UK – Brexit study finds employee confidence falling

Six months since Britain voted to leave the European Union, employee confidence levels are starting to wane as the process continues, according to Glassdoor’s new Brexit report, commissioned as an extension of its UK Employment Confidence Survey. The report found fewer than a third of UK employees,...

Spain – Jobs website JobAndTalent lays off 50 (AIM Group)

Jobs website JobAndTalent cut 50 employees from the team in its Madrid headquarters, AIM Group reported. Thirty-five of the 50 worked as engineers; the remaining 15 were made redundant in other parts of the company. This followed layoffs in October, when the team of engineers lost 18 members and another...

Germany – Volkswagen aims to start Uber competitor in African countries (Reuters)

Volkswagen agreed to start a ride-hailing service to compete with Uber and produce cars in Kenya and Rwanda, Reuters reported. “Emerging markets with poor transportation links have become a key battleground for establishing new mobility services, with Uber competing with newer rivals like Ola, backed...

UK – Nearly half of employers expect shortage of candidates to fill permanent jobs in 2017

Nearly half, or 48%, of UK employers expect to face a shortage of suitable candidates to fill permanent jobs in 2017, according to this month’s JobsOutlook survey by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).

For the last six months employers have consistently cited engineering...

Sweden – Wise Group transfers stake in Instacruit

Swedish staffing firm Wise Group AB has entered into an agreement to transfer its stake in Instacruit, a Norwegian company that has created an app-based solution for mobile recruitment, to Instacruit’s founder and CEO Niklas Lerner. 

The transfer means that the operating profit for the fourth quarter...

Netherlands – Avedon Capital Partners announces majority investment in WCC Group

Dutch-based growth capital investor Avedon Capital Partners has acquired a majority shareholding in WCC Group, an employment software solutions firm.

Avedon stated that this new majority investment allows the WCC Group to expand even more globally into new markets and also to further build on strong...

UK – Majority of accountants not satisfied with their recruitment partner

According to data from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and recruitment specialist Global Accounting Network, 41% of accountants are satisfied with their recruitment partner and almost one third, or 31%, state they are ‘positively’ dissatisfied. 

The survey, which collected responses...

UK – Skills shortages in the construction industry set to worsen in 2017

Skills shortages across the construction industry in the UK are set to worsen in 2017 as workload and productivity rises, according to construction recruitment firm One Way.

An analysis by One Way found that while construction activity rose at the fastest pace in eight months in November, there was still...

Sweden – Almega service indicator shows employment growth in private services sector

The latest services indicator from Almega, the employer and trade organisation for the Swedish services sector, showed that there was an increase in employment in the private services sector for the fourth quarter when compared to the same time last year.

The Almega service indicator indicates that the...

Latvia – Government appoints new head of State Employment Agency

Latvia’s government has announced that is has appointed the State Employment Agency’s Deputy Director Evita Simsone as the agency’s new director.

Prior to becoming the Employment Agency's deputy director, Simsone had worked as the head of the Employment Agency's offices in the town of Cesis. The...