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Private equity firm acquires hospitality staffing provider The Service Companies

July 16, 2018

Private investment firm Gridiron Capital acquired The Service Companies, a provider of managed services and staffing to the hospitality industry.

The Service Companies’ operations include Heart of House Services, Acrobat Outsourcing and JRS International, all serving the hospitality industry. The Service...


Online staffing platform Gun.io buys product development firm Centresource

July 16, 2018

Gun.io, an online staffing platform that matches businesses with freelance software professionals, agreed to acquire Nashville-based product development firm Centresource, the company announced today.

Centresource, founded in 2003, develops web and mobile applications across an array of industries, including...


Human cloud apps aim to fill restaurant jobs, but some have concerns (The Globe and Mail)

July 16, 2018

Staffy and other online staffing apps in Canada aim to help solve restaurants’ labor difficulties, The Globe and Mail newspaper reported. Staffy started in 2015 and now has 5,000 workers and 1,000 business clients in Toronto, Vancouver and New York. Workers are treated as independent contractors. “We...


Washington Attorney General announces end to ‘no-poach’ deals at franchisors

July 13, 2018

Seven fast-food firms agreed to remove “no-poach” provisions in franchise agreements that prohibited franchisees from hiring workers from one another, Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Thursday. The move was made to avoid a lawsuit from the office.

The fast-food firms agreed...


Hays Q4 gross profit up 15%, but rises 40% in US

July 13, 2018

Hays plc, one of the world’s largest staffing firms, reported gross profit rose 15% on a “like-for-like” basis in its fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30. Like-for-like reflects organic growth of continuing operations at constant currency.

“Australia and Germany continued to perform strongly,...


AMN names new role, president of leadership and search solutions

July 13, 2018

AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AHS), the largest US healthcare staffing provider, named Kelly Rakowski as president, leadership and search solutions, a new role within the company.

Rakowski will lead AMN’s interim leadership, physician permanent placement, recruitment process outsourcing...


ShiftPixy to reschedule earnings release

July 13, 2018

Human cloud platform firm ShiftPixy Inc. (NASD: PIXY) is pushing back its scheduled earnings announcement to a new date that the company says it will announce shortly. The Irving, Calif.-based company was scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings yesterday.

In its announcement on the delay, ShiftPixy...


Murray Resources merging its two brands

July 13, 2018

Murray Resources, a Houston-based staffing firm, is merging its two brands — Murray Resources and Kingwood Personnel — and will officially begin operating as one company under the Murray Resources name. Murray Resources acquired Kingwood Personnel in May 2015.

“With both Murray Resources...


People: Amerit, Staffing 360, Hudson, Diversant, RGP, Marcum, Nextaff, Capital Alliance and more

July 13, 2018

Amerit Consulting, a division of Evergent Group, appointed Ian Wagemann as president and CEO. He replaces founder and Chairman Gary Herbold, who retired after 16 years and will fully transition out of the role by the end of this year. Wagemann most recently was the founder and CEO of V.E.T....


US independent workforce rises 2.2% this year to 41.8 million: MBO Partners

July 12, 2018

The US independent workforce — which includes consultants, freelancers, contractors, temporary and on-call workers — will rise to 47.8 million over the next five years, representing a 2.6% annual growth rate, according to MBO Partners’ new "2018 State of Independence in America report."...