UK – HMRC wins long-standing tax case against group of healthcare workers (Business Telegraph)

HM Revenue & Customs has won a long-running legal case against a group of five healthcare workers who avoided income tax and national insurance through their use of managed service companies (MSCs), reports the Business Telegraph. The HMRC successfully argued that the healthcare companies’ arrangements...

Netherlands – Brunel Q1 revenue rises 22% in like-for-like on strong international growth

Brunel, the Netherlands-based global energy staffing firm reported revenue grew by 22% on a like-for-like basis to €266.2 million in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the prior-year quarter.

The company said the first quarter was the best quarter in the history for the DACH (Germany, Austria and...

France – DLSI first-quarter revenue increase driven by international growth

French staffing firm DLSI SA (ALDLS: PAR), reported revenue yesterday for the first quarter ended 31 March 2019 of €51.5 million, up 3.8% compared to €49.7 million during the same period last year.

Growth was driven by the international segment while revenue in France saw a slight decline of 1%.

Revenue...

UK – More than half of employees lack confidence in asking for a pay rise, study finds

More than half, or 55%, of employees in the UK said they were hesitant to ask for a raise, according to survey data from Reed Recruitment.

Reed surveyed 3,000 employees and found that 55 per cent said there were barriers preventing them from asking for a raise. These included not knowing what to say (16%)...

UK – Bombardier’s sale of Northern Ireland operations could impact thousands of jobs (The Independent)

Canadian-based aerospace giant Bombardier is set to sell its Northern Ireland operation which employs more than 3,600 people, The Independent reports. Bombardier added that it would also sell its assets in Morocco. The company has said there would be no “new workforce announcements” as a result...

World – Next Staffing Industry Daily News on Tuesday

The next European and Rest of World Staffing Industry Daily News will be on Tuesday due to the bank holiday observed in the UK.

South Africa – CSG Holdings staffing performance hit by fraud and malpractice

South Africa-based CSG Holdings (CSG: JSE) provided an operational update on divisional performance for the 2019 financial year.

CSG is a multi-support services group that offers a wide range of services in facilities management, security and risk solutions, and staffing solutions in South Africa.

In its...

Belgium – Temporary workers’ hours decrease in March: Federgon

The number of hours worked by temporary agency workers in Belgium in March 2019 decreased by 1.91% when compared to the same period the year before, according to Federgon, the Belgian Federation of Staffing Agencies.

Temporary workers in the white-collar sector reported an increase, year-on-year, of 0.93%...

UK – Contract Watch: Dillistone’s GatedTalent platform signs agreement with Friisberg

Dillistone Group (DSG: LSE), the UK-based supplier of recruitment software to the international recruitment industry announced that its GatedTalent platform has reached an agreement with UK-based Friisberg & Partners International, a partner-owned management consulting group specialising in retained...

UK – One in three graduates overeducated for their current job role, ONS finds

Nearly a third, or 31%, of graduates in the UK had more education than was required for the job they were doing in 2017, according to new data published today by the Office for National Statistics as part of its quarterly Economic Review.

For those who graduated before 1992, the number was only 21.7%...