Membership of the Building Services Engineering Employment Agency Alliance has grown modestly over the last year, according to its independent chairman, Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan.
Speaking at the second annual general meeting of the Alliance recently, Lord O'Neill claimed the organisation had enjoyed
'a number of opportunities to fine-tune the way it operates', and to 'refine its aims, objectives and longer-term aspirations'.
At the end of its first year of existence - in April 2009 - the Alliance had 15 members, accounting on average for more than 17,000 monthly lettings of skilled personnel to contractors and service providers across the sector.
'In what has been a demanding period for the industry, it is pleasing to be able to confirm that only two of that number are no longer involved in the business,' said Lord O'Neill.
Indeed, he added, 'steady but solid growth' had continued, with the recruitment of a further five agencies - accounting for 7,900 average monthly personnel lettings - with a number of further prospects in the pipeline.
During the meeting, membership certificates were presented to five new members - ABC Contract Services, Active Technical Resources, Exxell Group, Jark Construction and Meridian Business Support.
Frank Boyle of On-Site Recruitment Services was elected to fill a vacancy on the Alliance's Executive Committee.
The Building Services Engineering Employment Agency Alliance was established by the HVCA in April 2008 to acknowledge the increasingly important role which employment agencies are playing in the sector's supply chain.
For more information, visit www.agencyalliance.co.uk