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UK – InterQuest Group provides trading update amongst restructuring changes
1 December 2016Specialist IT staffing firm InterQuest Group (ITQ: LSE) has provided a trading update ahead of its full year results for the year ending 31 December 2016.
The company announced that, following a period of underperformance in InterQuest’s London based digital division of ECOM, it has been necessary to...
France – Assystem acquires Edison Recruitment
1 December 2016Assystem S.A., a France-based engineering and consultancy company, has acquired a 100% stake in Edison Technical Recruitment Limited, a UK-based engineering recruitment agency focused on electronics, electrical systems and software engineering within the automotive sector.
According to Assystem, the transaction...
Germany – Collective wage agreement reached for temporary employment sector
1 December 2016A new wage agreement for the German temporary employment sector was reached yesterday with the Community for Temporary Work (VGZ), which represents the employers’ side, coming to terms with German Trade Union Confederation on the new tariffs.
The VGZ is the negotiating community of the two Employers...
Europe – Uber defends its business model in Europe’s highest court
30 November 2016Uber, the ridesharing app, defended its business model in Europe’s highest court, the European Court of Justice, yesterday, amid attacks over licensing and safety rules in a case that could leave the app facing stronger regulations, reports the Guardian.
The court is trying to decide if the company...
Belgium – Temp workers’ hours increase in October
30 November 2016The number of hours worked by temporary workers in Belgium rose by 7.28% on a seasonally adjusted basis in October when compared to the previous year, according to Federgon, the Belgian Federation of Staffing Agencies.
Federgon states that the increase was due to a sharp rise in the number of hours worked...
World – Europe leads the way in attracting business talent
30 November 2016Europe is home to nine of the ten economies best equipped to develop, attract and retain business talent, according to the International Institute for Management Development’s World Talent Report 2016.
The report includes a talent ranking for 61 countries. The only non-European country on the...
UK – Majority of employers believe robots will create more jobs than they will replace
30 November 2016Most employers in the UK believe that automation will create more jobs than it will replace in 10 years time, according to a report from UK-based Capita Resourcing.
The report, ‘Workplace More Human’, showed that 85% of the 200 business leaders questioned, agree that in 10 years, automation will help...
UK – More than half of employees are satisfied with their job
30 November 2016The latest Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Halogen Employee Outlook Report shows that 63% of UK employees are satisfied with their jobs.
In the public sector, the job satisfaction level reached a four-year high of 66%. However, the report also finds that 33% of employees say...
UK – Average salaries and job vacancies tumble in October
29 November 2016The number of total advertised job vacancies in the UK fell by 5.4% in October when compared to the previous year, according to the latest Adzuna Jobs Report. The average advertised UK salary was also down 1%, compared to the previous year.
On a monthly basis, total advertised jobs showed growth, increasing...
France – Groupe Crit agrees to acquire Cobalt Ground Solutions
29 November 2016French staffing firm Groupe Crit has agreed to buy UK-based ground handling provider Cobalt Group Solutions for Air France KLM.
Through the purchase of Cobalt, which was founded in 2009 and supplies full handling services at terminals 3 and 4 of London Heathrow Airport, Groupe Crit aims to reinforce...