Sweden – NGS Group fourth quarter revenue up 14.1%

NGS Group (NGS: SS), the Swedish healthcare and education staffing firm, reported revenue for the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2017 of SEK 190.3 million (€19.1 million), an increase of 14.1% compared with the same period last year.

UK – Templine Employment Agency agrees to buy Nation Recruit

Templine Employment Agency, a Birmingham-based recruiter, announced that it has agreed to buy Nation Recruit, a recruitment agency based in Wales.

Nation Recruit was established in 1995 by managing director Lynne Fattah and specialises in the recruitment of temporary and permanent industrial staff.

According...

UK – Educate Resourcing acquires Educate Teacher Training

Welsh staffing firm Educate Resourcing has acquired Lincolnshire-based Educate Teacher Training.

Educate Resourcing, based in Wrexham and operating in North Wales and the North West of England, provides teaching and support staff to Primary, Secondary and Tertiary education, bespoke alternative curriculum...

France – Number of private sector jobs grows in Q4 (Reuters)

France added more than 50,000 private sector jobs in the last quarter of 2017 as employment growth returned to levels not seen since before the global financial crisis, reports Reuters with data from statistical agency INSEE. Growth in the fourth quarter was boosted by low interest rates, a global economic...

World – Randstad Q4 revenue up 9% organically, Italy and Iberia drive European growth

Randstad (RAND: NV), today reported revenue for the fourth quarter ending 31 December 2017 of €5.9 billion, an increase of 9% on an organic basis compared with €4.9 billion a year ago.

European markets fueled growth in the fourth quarter with revenue up 26% organically in Italy, while Iberia showed...

UK – REC announced appointment of acting CEO

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation today announced that David Vallance, director of finance at the REC, will be acting CEO until the appointment of a new Chief Executive.

Vallance will take over from Kevin Green, who steps down from the chief executive position on 15 March 2018.

Green first announced...

Denmark – Job ads up in January, finds Jobindex

The number of new online job ads increased in January when compared with the previous year according to data from Danish job board Jobindex.

In January, there were 23,200 new job ads posted online. Compared to December it was a slight decline, however this was higher than November 2018 which Jobindex...

UK – More than half of jobseekers give up their first-choice job due to employer communication delays

More than half, or 58%, of candidates in the UK, have taken a second-choice job offer because a potential employer took too long to make a decision, according to research from Robert Half UK.

The survey of 1,000 jobseekers, showed that 55% of candidates have waited longer than a month to hear back about...

UK – Union applies for judicial review of Deliveroo employment status ruling (The Independent)

The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain has applied for a judicial review of a ruling that Deliveroo couriers are not employees, reports the Independent. Last year, the human cloud food courier firm won a landmark legal victory over the employment status of its drivers with the Central Arbitration...

Netherlands – Cabinet suspends the enforcement of false self-employment legislation until 2020

The suspension of the enforcement of the Dutch Employment Deregulation Assessment Act (DBA) has been extended to 1 January 2020, according to the Dutch government.

This means that clients and contractors in the Netherlands will not receive any penalties or additional charges until it is established that...