World – Oracle recruiter Apps IT completes management buy-out

Apps IT, a specialist provider of independent Oracle consultants in the UK, Europe and North America to large multi-national clients, announced that it has completed its management buy-out.

Deal price and terms were not disclosed.

Founded in 2001 and based in Kent, Apps IT is a provider of independent...

Spain – Jobandtalent acquires two Colombian temporary staffing firms

Madrid-based digital temp staffing marketplace Jobandtalent announced that it acquired two temporary staffing firms based in Colombia, Su Temporal and Servi-Oportunos.

Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Su Temporal is based in Bogota and provides temporary staffing and outsourcing...

Ireland – Advisory firm questions Cpl CEO’s pay rise ahead of AGM (The Irish Times)

A shareholder advisory firm has raised questions about recruitment company Cpl Resources awarding a pay increase of more than 25% to its CEO Anne Heraty without ‘providing a sufficient justification for investors’ in the firm’s annual report, reports The Irish Times. Institutional...

World – Technology picking up speed in the recruitment space; future to be quicker and slicker (The Staffing Stream)

Apps, online staffing, chatbots, the recruitment space is become quicker and more complex. In The Staffing Stream, SIA Senior Managing Editor Craig Johnson discusses technology with Peter Searle, executive chairman at global staffing firm Airswift, who also recently named to non-executive director at...

Denmark – Jobindex completes sale of its Swedish operations to Blocket AB

Danish job board Jobindex (JOBNDX: CPH) announced that it has completed the sale of its Swedish operations, under the name Jobbsafari to Blocket AB.

The company first announced its plans to sell its Swedish operations to Blocket AB in June 2019.

Jobindex did not disclose financial details of the transaction....

UK – Kingdom Services Group acquires Contact Industrial Recruitment

Kingdom Services Group announced that it acquired Manchester-based Contact Industrial Recruitment.

The price of the transaction was not disclosed.

Founded in 1997, Contact Recruitment specialises in the recruitment sectors of driving, industrial, waste and recycling and managed services.

“With an extensive...

UK – Number of London jobs and jobseekers tumbles in Q3: Morgan McKinley

The number of jobs available in London decreased by 37% in the third quarter ended in September 2019 when compared to a year ago, according to the London Employment Monitor report by recruitment firm Morgan McKinley. At the same time there was a 25% decrease in professionals seeking jobs.

The year-on-year...

UK – Hospitals paying locum doctors record sums amid staffing crisis (The Telegraph)

A Daily Telegraph investigation found a sharp rise in payments made via agencies, despite repeated pledges to clamp down on spending on temporary medics. Freedom of Information disclosures reveal that since 2017, 16 trusts have paid more than £3,000 a shift for agency and bank doctors. The steep rise...

Italy – Average number of temp workers down: Ebitemp

The average number of temporary agency workers in Italy in August 2019 fell by 5.4% on an annual basis, according to figures from Ebitemp, the bilateral organisation for temporary employment representing employers’ associations and unions.

The 5.4% decrease was an improvement over July’s 5.9% decrease....

UK – Work-related stress nearly doubles in 20 years: APSCo

The percentage of UK workers experiencing work-related stress has almost doubled in the last two decades, according to an analysis of working trends by the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

In 1999, results from a preliminary study conducted by the Health and Safety Executive...