Netherlands – DPA Group reports full year revenue up 9.3%

DPA Group (DPA: NL), the Dutch staffing firm, reported revenue for the full year ending 31 December 2017 of €137.3 million, an increase of 9.3% compared to the previous year.

Last month DPA Group announced that it had postponed the publication of its annual results stating that “with the stricter...

World – Resources Connection revenue rises 20% in fiscal Q3 with Accretive and European acquisitions

Professional staffing provider Resources Connection Inc. (NASD: RECN), which operates as Resources Global Professionals, reported revenue rose 19.9%, or 17.6% in constant currency, in its fiscal third quarter ended 24 February 2018. The increase at the US-based firm was 5.2% when excluding revenue from...

UK – Labour productivity rises 0.7% in fourth quarter

Labour productivity in the UK, as measured by output per hour, grew by 0.7% in the fourth-quarter of 2017 ended December when compared with the previous quarter, according to new data released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). This is the second quarter in a row that output per hour...

UK – More than 1,500 companies miss gender pay gap reporting deadline

More than 10,000 employers with 250 or more staff have published their gender pay gap, however over 1,500 companies have failed to meet the deadline.

According to the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, 1,557 firms had missed the deadline and will now be contacted and investigated. The Commission...

Ireland – Recruitment firm ordered to pay woman over harassment claims (The Journal.ie)

A recruitment firm has been ordered to pay €11,000 to a consultant who complained that she was fired and victimised over her ethnicity, reports The Journal.ie. The woman, Ishita Sanon, of Indian descent claimed that she was asked by the firm’s managing director to change her name to ‘something...

France – Synergie reports full year revenue up 16.2% on a like-for-like basis

French staffing firm Synergie (SDG: PAR) published its full year revenue for the year ended 31 December 2017 of €2,323.2 million, an increase of 16.2% on a like-for-like basis when compared to the same period in the previous year. Reported year-on-year growth was 16.6%.

Synergie reported fourth-quarter...

UK – InterQuest completes acquisition of London-based staffing firm Albany Beck

Specialist IT staffing firm InterQuest Group announced the completion of the acquisition of 95% of the issued share capital of Albany Beck Consulting Limited, a staffing and consulting firm based in London.

InterQuest Group had first announced last month that it would acquire Albany Beck. The consideration...

UK – New zero-hours contracts rules comes into force in Wales for care workers

Employers of domiciliary care workers in Wales will now have to give their care workers a choice of contract after a three-month period of employment after new legislation came into effect this week.

The legislation addresses the use of zero-hours contracts and means that employers will no longer able...

Europe – Euro area unemployment rate falls to lowest level since 2008

The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate stood at 8.5% in February 2018, down from 9.5% in February 2017. This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since December 2008, according to Eurostat, the statistical body of the EU.

Eurostat’s data also showed that the EU28 unemployment...

Lithuania – One in two employers plan to raise salaries this year

Half of Lithuanian businesses are planning to raise wages for their employees this year, according to survey data from the Bank of Lithuania.

The Bank of Lithuania’s survey revealed that 50% of enterprises that promise to raise wages is the largest in over two years. Last year’s survey showed this...