge and systems when it come to effective pre-employment screening processes...more

New Security Suite up and running - Despite a couple of setbacks the security team are set to move into their new offices and will be fully operational before Christmas...more

ISO27001 Re-Certification Success for Agenda - Agenda is pleased to announce that following a full day audit by the British Standards Institute on Monday 28th September 2009 Agenda has been successfully reassessed and re-certified to ISO27001 (ISO/IEC 27001:2005) Information Security Management System...more

Hotmail hacked; 10,000 user details posted - HOTMAIL users are being warned to change their passwords after a massive phishing attack which led to the posting of email users’ account details...more

UK Border Agency announces changes for sponsors under the points-based system - On the 5th October the UK Border Agency published revised guidance for employers and education providers who sponsor migrants under the points-based system, and has enabled education providers to use the sponsorship management system for the first time...more

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