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United Kingdom Department for Business and Trade — export control Governance & Accountability ✓ 13 claims 29 Oct 2026

UK guidance on employment agency rules updated to name Fair Work Agency

This is a housekeeping update to long-standing guidance on the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. It matters mainly for recruitment firms checking who to contact and which regulator now enforces the rules, following the creation of the Fair Work Agency.

From 7 April 2026 the Fair Work Agency (FWA) replaced the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate as the body named in the guidance.
On 29 October 2026 the department updated contact details at the bottom of each attachment from Employment Standards Agency to Fair Work Agency.
On 22 June 2026 the PDF version of the guidance was removed and replaced with an accessible HTML version.
Regulation 13A requires a 'Key information document' for agency workers, a requirement that took effect from 6 April 2020.
The guidance also covers Regulation 18 on information agencies must obtain from hirers and Regulation 21 on information to be provided to work-seekers and hirers.

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Department for Business and Trade — export control Source document ↗

United Kingdom Department for Business and Trade — export control Governance & Accountability ✓ 14 claims 28 Oct 2026

UK updates voluntary code for executive search firms on board diversity

This briefing covers a minor but notable update to the UK's voluntary code of conduct for executive search firms, which governs how search firms run board-level hiring processes. The code underpins gender diversity targets on UK boards and has just been amended twice in under a year.

The code of conduct was last amended on 28 October 2026 to remove 'FTSE' from references to the Women Business Leaders Review.
A 5 January 2026 update revised the introduction, provisions 1, 2 and 5, and the 'embedding and developing the code' section.
The code has set a longlist target of 40% since an update made on 16 March 2021.
Around 100 executive search firms have signed the code, which the department says cover the vast majority of UK board work.
The code originates from the 2011 Davies Review and was last substantively republished on 15 November 2017.

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