UK – Morson Group acquires Canada-based Strategic Infusion Inc.

UK-based engineering recruitment firm Morson Group announced that it has acquired the Canadian staffing company Strategic Infusion Inc.

Strategic Infusion was founded by recruitment professionals Rick Goodman and Neil Smith in 2005 and has operations in the US and the Caribbean. The company’s core technical...

UK – Most companies have yet to release their gender pay gap report

With about two months left until the UK gender pay gap reporting deadline, research from Fujitsu showed that 90% of companies are yet to publish their figures.

Guidelines from the UK government website states that organisations with 250 employees or more must report on their gender pay gap by 30 March...

Denmark – Workers under 30 are the happiest, Jobindex finds

Employees under 30 are happier than older workers with their employment, according to a study from Danish job portal Jobindex.

The study showed that employees under 30 years of age give a four star average rating to their workplace compared to workers over 50 who give their workplace an average of less...

France – International and domestic growth drives increase in Synergie Q4 revenue

French staffing firm Synergie (SDG: PAR) reported revenue for the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2017 of €627.3 million, an increase of 19.7% when compared to the same period in the previous year.

France – Groupe Crit reports Q4 revenue up, boosted by domestic and international staffing

French staffing firm Groupe Crit (CEN: FP) reported revenue for the fourth quarter ending 31 December 2017 of €615.9 million, an increase of 7.5% on a like-for-like basis compared with last year.

Full-year revenue rose 12.7% to €2.42 billion, the increase was 8.5% on a like-for-like and constant currency...

UK – Capita issues profit warning, plans to sell off assets but says its resourcing brand will be business as usual

Capita, a UK-based provider of business process outsourcing solutions and professional support services, issued a profit warning earlier this week and announced that it plans to raise £700m from investors.

However, a company spokesperson assured that operations at its Resourcing division will be ‘business...

Europe – Euro area unemployment rate down to lowest level since 2009

The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate stood at 8.7% in December 2017, down from 9.7% in December 2016. This remains the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since January 2009, according to figures from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

The EU28 unemployment...

World – Robert Half Q4 revenue rises 5.0% in constant currency, strengthened by growth in international and US staffing

Fourth-quarter revenue at professional staffing firm Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI) increased by 5.0% on a same billing-day, constant-currency basis.

Italy – Openjobmetis provides preliminary results for full year, revenue up 26.7%

Italian recruitment firm, Openjobmetis SpA (OJM:MIL) announced preliminary revenue for the full year ended 31 December of €583.9 million, up 26.7% from €460.9 million last year.

Openjobmetis stated that the increase in revenue is mainly due to higher revenue from its core business, temporary employment,...

UK – Employer confidence falls to lowest levels since EU referendum

Employer confidence in the UK’s economy is at its lowest since the referendum, with a net balance of -14, according to the latest JobsOutlook survey from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).

The survey data, which polled 600 employers across the UK, showed that 35% of respondents...