UK – Millions of workers fear robots will take their jobs, study finds

A new study from YouGov found that approximately six million workers across the UK fear robots will take over their jobs.

The findings showed that 23% of employees polled in the survey of 1,095 workers, equal to approximately six million people, are worried their current post may no longer be needed....

UK – Liberty Vets Recruitment announces MBO

The management team at Exeter-based veterinary specialist recruitment firm Liberty Vets Recruitment has acquired an 80% stake in the business.

The current 100% shareholder of Liberty Vets Recruitment sold an 80% stake to its management, comprising Laura Mould, Colin Durbin, Sam Wilkinson and Emma Liddon....

UK – Police arrest suspected illegal gangmaster on suspicion of modern slavery offences

Police in Suffolk and officers from the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) have arrested a man supplying food processing staff on suspicion of modern slavery and gangmaster offences.

Officers from the GLAA assisted by Suffolk police arrested the 42-year-old Romanian man in a dawn operation...

UK – Competition for jobs reaches five-year low, Adzuna finds

Competition for available roles has fallen to 0.38 jobseekers per vacancy, according to data from jobs site Adzuna. The 0.38 number marks a five year low, and is the most positive situation jobseekers have found themselves in since Adzuna’s records began in June 2012.

In June 2018, the Adzuna Job Index...

Spain – Trade union takes human cloud firm Glovo to court to fight its “precarious work system” (El Diario)

Spanish trade union UGT (General Union of Workers) has filed a class action lawsuit against Barcelona-based human cloud food courier firm Glovo, with the intention of "combating this precarious work system”, reports El Diario. The union says it wants to demonstrate the fraudulent relationship...

World – Hudson reports mixed Q2 results and operating loss

RPO provider Hudson Global Inc. (NASD: HSON) reported second-quarter revenue rose 14.7% in constant currency and was driven by its Asia-Pacific operations. The US-based firm reported that loss of a contract affected revenue in the Americas and Europe.

Sweden – NGS Group revenue decreases 5.7%, but operating profit sees improvement

Second-quarter net sales at NGS Group AB (NGS: SS), the Swedish healthcare and education staffing firm, decreased 5.7% from the year-ago quarter. The group also reported operating profit increased 15.0% with an operating margin of 8.2% compared to 6.7% in the year-ago quarter.

Russia – TalentTech acquires freelance platform Fl.ru

TalentTech, a subsidiary of Russian investment company Severgroup, has purchased 97.5% of freelance recruitment site Fl.ru.

No financial details of the transaction were disclosed. However, Alexei Soloviev, partner at iTech Capital told RusLetter that the purchase price could be in the range of RUB 500...

Netherlands – Headfirst Source Group receives greenlight for Myler acquisition

Dutch staffing firm Headfirst Source Group has received approval for the acquisition of Myler from competition regulator Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets.

Headfirst had first announced in July that it acquired 100% of the shares of Myler, a company based in the Netherlands that specialises...

UK – Gattaca provides trading update, full year net fee income shows slight progress on a like-for-like basis

Specialist engineering and professional services staffing firm Gattaca (GATC:LSE) published a trading update for the 12 months ended 31 July 2018 and expects profits to be broadly in-line with market expectations.

The group reported Net Fee Income (NFI) on a like-for-like basis. Like-for-Like assumes...