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UK — Kellan Group makes a loss
30 September 2009Kellan Group plc (KLN:LSE), the temporary and permanent recruitment agency group announces its half year interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2009.
Revenues were down from 25.4 million Pounds during the first six months of 2008 to 15.2 million Pounds in the same period of 2009. Net fee income...
Malta — Financial services specialists in high demand
30 September 2009The myPotential scheme, which used to financially assist students in ICT/Science courses, will be extended to other sectors including financial services, which are in high demand in the tiny Southern European republic of Malta (413,000 inhabitants).
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech announced the scheme...
The Netherlands — Government crack-down on tax evasion of foreign temporary employees
30 September 2009The Ministry of Social Affairs, Employment and Tax is about to launch an information campaign to 45,000 companies in the construction, catering, agriculture, retail and cleaning sectors to alert employers to their duties when hiring temporary employees from other countries.
The purpose of the campaign...
Germany — The row over job protection regulation has started already
30 September 2009Even before the negotiations between the coalition partners of the newly elected German government have started, there is already disagreement on whether job protection laws should be loosened, Frankfurter Rundschau reports.
Whilst Chancellor Merkel had stated that she did not want to touch job protection...
UK — Harvey Nash maintains turnover but profits are down
30 September 2009Harvey Nash Group plc (HVNZ:PLU), the recruitment and outsourcing consultancy announces its interim results for the six months ended 31 July 2009.
Revenues were in line with the same period in 2008 at 200 million Pounds. Gross profits were down by 4.9% from 33.3 million Pounds in 2008 to 31.7 million...
UK — Recruiting Cartel fined for price-fixing
30 September 2009The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has imposed fines totalling 39.27 million Pounds on six recruitment agencies for price-fixing and the collective boycott of another company, Parc UK, in the supply of candidates to the construction industry.
The OFT has concluded that A Warwick Associates, Beresford...
Spain — Not much appetite for being the boss during the crisis
29 September 2009According to a recent report carried out by Randstad Spain among 2,200 employees and 833 managers, 50% of the over 45 year olds would not want to be the boss of their company during the current economic crisis.
80% of the over 45 year olds stated that they did not wish to have the increased levels...
Germany — Temporary employment sector welcomes newly elected government
29 September 2009Chancellor Merkel's Conservative Party (CDU) win at the General Elections last Sunday in coalition with the Free Democrats (FDP) has caused the temporary employment industry to breathe a sigh of relief.
Merkel's previous coalition partner, the Social Democrats (SPD), which is close to the Unions had...
UK — New Frontiers Recruitment lands contract with VisitBritain
29 September 2009VisitBritain has named New Frontiers Recruitment as its preferred recruitment partner for UK travel and tourism recruitment.The contract is for three years and includes permanent and temporary recruitment.
VisitBritain is the country’s national tourism agency and responsible for marketing Britain...
UK — Recruitment agencies call for anti-paedophile database to be put on hold
29 September 2009Recruitment agencies are calling for the Government to delay the introduction of its controversial anti-paedophile database next month as they are still waiting to receive detailed guidance on how it will work.
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation says it has been "endlessly surprised and...