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.

Finland – VMP acquires staffing and recruitment services firm Personnel Work Force

Finnish HR services firm VMP Plc announced that it has acquired Helsinki-based staffing and recruitment services firm Henkilöstövoimalo Voima (Personnel Work Force).

VMP said it will strengthen its position in the Finnish Personnel Services Market with the acquisition. 

In addition to staffing and...

Germany – The Adecco Group Germany to acquire 51% stake in LOGworks GmbH

The Adecco Group Germany announced that it will acquire 51% of the shares in the personnel service provider LOGworks GmbH in Germany.

LOGworks was previously a wholly-owned subsidiary of LGI Logistics Group International GmbH in Germany, a supply chain management company involved mainly in industrial...

UK – Public sector faces up to 7 years of skills shortages, REC finds

The UK’s public sector faces up to seven more years of skills shortages based on current demand, according to a new report from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.

The REC’s report, ‘Public Sector 2025’, found that the public sector also faces stiff competition from the private sector...

World – Global staffing revenue at $466 billion, SIA forecasts 6% growth

The global staffing industry generated an estimated $466 billion of revenue worldwide in 2017, according to the latest update to Staffing Industry Analysts’ global staffing market forecast. Three countries — the US, Japan and the UK — comprised a majority of the revenue, and the top 17 countries...