COVID-19’s Impact on The UK Economy
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21st Apr 2020 | 
3 Min. To Read
KPMG forecasts a decline of UK GDP by 2.6% for 2020, this is on the condition that the COVID-19 pandemic will be contained by the summer, with a predicted sharp...
COVID-19, Social Distancing and It’s Impact on The DBS ID Verification Procedure
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14th Apr 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
Due to the outbreak of Covid-19, also known as the Coronavirus, we have all recently witnessed our way of life rapidly change. The global economy has been significantly affected, people...
The Importance of the Electoral Roll
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7th Apr 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
Recruiters have moved on from simply looking at CVs, screening application forms and asking tricky questions at interview. 21st century recruiters and interviewers have a whole host of tools at...
What to Expect at a Passport Interview
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31st Mar 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
Getting your first passport is a rite of passage, and something most of us do as a child when our parents apply for a passport on our behalf. But if...
What’s Happening in Background Screening?
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24th Mar 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
The end of the year is always the time for reflection and statistics, so it’s no surprise that the end of 2019 saw the release of an interesting survey into...
Should I Be Worried about DBS Checks as Part of Pre-Employment Checks?
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17th Mar 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
Disclosure and Barring Checks, also known as CRB checks or PVG checks in Scotland, are a way of looking at whether or not candidates for a job have a criminal...
Reference Checking and Identity Verification
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10th Mar 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
Asking for referees from candidates applying for jobs is nothing new. Although pre-employment checks have extended to encompass everything from social media screening to credit checks, checking references is still...
Passports and Brexit – What’s Changing
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3rd Mar 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
After over three years of political wrangling and discussion, the UK finally left the European Union on 31st January 2020. We’re now in a transition period which is due to...
Checking Claimed Qualifications
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25th Feb 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
Surely there’s no harm in increasing that D grade pass in GCSE maths to a B in order to apply for your dream course at college? Or claiming a 2:1...
Biometrics and Identity Checking
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18th Feb 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
A few years ago, biometrics seemed like something out of a science fiction movie, but in 2020 we think nothing of just looking at our phone to open it, or...
