UK – Servoca approves delisting at General Meeting

Servoca, the UK-based specialist recruitment and outsourcing firm, announced during its company’s general meeting held today that it will approve the cancellation of the admission of the company's ordinary shares to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market.

The cancellation will take effect...

UK – NHS implicated in multi-million-pound tax dodge that could leave temporary workers facing massive tax bills

NHS trusts are paying consultants to help them avoid VAT on temporary medical staff, according to a report from the Independent Health Professionals Association.

The report found that hundreds of NHS Trusts and accountants have been exploiting a VAT loophole that has allowed private ‘umbrella’ companies...

UK – Number of London jobs and jobseekers down in April according to Morgan McKinley

The number of jobs available in London fell by 31% in May when compared to the same period last year, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.

The monitor also found a 48% decrease in professionals seeking jobs in London in May, when compared to the same period last year.

On a...

Netherlands – Labour migrants from Central and Eastern Europe fill nearly 1 in 20 jobs, ABU finds

Labour migrants filled 514,000 different jobs in the Netherlands in 2016, with more than half of them temporary jobs, according to a report from the Dutch Federation of Private Employment Agencies (ABU).

In total there were 371,000 thousand labour migrants from Central and Eastern Europe in 2016, of whom...

UK – Pipe fitter awarded settlement after ‘unfair’ deductions from an employment agency

A UK pipe fitter received a settlement £2,500 for unfair deductions and holiday from employment agency On-Site Recruitment Solutions Ltd.

The pipe fitter, Russ Blakely, was charged a number of fees after carrying out work at Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire. Blakely was recruited via On-Site. On-Site...

World – SIA Staffing Survey to identify current trends and best practices

Staffing Industry Analysts’ annual staffing survey is a key research report that helps us to identify current market trends and best practices for the staffing industry.

Normally only available to our research subscribers, a summary of the full results will be shared with any company that completes...

France – Synergie acquires majority stake in tech services firm DCS Easyware

French staffing firm Synergie announced that it has acquired a 66% stake in the French digital services company DCS Easyware.

Based in Lyon, DCS Easyware has operations in France, Belgium, Spain and the UK and is set to report revenue of approximately €50 million in 2018. The company has nearly...

UK – Recruitment agency staff posed as temps to cheat them out of pensions

Two directors and five senior staff members of Derby-based recruitment agency Workchain admitted to impersonating their temporary workers to opt them out of their workplace pension program.

Workchain, along with its owners and director Phil Tong and Adam Hinkley and a further five staff members pleaded...

Italy – Number of temporary agency workers increases in April

The number of temporary agency workers in Italy for April 2018 increased by 19.3% when compared to the same period last year, according to figures from Ebitemp, the bilateral organisation for temporary employment representing employers’ associations and unions.

Ebitemp figures also showed that the total...

Netherlands – Swets Group acquires maritime personnel provider ODV Maritiem

Swets Group, a Dutch maritime oil and gas firm, announced that it has acquired ODV Maritiem, a maritime personnel provider based in the Netherlands.

The acquisition was made effective from 1 June 2018.

Swets Group owns Swets Inland shipping, an employment agency that provides recruitment and selection...