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Construction hits out at charges

Construction recruiters have hit back at criticisms made of them in the recent report by the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE).

The report criticised agencies for charging excessive fees, failing to work to codes of conduct, poor customer service and providing poorly matched CVs.

Tim Cook, managing director of Hays Consulting Engineering, said: "We need to bear in min

Scot temp contract up for tender

The Scottish government has launched a tender for an initial three-year contract to supply temporary staff to its associated departments, executive agencies and non- departmental public bodies.

The provision of temporary staff includes general admin, front of house, security, support workers, accounts, helpdesk and drivers.

The recruiter will be required to provide suitably trained a

Brown blocks EU agency directive

Gordon Brown won a reprieve for recruiters as he saw off a European vote which would have given agency workers full employment rights.

Brown won plaudits from recruiters for his diplomatic tactics in blocking a crucial EU vote on the Agency Work Directive, which would give temps full pay after six we

Recruiters are failing to register with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) and risk an unlimited fine, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).

ARM share scheme to reward staff

Advanced Resource Managers, a Havant-based IT, engineering recruitment and training company, has rolled out an internal share scheme to all employees, to motivate and reward staff.

The scheme offers five tranches of free share options over the next five years. The options will mature after five years or when the company floats.

Page picks performance by Cognos

Michael Page International has begun implementing business intelligence and performance management technology from software services firm Cognos.

The performance management technology will allow staff to gather accurate results information, to monitor performance against planned goals, to understand variances and to make investment decisions.

Eden Brown sets aside fine funds

Eden Brown has set aside £218,000 over the last two years after admitting a breach of regulations to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

The professional recruitment agency made the voluntary admission to the OFT, which is currently investigating price fixing in the construction industry, and made the provisions in their budget (£109,000 in 2006 and 2007) following legal advice.

The OF

Hirers and Firers - 3 March 2008

Logistics giant The Stobart Group is to create more than 1,000 jobs with two major developments at the Port of Weston on the River Mersey and at nearby Widnes.

Harvey Nash rings iPhone changes

More than 11,000 people have visited Harvey Nash's iPhone recruitment site over the last four weeks since its launch.

The professional recruitment consultancy and IT outsourcing service provider has offered a mobile facility for candidates for several years but Rob Grimsey, business systems director, told Recruiter that he believes the launch of Apple's mobile phone could mark a

Skills gap in financial services

Professionals working in financial services need to improve their soft skills, and managers need to become better at managing people and relationships, the director of education for the Financial Services Skills Council told a London audience last Thursday.

These particular needs represent portions of a wider skills gap within financial services, said Sam Rees-Adams, speaking to a Reuters c