Europe – Employees in Greece and Spain least confident in keeping their jobs over next 6 months

Approximately 73% of professionals in Europe are confident about maintaining their job within the next six months, according to data from Randstad.

The countries with the highest confidence were Luxembourg (85%), Austria (82%), while the countries with the lowest confidence were Spain (66%) and Greece...

France – Freelance.com Q3 revenue rises 21%

French online staffing group Freelance.com (EPA: ALFRE) reported revenue of €39.6 million for the third quarter, an increase of 21% when compared to the previous year. The group stated that this is the 11th consecutive quarter of double-digit growth.

Freelance.com also published results for the first...

UK – Agency workers, paid less than employees for same work, lose out on £500 million of unpaid holiday pay

Agency workers in the UK earn approximately £400 a year less than direct employees with identical qualifications doing identical jobs. Agency workers have also collectively missed out on as much as £500 million of unpaid holiday pay, according to a report from thinktank The Resolution Foundation.

The...

Netherlands – ABU appoints new board members

The Dutch Federation of Private Employment Agencies (ABU) announced that it has appointed three new members to its Board.

ABU has elected Dimitri Yocarini, CEO of Dutch temporary and permanent recruitment firm Olympia, Jeroen Driessen, CEO of Dutch employment agency Driessen Groep and Melvin de Boer,...

UK – Hundreds of agency job cuts expected for Jaguar Land Rover as the company moves production to Slovakia (Coventry Live)

Staff at Jaguar Land Rover’s Lode Lane plant face huge changes as the company begins the countdown to switching production of its Discovery model from Solihull to Slovakia. The production move means that hundreds of agency staff at Solihull will lose their jobs, while some permanent staff working on...

UK – nGage Specialist Recruitment acquires Henlow Recruitment

Privately-owned nGAGE Specialist Recruitment Ltd., announced that it has acquired UK-based Henlow Recruitment.

Henlow is a QuantTech recruitment business operating in the UK, Europe, USA and the Middle East. The firm was launched in 2013 by joint CEOs Matthew and Andrew Clarke and has since grown to more...

UK – Permanent placements growth driven by IT sector, but demand for talent eases

Professional recruitment firms in the UK reported that the number of candidates securing permanent roles in October 2018 increased by 5% year-on-year, according to new survey data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

The increase in securing permanent roles is attributed to...

Europe – EU28 unemployment rate falls to lowest rate since 2000

The EU28 unemployment rate stood at 6.7% in October 2018, down from 7.4% in October 2017, and the lowest rate recorded in the EU28 since the start of the EU monthly unemployment series in January 2000, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted...

UK – Falling EU net migration highlights continuing skills shortages, recruitment industry finds

EU net migration to the UK has fallen to its lowest level since 2012 in the year to June 2018, according to figures from the Office of National Statistics.  The figures have caused concerns for the UK recruitment industry.

ONS data found that 74,000 more EU citizens came to the UK than left, however...

Poland – Work Service revenue up slightly, losses widen

Work Service Capital Group (WSE:WSE) the Polish staffing, RPO, and outsourcing company reported revenue of PLN 1.57 billion (€365.5 million) for the first nine months of 2018, an increase of 0.6% compared with the same period last year.