UK – Huntswood full year revenue down slightly

Reading-based private specialist resourcing and consultancy firm Huntswood reported revenue for the year 2016 of £304 million, down 0.8% from £306.6 million in the same period last year.

The company also reported that pre-tax profits also fell 16% to £44.2 million. Huntswood has blamed a change in...

EU – Euro area unemployment rate reaches lowest level since 2009

The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate stood at 9.3% in May 2017,  down from 10.2% in May 2016. This remains the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since March 2009. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

The EU28 unemployment...

UK – Zero contracts bad for your health, study finds

Young adults who are employed on zero-hours contracts are less likely to be in good health, and are at higher risk of poor mental health than workers with stable jobs, according to research from London-based UCL Institute of Education.

Researchers from the institute’s Centre for Longitudinal Studies...

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...