UK – Number of temporary employees up 0.2%, employment rate reaches record high

The number of seasonally adjusted temporary employees in the UK increased slightly by 0.2% year-over -year to a total of 1.55 million for the three months ended January 2019, according to the latest report published today by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

The number of temporary employees as...

Italy – Openjobmetis full year revenue up 1.8% in 2018

Italy-based recruitment firm, Openjobmetis SpA (OJM:MIL) reported revenue last week for the full year ended 31 December 2018 of €594.2 million, an increase of 1.8% compared with the previous year.

Openjobmetis engages in employment services and focuses on the provision of specialist recruitment activities....

Netherlands – ABU reports fall in temporary workers’ hours

The total amount of hours worked by temporary workers in the Netherlands fell by 2% in the second period (weeks 5-8) of 2019, compared to the same period last year, according to the Dutch Federation of Private Employment Agencies (ABU).

ABU divides the year into four-week periods, with the second period...

UK – Demand for Life Sciences professionals lifts in 2018

Demand for professionals to work within the UK’s Life Sciences sector increased by 11% in 2018, according to data from business intelligence specialist, Vacancysoft, on behalf of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

The data found that clinical vacancies rose the...

World – Cielo launches global executive search practice

Recruitment Process Outsourcing Provider Cielo today announced that it is bringing its executive search experts into a global practice under the Cielo brand, with on-the-ground presence in each region around the world.

Craig Pointon who has led executive search for the MEA region since 2007, will...

World – PageGroup CEO takes leave of absence following skiing accident; CFO to lead executive team

PageGroup, the UK-based staffing provider with international operations, announced in a regulatory filing that CEO Steve Ingham had an accident while skiing resulting in a severe back injury. PageGroup expects this will lead to his absence from the company for “a number of weeks.”

PageGroup's...

South Africa – ADvTech full year revenue up 11%, reports growth across all divisions

South Africa-based recruitment firm ADvTech (ADH: SJ) reported revenue today for the six months ended 31 December 2018 of ZAR 4.38 billion (USD 303.7 million), an increase of 11% compared to the previous year.

UK – Operam Education Group acquires Teachers UK and The Education Specialists

Operam Education Group, a UK-based education recruitment agency, announced that it acquired education recruitment firms Teachers UK and The Education Specialists.

Financial details of the transactions were not disclosed.

The acquisitions followed an announcement from Operam that it had received an investment...

UK – Interserve goes into administration after rescue deal is rejected (The Guardian)

UK-based outsourcing firm Interserve has gone into administration, reports The Guardian. Earlier this year Interserve agreed to a rescue deal to reduce £650 million debt pile, however shareholders rejected the rescue deal during a General Meeting last week with the company’s largest shareholder,...

UK – SThree Q1 gross profit up as international growth offsets weakness in UK

International recruitment firm, SThree (STHR: LSE) issued a trading update for the first quarter ended 28 February 2019 with group gross profit increasing by 9% year-on-year in constant currency.

Growth in Continental Europe and the USA offset a decrease in the UK and Ireland.

85% of Group gross profit...