UK – Amazon cuts ties with Transline

Amazon has cut ties with UK employment agency Transline as they will no longer be supplying temporary warehousing staff to the world’s largest online retailer.

The employment agency, a member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), was at the centre of a scandal and investigation involving...

UK – Demand for marketing professionals remains optimistic

Marketing vacancies in the UK have accounted for a growing percentage of all available jobs in the year to January 2017, according to a report from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

The report, ‘APSCo Marketing Trends Report’, based on data from Vacancysoft, showed that...

Germany – Politician calls temporary work “second class employment” as wage gap between temp and regular workers is revealed

German politician Sabine Zimmermann, of the left-Bundestag (Parliament), has called temporary work “second class employment” and a “motor for low-wage employment in Germany”, according to the Employers' Association of Personnel Service Providers (BAP).

Zimmerman had made a request to the Federal...

UK – Gi Group UK appoints new CEO

Gi Group UK, a provider of recruitment, staffing and workforce management services, and subsidiary of Italian staffing firm Gi Group, has appointed Bev White as Chief Executive Officer.

White was most recently Managing Director of Penna Consulting’s Career Transition business and an Executive Board...

UK – Older workers feel overlooked by firms

A study by skills development firm City and Guilds has found that more than a third of workers in the UK aged over 51 believe that their employer puts more effort into developing young staff than retaining older ones.

City & Guilds said its survey of 1,000 people raised concerns that companies were...

Ireland – Jobbio enters partnership with IDG UK

Irish online recruitment firm Jobbio has entered into a partnership with technology media company IDG UK, reports the Irish Independent. The partnership sees Jobbio becoming the jobs platform for IDG UK websites Techworld, Computerworld UK and Digital Arts. The platforms will launch in April in partnership...

UK – MyTaxi launches in a bid to compete with Uber in London (City AM)

German-based cab-hailing company MyTaxi has launched in London today, after it merged with UK cab-hailing app Hailo last year, reports City AM. According to MyTaxi, the app has already moved more than 17,000 drivers who previously used the Hailo system to the MyTaxi app and plans to start expanding further...

UK –Self-employed tax hike delayed

Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that she will delay a vote on the Spring Budget’s proposal to raise taxes on the self-employed until the autumn.

The sudden about turn came only a day after the controversial change was announced by the Conservative government.

The delay in the vote follows...

Netherlands – BouwGenius acquires Schutte & Zweers Personnel

Dutch construction staffing firm BouwGenius (Construction Genius) has acquired Schutte & Zweers Personnel Services BV.

BouwGenius, founded in 2001, is a national temporary and intermediary organisation that specializes in construction staffing. It is part of TecLine International, an international...

UK – 137 million working days lost to sickness and injury in 2016

An estimated 137 million working days were lost due to sickness or injury in the UK in 2016, according to a new report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The number of working days lost in 2016 was equivalent to 4.3 days per worker, the lowest recorded rate since the series began in 1993,...