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UK – DBFS acquires Marford & Partners
18 July 2019London-based DBFS, a provider of advisory, delivery and resourcing consultancy services within the financial services industry, announced that it acquired recruitment company Marford & Partners.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Marford & Partners uses the Salesforce platform and describes...
UK – World’s first vegan staffing firm launches
18 July 2019A staffing firm specialising in helping people find sustainable, ethical and vegan work opportunities has launched in London.
Citizen Kind was founded by Emma Osborne whose experience in staffing includes 12 years spent working with Aspire Recruitment.
The idea to launch Citizen Kind was born out of a...
UK – Campaign calls for regulation reforms for overseas workers
18 July 2019A coalition of business and education bodies, including the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, have called on the government to commit to action on reforming the immigration system to avoid worsening the UK’s chronic skills and labour shortage.
London First, a non-profit business advocacy group,...
UAE – Online recruitment up in Q2: Monster Employment Index
18 July 2019Online recruitment in the UAE grew by 18% in Q2 2019 when compared to the same period last year, according to the latest Monster Employment Index for the UAE.
The index is a monthly gauge of online job hiring activity by Monster.com, which records the industries and occupations that show the highest and...
UK – MP introduces flexible working bill in Parliament (BBC News)
18 July 2019Conservative MP Helen Whately introduced a flexible working bill in Parliament earlier this week as she called for flexible working to be the default position for all employees, rather than it being up to individuals to request, reports BBC News. She said the move would help close the gender pay gap,...
Sweden – Dedicare Q2 revenue and profits down as Swedish business struggles
17 July 2019Dedicare (DEDI: SS), a Swedish staffing firm, reported revenue for the second quarter ending 30 June 2019 of SEK 195.5 million (€18.5 million), a fall of 4.4% compared with the same period last year.
(SEK millions) | Q2 2019 | Q2 2018 | Change | Q2 2019 (€ millions) |
Revenue | 195.5 ... |
UK – New labour market body to enforce minimum wage and holiday payments
17 July 2019The government announced proposals yesterday to create a single labour market enforcement body, which will have the powers to enforce minimum wage and holiday payments.
The proposal, announced by Business Secretary Greg Clark, were part of the government’s latest measures to advance its ‘Good work...
Belgium – SD Worx increases stake in GlobePayroll to over 50%
17 July 2019Belgian HR service provider SD Worx announced that it increased its stake in French SaaS (Software as a service) payroll solution firm GlobePayroll from 40% to 50.01%.
SD Worx first announced that it invested in GlobePayroll last year.
GlobePayroll was established at the end of 2015. The company claims...
Czech Republic – Number of recruitment firms and foreign agency workers on the rise
17 July 2019The number of recruitment agencies in Czech Republic increased by 8.4% in 2018 when compared to the previous year, according to data from the Labour and Social Affairs Ministry.
At the same time, Ministry figures showed the number of foreign agency workers assigned to firms increased by 14.1%.
The data...
World – Hays Q4 net fees flat amid mixed market conditions in UK and Australia
16 July 2019Hays (HAS: LSE), today reported flat net fees for the fourth quarter ended 30 June 2019 both on a headline and like-for-like basis, compared with the same period last year.
The company reported a decline on a like-for-like basis in its Australia and New Zealand markets as well as in the UK & Ireland....