Finland – VMP Q4 revenue up 5.9%

Finnish HR services firm VMP Plc reported turnover yesterday of €31.1 million for the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2018, an increase of 5.9% compared to the same period last year.

VMP has a comprehensive offering of staffing, recruiting and organisational development and self-employment services....

UK – SIA reveals Best Staffing Firms to work for at Executive Forum

Winners of the 2019 Best Staffing Firms to Work For competition were announced Wednesday at the 28th annual Executive Forum North America in Austin, Texas. The competition was sponsored by Monster.

The Best Staffing Firms to Work for UK winners were organised into two categories: up to 50 internal employees...

UK – Work-related immigration to UK at lowest level since 2014

Immigration to the UK for work has fallen to its lowest level since 2014, according to data from the Office of National Statistics.

Data from the ONS showed that immigration to the UK for work-related reasons stood at an estimated 231,000 persons in the 12 months ending September 2018.

The fall in work-related...

Switzerland – Temp workers hours on the rise, according to Swiss Staffing

The number of hours worked by temporary workers in Switzerland increased by 1.7% for the three months ended January 2019 when compared to the same period of the previous year, according to Swiss Staffing, the Swiss Federation for Staffing Companies.

The 1.7% growth is a slowdown from the previous quarter’s...

World – The Adecco Group’s Q4 revenue falls 1% on organic, trading-day adjusted basis

The Adecco Group (ADEN:VTX) today reported revenue of €6.13 billion in the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2018. Revenue fell 1% on an organic and trading-days adjusted basis.

The group’s fourth-quarter was a slowdown from the 2% growth (trading days adjusted) reported in Q3 2018 and also down from...

World – SThree appoints new CEO

International specialist recruitment firm SThree appointed Mark Dorman as CEO, taking  over from current CEO Gary Elden on 18 March 2019.

“An entrepreneurial and tech-savvy executive, Mark’s energy and relentless focus on results will be central to the delivery of our mission to bring skilled...

UK – Restructuring costs to hit Dillistone’s profits for 2018

Dillistone Group (DSG: LSE), the UK-based supplier of recruitment software to the executive search industry, provided a trading update yesterday for the year ended 31 December 2018.

The group announced that it will be exiting its London office, bringing the number of offices down to two from three. The...

Spain – Eurofirms turnover rises 10% in 2018

Eurofirms, a Spanish HR firm with operations in Spain and Portugal reported turnover for the full year 2018 of €386 million, a 10% increase compared to €351 million in 2017.

The company added that it continued its expansion process in Spanish and Portuguese territory during 2018, consolidating and...

Netherlands – STAN Partners to acquire Teamflex

Dutch recruitment group STAN Partners announced that it reached an agreement to acquire all shares of Teamflex which includes Teamflex Personnel Services and Teamflex Training.

Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Teamflex is a temporary employment agency based in the Netherlands that...

UK – Decline in employer confidence deters hiring plans, REC finds

Employers’ confidence in the UK economy fell 6% in the quarter ending January 2019, when compared to the previous quarter. At the same time, employers’ confidence in making hiring and investment decisions declined by 3%. Both barometers reached the lowest level recorded since June 2016, according...