UK – Recruitment industry responds to Prime Minister’s migration proposals

EU citizens will lose priority status to live and work in Britain under a new immigration system announced yesterday by Prime Minister Theresa May.

The new system promises to crack down on low-skilled European workers with the Prime Minister adding that high-skilled workers would be prioritised with no...

World – Impellam merges, rebrands MSP businesses in US and UK

Impellam Group plc yesterday formally announced the merger of its US and UK talent acquisition and managed solutions businesses — rebranding them as Guidant Global.

In the US, the MSP businesses had operated under the Bartech name. Impellam had acquired Bartech in a $120 million deal in December 2015....

Netherlands – HeadFirst completes Myler acquisition

Dutch staffing firm HeadFirst Source Group NV announced that it has completed the acquisition of Myler for €27 million.

Myler is based in the Netherlands and specialises in matchmaking, contract management and global sourcing, mainly in the IT sector. HeadFirst had announced its plans to acquire Myler...

Netherlands – ABU reports staffing growth

The total amount of hours worked by temporary workers in the Netherlands grew by 1% in the ninth period (weeks 33-36) of 2018, 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 ninth period...

UK – Amazon raises its minimum wage for UK and US employees (The Guardian)

Online retail giant Amazon has raised its minimum wage for British and American workers, reports The Guardian. In the UK 40,000 permanent and temporary staff will get an increase to £10.50 an hour in London and £9.50 across the rest of the country. In the US, the company will increase the US minimum...

Europe – GI Group acquires Eastern European operations of Grafton

GI Group announced last week that it acquired Grafton Recruitment Europe Holding Limited, a staffing provider with a presence in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary.

Grafton has 26 offices in Europe with more than 350 employees and place 9,000 candidates in 2017, according to the announcement....

UK – Union says 49% of self-employed earn less than minimum wage, IPSE disagrees

The UK’s Trades Union Congress said on Friday that 49% of self-employed adults in the UK over age 25, some 2 million people, are earning less than minimum wage, and the government must do more to fight sham self-employment. But the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed, or...

Europe – Eurozone jobless rate edges down in August, still at lowest since 2008

The jobless rate for the 19 countries in the eurozone fell to 8.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis in August from 8.2% in July and 9.0% in August 2017.

Overall, in the 28-country European Union, the unemployment rate was 6.8% in August, unchanged from July, and down from 7.5% in August 2017.

The jobless...

UK – Talent consultancy Elements receives £3.5 million investment

Elements Talent Solutions, a talent acquisition consultancy, received a £3.5 million investment from Business Growth Fund, an investor in small and medium-sized companies. Elements will use the funds to accelerate its growth across Europe, the US and the Asia-Pacific region.

Elements “embedded model”...

UK – Deliveroo revenue rises, but pre-tax loss increases (Reuters)

Reuters reported that Deliveroo, a London-based human cloud/delivery firm, saw revenue increase to £277 million in 2017 from £128.5 million in 2016. However, the company’s pre-tax loss rose to £184.7 million in 2017 from £129.1 million in 2016. Staffing Industry Analysts ranks Deliveroo as the...