Belgium – House of HR CEO unexpectedly replaced (De Standaard)

House of HR, an HR services firm based in Belgium, has unexpectedly replaced CEO Jérôme Caille, reports De Standaard. The Board has yet to decide on a new CEO. However, Rika Coppens has stepped in during the interim. Coppens has served as Independent Director at the House of HR since June 2016. The...

UK – Staffline trading update in line with expectations

Staffline Group (STAF: LSE), the UK-based staffing and employability organization provided a trading update for the six months ended 30 June 2017 and stated that current trading is in line with market expectations.

According to Staffline, the group remains confident of its growth prospects, with the “Burst...

Sweden – Harvey Nash acquires PAT Management AB

Harvey Nash Group announced the acquisition by its Swedish subsidiary, Alumni AB, of PAT Management AB, a Swedish human resource consultancy.

PAT is currently owned by Hans Fribergh and Linda Wahlstrom. Wahlstrom will remain as managing director of the firm until January 2020.

In 2016, PAT recorded revenue...

UK – Self-employed should be entitled to minimum wage, says Resolution Foundation

UK-based independent think tank Resolution Foundation has suggested that some self-employed workers should be entitled to the national minimum wage in a new publication entitled, ‘The minimum required?’.

The Resolution Foundation has submitted its publication to the Taylor Review on modern employment...

UK – Peach Recruitment merges with Workforce Jobs

Worcester recruitment firm Peach Recruitment announced that it has merged with Workforce Recruitment, a West Midlands recruitment firm.

The merger will see Peach Recruitment’s employees relocating to Workforce’s new recruitment centre in Redditch. Peach’s managing director Sarah Mayo-Evans, who...

Europe – Advocate general says part of Uber’s services are illegal (Reuters)

Uber suffered a setback to its expansion plans in Europe today when an advocate general for the Court of Justice of the European Union said France was entitled to charge local managers of the ride sharing app with running an illegal taxi service, reports Reuters. Last year the company was fined $900,000...

Poland – Work Service sells IT Contrakt and ProService units

Polish contract, RPO, and outsourcing company Work Service Group has completed the sale of its 95% stake in IT Kontrakt for PLN 146.9 million (€34.6 million) to private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management (represented in Poland by Cornerstone Partners).

The group also announced that it sold another...

France – Fed Group launches IT recruitment firm

French recruitment firm Fed Group has announced that it is expanding into the IT recruitment market with the launch of a new office called Fed IT.

Fed IT will be led by Amaury de Thibault, a senior consultant with the Fed Group. He previously worked as a recruitment consultant with Aston Carter and TEKsystems....

UK – Skills shortages cost businesses more than £2 billion a year

Skills shortages in the UK are costing firms more than £2 billion a year in recruitment, temporary staffing and salary costs, according to a survey from Open University.

The survey, which polled 400 firms, found that 90% of businesses faced difficulties recruiting workers with the required skills in...

Ireland – Berkley Group sold to director and investors (Irish Independent)

Irish recruitment and technology services firm Berkley Group, part of the Rethink Group, has been sold to a director and several new investors, according to the Independent.ie. Berkley director Paddy O'Connell and the investors: Arthur Griffin, John Kennefick and John Fitzpatrick, bought the business...