Author: Sarah Croft
Five ways Identity Service Providers (IDSPs) can help Right to Rent checks
Sarah Croft
March 10, 2022
If you work in the lettings industry or are a private landlord, you will be aware that you are required to check all your adult tenants have the legal Right to Rent in the UK. Even if you already have processes in place, making high volumes of visual checks or managing remote checks may be a challenge.
Surge in demand for Right to Work checks confirms upturn in job market
Sarah Croft
June 2, 2021
Over the last few months, we’ve seen a huge spike in demand for Right to Work (RtW) checks – signalling a dramatic upturn in the job market. Compared to January 2021, demand was up by 65% in February, 190% in March, and over 600% in April – with over seven times the number of requests […]
How Randstad, the world’s biggest recruiter uses online identity verification to support their applicant on-boarding
Sarah Croft
November 16, 2020
Randstad started in 1960 and have grown to become the world’s largest recruitment and HR services company, active in 38 markets globally. Since 2017, Randstad have been using online identity verification services to help check identity documents from the thousands of applicants that they work with on a daily basis.
Hundreds of identity checks, training updates and uncovering fake documents: all in a day’s work for a member of our helpdesk team…
Sarah Croft
July 13, 2020
In this blog we talk to one of our most experienced Helpdesk team members, Orsi. She tells us what the role entails on a day to day basis and how it has evolved over time, as well as about her experience with fake identity documents!
Pre-employment checks. Why? How? Which ones? Watch our webinar
Sarah Croft
November 21, 2019
There are some pre-employment checks which you’re required to make and some which you may choose to make for your own peace of mind or depending on the role! So why are these checks so important and which ones should you include?
A range of identity validation services for Right to Work compliance
Sarah Croft
October 3, 2019
When it comes to Right to Work software, we know very well that a ‘one size fits all’ approach doesn’t work. The service you need will depend on your process, in-house knowledge, risk profile, the volume of checks you need, your budget and how you want to make checks and so much more!
TrustID help support compliance for ADVANCE
Sarah Croft
April 10, 2019
Lots of businesses talk about compliance but at ADVANCE, a leading provider of employment, contractor and freelancer solutions, compliance is the core of everything they do, including during the on-boarding of over 40,000 contractors and freelancers.
Helping recruitment businesses improve Right to Work compliance with identity checks.
Sarah Croft
April 25, 2018
We caught up with the team at Anderselite recently who have introduced TrustID Cloud to all their recruitment consultants to allow them to check identity documents from anywhere. Recruitment business, Anderselite, was established in 1984. They specialises in supplying staff to the construction, civil engineering, rail and IT sectors. Operating from six regional offices across the UK, they support 500 clients and deal with over a thousand contractors every week.
Putting the trust back into business with ID verification
Sarah Croft
July 17, 2017
Trust is the foundation on which the personal and business relationships that underpin success are built. It helps to create strong, open relationships within organisations, with customers, with suppliers, and within the wider business ecosystem. Consistent identity checks can help to build and maintain that trusting relationship.
ID scanning system thwarts fraud attempt for Fluent Money
Sarah Croft
June 15, 2017
Fluent Money, the UK’s largest secured loan distributor, recently thwarted an attempt by a fraudster to obtain a loan using a fake driving licence thanks to electronic ID verification. In this blog, we talk to Tim Wheeldon, COO, and Stuart Almond, Group Compliance Director at Fluent Money about why they introduced ID scanning technology and how it works in their business.
