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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.

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

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
Agency workers will get greater protection from 6 April under revisions to the existing Conduct Regulations.

Workers who take other services from an agency, such as accommodation and transport, will be able to withdraw from receiving such services without suffering any detriment.

In another change aimed at easing the admin burden, the information that agencies will have to provide to
A shortage of high calibre recruitment consultants could impede the growth of the Odgers business in Scotland and beyond, a senior company representative has warned.

Kevin Fairbairn, head of practice at Odgers Select, Scotland, told Recruiter that finding experienced consultants with a broad
Recruiters are being promised more targeted UK solutions from the recruitment training and technology company AIRS, following the launch of a UK office.

The office is headed by Matt Jessop, who previously worked with talent management system pro-vider Mr Ted.

Alison Harter has been appointed director of PermPort, the new permanent division of de Poel Consulting.

Harter told Recruiter: "The plan is to grow the permanent division in order to equal the success of the temporary division, both internally and for our clients.

Nuneaton-based Satchwell Associates decided to promote world peace with an English workers XI versus the Rest of the World (which included French, Estonian, Polish and Angolan) football match.

The recruitment sector could be set for a slowdown in merger and acquisition activity following the flurry of deals in recent months, according to a director at an investment bank.

Tom Phipps, of Livingstone Partners, told Recruiter that the credit crunch being experienced by banks could have an effect on the number of M&A deals going through.

The current conditions in t
Professional services recruiter Hydrogen showed the City and the industry it's a company in a "sweet spot" as it revealed its interim results for the first six months of the year.

The company last week reported a 38% increase in pre-tax profit to £3.9m for the six months to 30 June 2007, compared to
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