UK – APSCo Announces New Representative Committee Chair

The Association of Professional Staffing Companies announced that its Representative Committee has elected Pete Holliday, Managing Director of Sopra Steria Recruitment, as Chair.

Jon Cox, Recruitment Director at CCL Global, will take the position of Vice Chair.

“As a member and ambassador of APSCo...

Europe – Uber to offer its drivers medical cover and accident insurance

Human cloud firm Uber announced that it plans to offer European drivers access to medical cover and compensation for work-related injuries. These protections extend to sick pay, parental leave and bereavement payments.

Uber said that ‘Partner Protection’ will be made available for more than 150,000...

Denmark – Jobindex turnover up 5% in Q1

Danish job board Jobindex A/S (JOBNDX: CPH) reported net sales for the first quarter of DKK 82 million (€11 million), an increase of 5% compared with the same quarter in the previous year.

Jobindex added that its first-quarter results were impacted by Easter as there were 62 working days in the first...

UK – Employers’ confidence in hiring temp agency workers up, overall confidence turns positive

Employer confidence towards the hiring of temporary agency workers in the short term increased when compared to last year according to the latest JobsOutlook survey by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.

REC’s survey, which covered the period from February to April, showed that in the next...

UK – Skills shortage costs STEM sector £1.5 billion as firms turn to temporary staffing and other solutions to fill gaps, report finds

Skills shortages in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) sector is costing businesses £1.5 billion a year in recruitment, temporary staffing, inflated salaries and additional training costs, according to a new report from STEM learning, a provider in STEM education and careers...

UK – Number of NEETs rises in March

The number of young people aged 16 to 24 years in the UK who were not in education, employment or training (NEET), increased by 8,000 in the period from January to March 2018, when compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Office of National Statistics.

The percentage of all young...

Netherlands – Shareholders approve new CFO appointment

Dutch staffing firm DPA Group announced during its General Meeting of Shareholders that Désirée Theyse’s appointment to CFO has been approved.

DPA Group had first announced that it had intended to appoint Theyse as CFO in March.

Theyse has been working at DPA since January 2018 as Corporate Strategy...

South Africa – Adcorp Holdings full year revenue down 3.0% as it continues restructuring

South Africa-based workforce management solutions group Adcorp Holdings Ltd. (ADR: JSE) reported revenue declined 3% to ZAR 15.3 billion (USD 1.2 billion) for the full year ended 28 February 2018.

During the year the group discontinued operations in the Rest of Africa. Adcorp also announced the departures...

Poland – Work Service concludes Heads of Terms for management buyout of Exact Systems

Polish contract, RPO, and outsourcing company Work Service announced that it has concluded Heads of Terms for the sale of all of its shares in subsidiary Exact Systems.

Last month, the group reported that it had entered into an agreement to sell all of its shares in subsidiary Exact Systems.

During the...

Romania – Number of job vacancies fall in Q1

Romania’s job vacancies recorded a fall of 3,800 in the first quarter of 2018 when compared  to the same period last year, according to data from the Romanian National Institute of Statistics.

The total number of job vacancies stood at 54,800 in the first quarter of 2018 which converts to a vacancy...