CWS Daily News
Poland – Temporary staffing market at record high
18 May 2012In the first quarter of 2012, turnover in the Polish staffing industry reached a record level and was up +7% to €118 million from €113 million a year ago, reports the Polish ass...
UK – RTC Group revenue up but records losses in 2011
18 May 2012The recruitment and conferencing provider RTC Group Plc (RTC:LSE) increased revenue for the year ended 31 December 2011 to £29.5 million from £19.6 million a year ago, the firm...
World – Riskiest cities to recruit are revealed
18 May 2012New York is the lowest risk city in the world for recruiting, employing and relocating employees, but Toronto, Singapore, Montreal and London still made it into the top five, ac...
UK – Gibbs S3 CEO honoured with award
18 May 2012Farida Gibbs, the CEO of Gibbs S3, an IT Staffing, IT Project Solutions & Technology reSourcing business, was among the winners of the Asian Women of Achievement Awards this...
Around the Web – Portuguese find “new El Dorado” in Angola as professional jobs are scarce
18 May 2012Recruiters in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon are meeting queues of highly skilled workers to be sent off to take on well-paid jobs in Angola, the country’s former African colo...
UK – Staffline considers more bolt-on acquisitions to increase shareholder value
17 May 2012Staffline (STAF:LSE), the recruitment and outsourced HR services provider, said today that it is evaluating bolt-on acquisitions, which could increase its client focus and share...
Germany – Staffing firms‘ sham contracts exposure finally “bears fruit“, politician argues
17 May 2012The German politician and member of the Berlin City Parliament Dilek Kolat welcomed the recent rulings of several higher social courts in Germany which ordered staffing firms to...
UK – Manufacturer fined as “inexperienced” agency worker has thumb amputated
17 May 2012The adhesive tape manufacturer Latrave Ltd has been prosecuted after a 19-year-old agency worker severed his thumb in machinery at a factory in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire....
UK – Parity 2012 trading stabilises and meets market expectation
17 May 2012The IT recruitment and consulting firm Parity Group (PTY:LSE) said on Thursday that it remains on target to meet market expectations this year despite a “continuing difficult ec...
Norway – Ryanair tax row over self-employed pilots
17 May 2012The Irish budget airline Ryanair is threatening to pull out of the Norwegian market if it has to pay local taxes for some of its pilots who act as self-employed, having employme...