UK – Robert Walters publishes upbeat Q3 trading update

Robert Walters (RWA: LSE), the international recruitment firm, has provided a trading update for the third quarter ending 30 September 2016. Group net fee income increased by 23% and by 8% in constant currency (CC) to £74.4 million, compared to £60.4 million during the same period last year....

Europe – Executive Forum Europe provides insight into the future of the staffing industry

Staffing Industry Analysts, the global advisor on staffing and workforce solutions, held its Executive Forum Europe from 13-14 October with over 200 attendees at the Grange St Pauls in London.

John Nurthen, Executive Director, Global Research, Staffing Industry Analysts, opened the conference...

Poland – Devonshire’s Polish and Germany businesses acquired by Polish Hedge fund

The venture capital funded Devonshire Investment Group (DIG) has announced that it has purchased the German and Polish assets of Devonshire, a UK-based recruitment consultancy, from RR Donnelley at the beginning of September with a goal to merge it with two other recruitment assets.

The deal is expected...

UK – Online job boards are used more often than recruitment agencies

According to a survey from Opinionography, a research firm, carried out on behalf of staffing and recruiting software provider Bond International Software, 68% of respondents say that online job boards are the most helpful starting point for looking for jobs compared to 38% who found recruitment...

UK – Demand for UK pharma sales professionals up 52% post-referendum

Pharmaceutical sales professional is the fastest growing job role post-referendum according to the latest data from the association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).  While overall job vacancies dipped by 1% between March and August 2016 compared to January and June, demand for professional...

UK – Tech vacancies rise in August

Job vacancies in technology companies in the UK increased in August reaching the second-highest level in the past two years, according to a report from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) with data from Vacancysoft, a data publishing company for the recruitment industry....

Spain – Labour and Social Welfare Director defends temporary employment

Spain’s Director General of Labour, Cristina Moreno has defended temporary employment after the UGT (General Workers’ Union of Spain) has complained about fraudulent activity and job insecurity within the field.

Moreno has asked "not to demonize the ETT (temporary employment agencies), because...

UK – Removing gender pay gap would add £150 billion to economy by 2025

Research from the Fawcett Society with CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development), shows that if the gender pay gap was closed it could add £150 billion to the UK economy by 2025.

According to the research, 80% of women say business and employers should bridge the persistent gap in pay....

Ireland – Number of IT jobs increases by 20%

Between 2010 and 2015, the number of companies employing IT staff in Ireland increased by 20%, according to data from Irish recruitment firm Recruiters.

Over the same period of five years, 9,500 new jobs were created all over the country, culminating in 59,000 people employed in IT occupations in 2015....

UK – APSCo responds to Court of Appeal decision on commission influencing holiday pay

The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has responded to the Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold an earlier Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) decision that holiday pay must include results-based commission.

The EAT’s ruling on ‘British Gas v Lock’ in February confirmed that...