UK – SThree publishes upbeat trading update, group gross profit up 11% in constant currency

International recruitment firm, SThree (STHR: LSE) published a trading update for the six months ended 31 May 2018 with group gross profit up 11% in constant currency when compared to the same period last year. 

Second-quarter gross profit was up 13% in constant currency when compared to the previous...

France – Groupe Partnaire acquires Inter-Conseil

French recruitment firm Groupe Partnaire announced that it has acquired French temporary staffing firm Inter-Conseil.

Founded in 1995 in Metz, Inter-Conseil, delegates around 2,500 temporary workers every day in France, via a network of some fifty agencies spread over the national territory and has €100...

Belgium – SD Worx expands footprint in temporary staffing market with acquisition of Dutch HR service provider Flexpoint

SD Worx, a Belgian HR service provider, announced that it has acquired Dutch-based Flexpoint Group.

Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. SD Worx is acquiring all shares of the Dutch HR service provider.

The Flexpoint Group includes a number of companies including Flexpoint, Easymatch...

UK – De Poel Group rebrands to GRI

UK-based MSP, de Poel Group, announced that it is rebranding following its acquisition by Geometric Results, or GRI, earlier this year.

The de Poel Group is rebranding to GRI, publicly making the company and its employees all a part of the GRI family.

GRI is a US-based global independent extended workforce...

Europe – Best multinational workplaces list includes Adecco Group, USG People

Great Place to Work, an HR research and management consultancy, ranked the top 25 Multinational Workplaces in Europe for 2018 with the Adecco Group, the world’s largest staffing firm, ranking in the top five. USG People ranked 13th on the list. Earlier this year, USG People became responsible...

UK – PeopleScout acquires RPO provider TMP Holdings for $25 million net-of-cash

PeopleScout, a division of TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) that provides MSP and RPO services, acquired UK-based RPO provider TMP Holdings Ltd for $25 million net-of-cash.

The acquired firm operates under the name TMP Worldwide; however, it is neither owned by nor connected with TMP Worldwide Advertising & Communications,...

World – Korn Ferry Q4 fee revenue rises 13% in constant currency

Korn Ferry International Inc. (NYSE: KFY) reported total fee revenue rose 12.7% in constant currency in its fiscal fourth quarter ended April 30. The increase on a reported basis was 17.1%. The Los Angeles-based provider of executive search and consulting reported the organic growth was driven by all...

France – Adecco Group manager convicted in an obstruction case over the death of two temporary workers

The Court of Appeal in Douai, France has confirmed that an Adecco Group Director in France has been convicted over the death of two temporary workers.

According to 20minutes.fr, the manager’s conviction is for the offense of obstructing the operation of the health and safety committee (CHSCT). According...

Europe – Employment up in Euro area and EU28

Employment increased by 1.4% in both the euro area and the EU28 when compared with the first quarter of 2017, according to seasonally-adjusted data from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

 Eurostat’s estimates show that in the first quarter of 2018, there were 237.9 million...

UK – REC elects new council members

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation, professional body for the recruitment industry, announced its council election results at the Annual General Meeting yesterday.

 Using online voting, 5% of recruitment businesses in REC membership voted for their preferred candidates to fill the corporate...