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%...

World – Staffing 360 Q1 revenue rises as it returns to profit

Staffing 360 Solutions Inc. (NASD: STAF), a staffing provider operating in the US and UK, yesterday reported first-quarter revenue rose 32.3% to $73.8 million with organic growth of 4.9%.

UK – Challenge Group acquires TRG Logistics

Challenge Group, a UK-based logistics recruitment and distribution company acquired Surrey-based TRG Logistics.

Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

The deal will see the two companies merge to become Challenge TRG Group, with current TRG CEO, Nick Gordon, and TRG managing director,...

Switzerland – Temp workers’ hours record slight decrease in Q1

The number of hours worked by temporary workers in Switzerland recorded a decrease of 1.3% in the first quarter of 2019 when compared to the same period last year, according to data from Swiss Staffing, the Swiss Federation for Staffing Companies.

Swiss Staffing said the 1.3% decline can be explained...

Europe – Euro area and EU 28 unemployment rates fall in March

The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate stood at 7.7% in March 2019, down from 8.5% in March 2018 and the lowest rate since September 2008. At the same time, the EU28 unemployment rate was 6.4% in March 2019, down from 7.0% in March 2018 and the lowest rate since the start of the EU...

UK – Robots enhancing not depleting workforces: Alexander Mann Solutions

Alexander Mann Solutions, a provider or RPO and MSP services, said that human employees are actually being enhanced and not depleted, by technology including automation.

The group said the ‘cyborg effect’ – where both organic and biomechatronic elements combine – is facilitating the creation of...

World – Heidrick & Struggles Q1 net revenue rises 10% in constant currency

Net revenue rose at Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. (NASD: HSII) in the first quarter ending 31 March 2019 by 7.2% and by 10.0% in constant currency.

Revenue growth in the first quarter was supported by strong results in Executive Search with growth in Americas leading the way. The group’s...

UK – Staffline says nothing further to report over payroll allegations but delays FY results due to Minimum Wage investigation

Staffline, the UK-based staffing and employability organisation, provided an update regarding the publication of its results for the year ended 31 December 2018.

Following allegations by a third party in respect of invoicing and payroll practices within the group's recruitment division, a review was launched...

UK – Dillistone Group reports fall in revenue and lower profits due to loss of major client, but remains optimistic about 2019

Dillistone Group (DSG: LSE), the UK-based supplier of recruitment software to the international recruitment industry announced its final results for the 12 months ended 31 December 2018.

Overall revenue was down 10.7% to £8.7 million. Recurring revenue, which made up 82% of overall revenue, fell 10%...