UK – Search Consultancy acquires SCP Aberdeen

Glasgow-based recruitment firm Search Consultancy announced that it has acquired health and social care recruitment firm SCP Aberdeen.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

SCP Aberdeen is owned by SCP Recruitment, which was founded in 2006. In 2015, SCP Recruitment was purchased by the City and County...

France – Actual Leader expands in the Netherlands with acquisition of Flexfactory

France-based temporary employment firm Actual Leader Group announced that it acquired a majority stake of Dutch HR services firm Flexfactory.

Details of the stake were not disclosed.

Founded in 2004, Flexfactory offers a wide range of HR services, such as staffing, training, recruitment & selection,...

Sweden – Dedicare appoints new CFO

Swedish staffing firm Dedicare announced that it has appointed Johanna Eriksson as new Chief Financial Officer with effect from 1 September 2019.

Eriksson is currently the CFO of Sopra Steria Sweden AB and was previously a senior manager at Deloitte.

Dedicare President and CEO Krister Widström commented,...

World – Resources Connection Q4 revenue up in constant currency, growth in APAC offsets weak European results

Professional staffing provider Resources Connection Inc. (RECN: NASD), which operates as Resources Global Professionals, reported revenue increased by 0.4% year-over-year in constant currency to $182.1 million in its fiscal fourth quarter 2019 ended 25 May 2018. On a reported basis, revenue was down...

UK – Concilium Search undergoes MBO

London-headquartered recruitment firm Concilium Search announced that it has bought out its original investor Networkers International.

Concilium specialises in life sciences, industrials, IT and management consulting recruitment. The company is now principally and independently owned by directors Maduka...

Italy – Average number of temp workers down in May

The average number of temporary agency workers in Italy in May 2019 decreased by 6.5% on an annual basis, according to figures from Ebitemp, the bilateral organisation for temporary employment representing employers’ associations and unions.

At the same time, the total payroll of temporary workers decreased...

UK – Flexible workers to receive compensation for cancelled shifts under new government rules

Millions of flexible workers in the UK would see new rights and extra protections if they lose out on work under proposed government reforms.

The proposed reforms are part of the government’s latest measures to advance its ‘Good work plan’.

The government will consult on proposed new measures for...

People – Alexander Mann Solutions, Morson, Pertemps, Stanton House, Samuel Knight

Alexander Mann Solutions, a provider of global talent acquisition and management solutions, announced the appointment of Paul Modley as Director of Talent Acquisition and Diversity & Inclusion. He first joined the company in 2014. Before joining Alexander Mann, he had worked in the talent acquisition...

UK – NHS Professionals appoints Nicola McQueen as CEO

NHS Professionals, the government-owned temporary staff supplier to the National Health Service, announced that it has appointed Nicola McQueen as its new Chief Executive Officer from 2 September 2019.

McQueen has worked in the recruitment industry for more than 20 years, first joining Hays then moving...

UK – DBFS acquires Marford & Partners

London-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...