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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
Regulations give temp protection
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
Odgers' search for quality staff
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
AIRS hones support for UK market
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.
Permanent port of call at de Poel_2

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.

Football fosters worker relations

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.

Deal flurry slows due to downturn
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.

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Hydrogen results show 'sweet spot'
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
Share prices remain fairly static
IT recruiter FDM saw its share price rise 2p on 17 September as it reported a 45% increase in pre-tax profit to £1.8m in the six months ended 30 June 2007. Its share price continued rising in the days after the announcement to reach 133.5p, but fell back to 132p.
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