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UK – Gattaca provides trading update as international growth offsets UK stagnation

7 February 2019

Specialist engineering and professional services staffing firm Gattaca (GATC:LSE) has provided a pre-close Trading Update for the six months to 31 January 2019.

The group delivered a 2% improvement in Net Fee Income (NFI) over the period. 

UK Engineering continued to perform positively in...


Luxembourg – CTG completes acquisition of Luxembourg-based Tech-IT

7 February 2019

US-based IT staffing and solutions provider CTG (NASD: CTG) announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of Luxembourg-based consulting and IT solutions company Tech-IT PSF S.A.

CTG first announced the transaction on 3 January 2019. CTG stated that it anticipates the...


Netherlands – Online vacancy ads up 44% in 2018

7 February 2019

No fewer than 16,334,351  vacancy ads were placed online in the Netherlands for the full year 2018, an increase of 44% compared to 2017, according to figures from Jobfeed, Textkernel's big data tool for online vacancies.

in five job vacancy ads were in Zuid-Holland (South Holland). North Holland...


UK – Average advertised salaries at highest level since 2015, Adzuna finds

7 February 2019

Average advertised salaries in the UK in December 2018 hit their highest point since April 2015, having risen 3.9% year-on-year to over £34,000, according to the latest Job Market Report from job search engine Adzuna. However, advertised vacancies also hit its lowest level since 2015, falling 2.9% in...


UK – Prime Minister seeks oppositions’ support with law giving UK workers same rights as EU (The Guardian)

7 February 2019

Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to propose a draft bill guaranteeing that UK workers’ rights will keep pace with those in Europe in an attempt to get Labour MPs to back her Brexit deal, reports The Guardian. May could propose a new draft bill as early as next week which includes strengthened...


UK – Outsourcing firm Interserve agrees to a rescue deal to reduce £650 million debt pile (The Independent)

7 February 2019

UK-based outsourcing firm Interserve has agreed a debt-for-equity swap with lenders in an effort to reduce its £650 million debt pile and avoid a collapse similar to last year’s collapse of UK-based construction giant Carillon, reports The Independent. Control of the company will be handed to lenders...


Japan – Altech Corp full year revenue edges up 8.3% while profits lift

7 February 2019

Japanese technical staffing firm Altech Corp. (4641:JP) reported revenue for the full year ended 31 December 2018 of JPY 32.78 billion (USD 298.4 million), an increase of 8.3% when compared to the same period last year.

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UK – Parity Group appoints new CEO, expects annual revenue growth for FY 2018

6 February 2019

Parity Group, the London-based specialist technology staffing company, announced, in a trading update, that it has appointed Matthew Bayfield as Chief Executive Officer.

Alan Rommel, current CEO, will move into the role of Chief Operating Officer, a Board position.

Bayfield joined Parity’s senior management...


World – From automation to skills shortages: How eight trends will impact staffing industry this year

6 February 2019

Many trends - from automation to the ongoing skills shortage and from the global economy to legislation are affecting staffing firms. Staffing Industry Analysts first outlined them in a report last year, but now takes a new look at how these trends will shape up this year in a free report released on...


France – Jobijoba acquires recruitment chatbot startup JAI

6 February 2019

France-based recruitment solutions provider Jobijoba announced that it has acquired The Jobs Artificial Intelligence (JAI), a chatbot specialist solutions provider for recruiters.

Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

JAI was founded in January 2018 by CEO Valérie Touraine and Chief...