Hi Admin,
For what it's worth, I'm not a great fan of agencies in general, it is my belief that all employers should have at least some investment in the men they have working on site. However, as an employer I am under no illusion as to what could be said about me and my operation if you were to ask some past employee's. I think it would be hard to produce a league table of agency's or scaffold companies as it would be reliant on everybody making a contribution and by that I mean clients, health & safety companies as well as the boy's erecting happy or not. Again, my opinion would be the most vocal would only be the few with a grudge or complaint?
Agencies definitely fill a gap in the market and are here to stay but I feel the scaffold contractor that takes a young lad off the street then train's him to a descent level to include, manual handling, confined space, first aid, hgv and too many others to mention is by far a more viable and attractive proposition to all.
Should they pay to be on here, well if it's good enough for all our other sponsors why not? One of the hardest things I would imagine about running an agency(apart from getting paid) is knowing what men are available for work and where are they, well their job is now a whole lot easier.
Would the forum suffer should they take their ball home, no tears from aom.