Netherlands – The Employment Group acquires Cottus

The Employment Group, a Dutch firm that owns a portfolio of specialist  staffing brands, announced that it has acquired Cottus, a technical service provider based in the Netherlands.

Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Cottus places technicians at the executive and secondary level...

UK – ZRG Partners acquires executive search firm Holker Watkin

Global retained search firm ZRG Partners has acquired Holker Watkin, a London-based search firm focused on placing strategy and transformation professionals in Europe and other markets.

The deal closed on 25 June but terms of the transaction were not announced

Holker Watkin was founded in 2000. Professionals...

UK – A third of newly-hired employees fail to pass probation costing businesses thousands (Business Matters)

Up to a third of new UK employees are not passing their six-month probationary reviews, costing companies thousands of pounds, reports Business Matters citing research from recruitment tech firm Worksome. The research found that on average, businesses spend nearly £6,459 a year on recruitment and hiring....

UK – Robert Walters net fee income growth rises despite weakness in UK market

International recruitment firm Robert Walters (RWA: LSE) provided a trading update for the second quarter ended 30 June 2019. Group net fee income rose by 7% and by 5% in constant currency.

Group net fee income by region was as follows. 

UK – Impellam acquires Flexy

UK-based staffing firm Impellam announced that it has acquired Flexy, a flexible staffing platform based in London.

SIA would define Flexy as a Just-in-Time Staffing firm, a category of vendors that combine the technology of online staffing with the services of traditional staffing. Further information...

Ireland – Spencer Stuart acquires Merc Partners

US-based executive search and leadership advisory firm Spencer Stuart today announced that it has acquired Merc Partners, an Irish executive search and leadership consulting firm.

Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 1980 and based in Dublin, Merc Partners specialises in...

Netherlands – ABU reports fall in temporary workers’ hours

The total amount of hours worked by temporary workers in the Netherlands decreased by 6% in the sixth period (weeks 21-24) of 2019, compared to the same period last year, according to the Dutch Federation of Private Employment Agencies (ABU).

ABU divides the year into four-week periods, with the sixth...

UK – Recruitment firm worker among those prosecuted in ‘largest ever human trafficking case’

Eight human traffickers, including a recruiter, have been jailed following what has been described as the UK's biggest ever modern slavery prosecution.

The recruiter, Julianna Chodakowicz was employed by recruitment agency E-Response in Worcestershire.

According to BirminghamLive, Chodakowicz had found...

UK – Number of London jobs and jobseekers fall in Q2: Morgan McKinley

The number of jobs available in London decreased by 50% in the second quarter ended in June 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 19% decrease in professionals seeking jobs.

On a quarter-on-quarter...

Middle East – Majority of workers have left job due to dislike of company culture: Robert Walters

Nearly three quarters, or 73%, of professionals in the Middle East have left a job because they disliked the company’s culture, according to research from Robert Walters.

The research, which surveyed more than 1,000 professionals and hiring managers across the region, also found that 82% of professionals...