Germany – Amadeus FiRe full year revenue and profits rise in 2018

German recruitment firm Amadeus FiRe AG (AADX: GER) reported final consolidated results earlier this week for the full year 2018 with revenue of €205.8 million, an increase of 11.5% from the previous year.

Amadeus FiRe previously reported preliminary figures for the full year 2018 in February 2019.

The...

UK – Berry Recruitment Group revenue up 6.1% in 2018

St Albans-based staffing firm Berry Recruitment Group reported revenue of £69.4 million for the full year 2018, an increase of 6.1% compared to £65.4 million in the previous year.

Berry Recruitment Group also recorded EBITDA of £1.6 million, a decrease of 8.5% compared to the previous year.

In September...

UK – Contract Watch: Staffline, Hydrogen Group

Staffline, the UK-based recruitment and training group, announced that its PeoplePlus division has been successful in the latest round of Education and Skills Funding Agency’s European Social Fund competition, securing contracts worth a total of £35 million over a 27-month period, commencing in April...

UK – Capita full year revenue down 7.4%, but returns to profit as turnaround plans progress

Capita (CPI: LSE) the UK-based provider of business process outsourcing solutions and professional support services reported revenue decreased by 7.4% for the full year 2018 when compared to the previous year.

The company said its 2018 profit was "slightly ahead" of its expectations as it completed...

UK – Impellam full year revenue rises, but profits hit by investments and costs

UK staffing firm Impellam Group plc (IPEL:LSE) reported revenue for the full year ending 31 December 2018 of £2.27 billion, an increase of 5.7% compared to the previous year, on a like-for-like basis.

Revenue growth was driven by growth in the group’s Managed Services segment. Gross profit was...

UK – Empresaria full year revenue and profits rise

Empresaria (AIM: EMR), the international specialist staffing group, reported revenue today for the year ended 31 December 2018 of £366.8 million, an increase of 5% in constant currency, when compared to last year.

Net Fee Income increased by 6% in constant currency at £72.3 million from £69.4 million...

Netherlands – USG People appoints new CEO

USG People, part of Recruit Global Staffing, announced that it has appointed Adriaan Belonje as its new CEO.

In his new role, Belonje is responsible for implementing the new strategic course of USG People, which was presented in November 2018.

Belonje will be taking over from Raymond Puts, who will be...

UK – Spring Statement focuses on jobs, apprenticeship levy and Brexit

Chancellor Philip Hammond presented his Spring Budget yesterday in which he addressed the UK’s labour market, education and skills, as well as the UK’s plan to leave the EU.

On the labour market, the Chancellor recognised the UK’s historically low unemployment. He pointed to forecasts from the Office...

World – Recruit Global Staffing CFO steps down, new execs join management team

Recruit Global Staffing, which encompasses the worldwide staffing operations of Tokyo-based Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd., announced Tuesday that CFO Leen Geirnaerdt will step down. It also announced other management changes that will bring its executive management team to five members.

Geirnaerdt was appointed...

France – Temp jobs fall by 1.5% in Q4 despite overall increase in payroll employment

Temporary employment in France fell by 1.5%, or 6,900 jobs, in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to the third quarter; the decrease follows the third quarter’s decline of 0.9%, according to INSEE, France’s national institute of statistics and economic studies. The year-over-year decrease in temporary...