World – Uber taps Heidrick & Struggles to find its new COO (Business Insider)

Ride-sharing firm Uber has hired international executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles to lead the hunt for a new COO, reports Business Insider.  Uber has stated that hiring Heidrick & Struggles is the first step towards finding a COO, but that it doesn't have a final timeline for...

UK – Pret A Manger could face staffing crisis over Brexit (The Evening Standard)

Pret A Manger, a UK-based sandwich shop chain, could face a staffing crisis after its HR chief revealed that 65% of its staff from outside the UK are EU citizens, reports the Evening Standard. It was also revealed that 1 in 50 applicants for positions at Pret A Manger are British. “If I had to fill...

UK – Impellam full year revenue up 20% boosted by acquisitions

UK staffing firm Impellam Group plc (IPEL:LSE) reported revenue for the full year ending 31 December 2016 of £2,140.2 million, an increase of 20.4% compared to the previous year.

UK – Spring Budget 2017 sees taxes increase for the self-employed

Chancellor Phillip Hammond announced his 2017 Spring Budget to the House of Commons yesterday which included a rise in National Insurance Contributions (NIC) for self-employed workers.

During the announcement, Hammond addressed the self-employed and how it could pose a threat to the tax base. “As our...

France – PIXID acquires The Internet Corporation

PIXID SAS, a French cloud-based temporary workforce management and recruitment solutions firm has completed the acquisition of The Internet Corporation, owner of applicant tracking system and recruitment software Amris and social referral tool, Zao.

According to PIXID, the acquisition of the Internet...

Ireland – Number of professional job vacancies down in February

The number of professional job vacancies in Ireland fell by 12% in February compared to the same period last year, according to the latest Morgan McKinley Ireland Employment Monitor.

The monitor also shows that the number of professional job vacancies in February 2017 decreased 13% nationally compared...

World – PageGroup full year revenue up 3.6% in constant currency, but UK results slip

International specialist recruitment firm PageGroup (MPI: LSE) reported revenue for the full year ending 31 December 2016 of £1,196.1 million, an increase of 3.6% in constant currency (CC) compared with £1,064.9 million during the same period last year.

UK – Permanent placements growth reach one-year high in February as job vacancies continue to increase

Permanent placements reached a one-year high in February, while demand for staff rose at the fastest rate in 18 months, according to the most recent Markit/REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation) Report on Jobs.

The Report on Jobs Vacancy Index posting was above the neutral 50.0 threshold at 63.0...

UK – Self-employed taxes expected to rise in Spring Budget 2017

Philip Hammond is set to deliver the UK’s Spring budget today at 12:30 pm where it is expected that a number of changes will announced.

Among the expected budget changes include the closing of loopholes that allow many self-employed workers to pay less tax, however it is also expected that their worker...

UK – Women in minority ethnic groups see little progress in gender pay gap

Racial inequality is a factor in the gender pay gap in the United Kingdom, with some minority ethnic groups making progress while pay for others lags far behind, according to an analysis from the Fawcett Society.

The analysis of the gender pay gap by ethnicity, charts progress over more than 25 years. According...