The world’s largest staffing firm, The Adecco Group, has announced that online staffing management platform Beeple will continue its geographic expansion during Q2 2017.

The Adecco Group is a major shareholder in Beeple, a Belgian start-up that developed an end-to-end online staffing tool focused on high volume and high frequency recruitment in retail, hospitality and events.

Beeple, which allows recruiters to digitise their current processes and fully integrate with middle office and back office systems, began its operations in Belgium in 2015. Following a strategic investment by The Adecco Group, Beeple then expanded operations to the Netherlands and Germany. It will now be expanding to France, Italy, the UK and Luxembourg.

“Our investment in Beeple perfectly illustrates The Adecco Group’s digital strategy to capture the emerging opportunities in the changing world of work,” Marcus Sawyerr, Global Head of Digital & Innovation at The Adecco Group, said.

“We very strongly believe in the synergy between The Adecco Group as a global market leader and a young start-up such as ourselves,” Karel Rabaut, Manager and Founder of Beeple, said. “The Adecco Group's corporate culture and vision regarding our collaboration very much appealed to us from the first moment and this is why we are very enthusiastic about the future of our partnership.”