UK – Gattaca provides preliminary results for full year, underlying revenue down 1%

Specialist engineering and professional services staffing firm Gattaca (GATC:LSE), formerly known as Matchtech Group , has announced its preliminary results for the year ending 31 July 2016.

France – DLSI reports turnover increase

DLSI SA (ALDLS: PAR), the French staffing firm, reported yesterday in a brief statement, turnover of €144.1 million for the nine months ending 30 September 2016, an increase of 2.3% compared with €140.9 million during the same period last year.

Revenue for the 3rd quarter of 2016 rose by 6.25%...

France – Groupe Crit acquires TeamSoft Inc.

French staffing firm Groupe Crit has announced the acquisition of US-based digital technologies staffing firm TeamSoft Inc.

The acquisition of TeamSoft will come through Groupe Crit’s US subsidiary PeopleLink and aims to continue the company’s expansion strategy in North America.

This new acquisition...

Sweden – Poolia extends partnership with Axfood

Swedish staffing firm Poolia and Sweden-based grocery store chain Axfood have extended their partnership by signing a new agreement for the delivery of staffing services.

Poolia will deliver services throughout Sweden, but primarily in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Jönköping and Örebro County.

This new agreement...

EU – Euro area unemployment falls slightly

The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 10.0% in September 2016, down slightly from 10.6% in the same time last year and stable compared to August 2016. This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since June 2011, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European...

UK – Graduate jobs market improves to highest level since recession

The unemployment rate for UK graduates six months after leaving university is 5.7%, a significant fall from 6.3% in 2015, according to a new report, “What Do Graduates Do?” published by Prospects and the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services.

The report shows that unemployment rates below...

UK – MP calls for self employed gig economy workers to be paid the minimum wage

UK Senior Conservative MP Ed Vaizey has called for self-employed workers in the “gig economy” to be guaranteed the legal minimum wage, reports the Guardian.

At an event on Tuesday, Vaizey urged the government to produce a “definition of a new kind of worker in the gig economy” as a “halfway...

UK – Number of job vacancies fall

The number of total advertised job vacancies in the UK fell by 3.8% in September 2016 compared to the same period last year according to the latest UK Job Market Report from Adzuna.

In comparison to August’s figures, total advertised vacancies increased 0.8% to 1,132,844 in September. Adzuna states...

Switzerland – Jobseeker confidence reaches highest level in 12 months

According to the latest PageGroup confidence index for the period of July-September 2016, the confidence of jobseekers in Switzerland reached its highest level in 12 months on the criteria of the ability to find a job within 3 months.

The study showed that more than half of the candidates (53%) expect...

Netherlands – ABU reports staffing growth

According to the Dutch Federation of Private Employment Agencies (ABU), hours worked by temporary workers increased by 7% and turnover grew by 8% in period 10 (weeks 37 to 40) compared to the same period last year.

ABU divides the year into four-week periods reported, with the 10th period the most recently...