Albany went into administration in February, owing recruiters an as yet unknown sum.

Ann Swain, chief executive of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), told Recruiter that the organisation had been working hard to offer support and advice to members. She said that APSCo had held two meetings with its members, with more than 20 APSCo members attending the first meeting, at the end of January.

At the most recent meeting, lawyers provided “initial stage” advice. Subsequently many members had continued to seek more detailed advice, either from APSCo’s own lawyers, or their own.

She said that members’ overriding concern was to protect the interest of contractors who hadn’t been paid. One issue was whether they should pay their contractors who were out of pocket after Albany’s failure to pay them despite Albany having received the money from the agency for that purpose.
APSCo was continuing to do some “hand holding” with a number of members over their continuing concerns.

A spokesperson for the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) told Recruiter: “We have provided advice via our legal helpline to a small number of our members who have been affected. We continue to monitor the situation so that we can keep our members informed.”
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