UK - Colesco Consulting acquires PRG Recruitment

Scottish firm, PRG Recruitment LLP, went into administration on 16 August and a new company, Colesco Consulting Ltd, set up by former PRG director Margaret Richmond, is reported by the Scottish Daily Record to have acquired the business and assets of the professional services recruitment firm.

PRG Recruitment...

Belgium – Considerable increase in temporary agency work activity in July

In July 2016 the number of hours worked by temporary agency workers (‘TAW’) increased +6.55% in comparison to the same month in the prior year according to data released by Federgon, the Belgian federation of staffing agencies. July saw a rise in both the number of blue collar hours worked (+4.95%)...

Italy – Temporary agency worker numbers rise

The number of temporary agency workers in Italy during June 2016 was 385,556 reflecting an increase of 5.5% compared with June 2015, according to the latest figures from Ebitemp, the bilateral organisation for temporary employment representing employers’ associations and unions.

However, the number...

Italy - Obiettivo Lavoro provide earthquake assistance

Following the earthquake that hit Amatrice, Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto in central Italy on 24 August, Obiettivo Lavoro (now part of Randstad) have sought to provide assistance and solidarity to the stricken region.

The largest tremor woke everyone within a radius of over 100 km. The 6.2-magnitude...

Switzerland – Adecco shortlist final 10 for its CEO for a month program

Adecco has revealed the final 10 for the ultimate round for its “CEO for One Month” apprenticeship.  The chosen 10 were shortlisted from over 54,600 applicants, however only one will gain the unique opportunity to work alongside Adecco Group CEO Alain Dehaze and at the end of the experience...

UK - Gibbs S3 helps contractors understand IR35

Hybrid workforce solutions provider, Gibbs S3, hosted an event as part of their contractor care programme in order to better inform their contractors about the specific impact of IR35. Gibbs S3 maintains that over one third of contractors stay with them for over five years, in what is usually a high...

Netherlands – Helping flexworkers secure mortgages

Start People, the USG People brand, announced the launch of an initiative to help temporary employees in the Netherlands buy their own home, according to the Dutch staffing industry news site Flexnieuws.

As people in flexible employment relationships usually struggle to tick all the right boxes with mortgage...

UK - Addressing the manufacturing skills gap in a post-Brexit Britain

The skills gap is not an issue that is going to just go away unless the manufacturing sector takes some decisive action, says Adam McGiveron, partner and advanced manufacturing sector head at law firm Shakespeare Martineau, in a column published by Theengineer.co.uk.

Businesses and government bodies are...

Sweden – Ethical values and flexible work to attract talent

Employers in the public sector increasingly communicate on ethical values ​​to attract skilled personnel, compared with the private sector, according to Swedish staffing group Poolia's competence indicator 2016. The survey also shows that public sector employers focus their campaigns more on flexible...

Europe - Report says 15.4% of unemployed in Q4 found work in Q1

Eurostat reports 15.4% of people unemployed in the European Union in the fourth quarter of last year had found employment in the first quarter of this year. Turkey posted the highest percentage of people moving from unemployment to employment at 32.3% among countries tracked where figures were available;...