Brook Street Bureau plc

Brook Street Bureau plc is a UK public listed company which runs employment agencies. Founded in Mayfair in 1946 by Margery Hurst (who later got an OBE, it has a number of different subsidiaries, such as "B.S. Project Services Ltd", and operates under a number of different names depending on the sector of work, such as "B.S. Social Care". [see, the "B.S. Social Care" [http://www.bssocialcare.co.uk/ website] ]

In 1965 Brook Street was the first employment agency to be listed on the London Stock Exchange and in 1985 they were the first to become a member of the British Quality Foundation. This was followed in 1987 when they joined the Employers Forum on Disability. Brook Street (UK) Ltd employs more than 900 staff in over 130 branches nation-wide and has 15,000 employer clients each year. It has 9000 temporary workers at any one time and 1000 new applicants per week.

Brook Street is a member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, a lobby group for the interests of British employment agencies. Recently it has been involved in a number of high profile UK labour law cases concerning the status of temporary workers.

*"Brook Street v. Dacas" [2004] [ [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2004/217.html EWCA Civ 217]
*"James v. Greenwich LBC" [2008] [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2008/35.html EWCA Civ 35]

ee also

*UK agency worker law
*Temporary worker
*British labour law

Notes

External links

* [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2004/217.html "Brook Street v. Dacas"] [2004] EWCA Civ 217
*Brook Street's [http://www.brookstreet.co.uk/ website]