Poland – Work Service reports losses in H1, sells Hungarian subsidiary Prohuman

Work Service (WSE:WSE) the Polish staffing, RPO, and outsourcing company reported revenue of PLN 1.04 billion (€244.8 million) for the first six months of 2018, an increase of 2% compared with the same period last year.

Revenue growth was mainly due to the positive results in the Polish, Hungarian,...

World – ManpowerGroup management meeting: Europe growth down, but not out

ManpowerGroup CEO Jonas Prising and CFO Jack McGinnis held investor meetings last Friday, hosted by JP Morgan, in which the company discussed a broad range of topics including European sentiment, the prospective US turnaround and tech & touch investments being key discussion points.

ManpowerGroup...

UK – Norman Broadbent reduces losses as revenue climbs

Executive search and recruitment firm Norman Broadbent (NBB: LSE) announced its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2018 with group revenue of £4.66 million, an increase of 42% from £3.29 million last year.

UK – Staffline Group acquires Passionate About People

Staffline Group (STAF: LSE), the UK-based staffing and employability organisation, announced that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Passionate About People.

Passionate About People was established in 1998 and comprises two companies: Omega Resource Group Limited, a UK provider of blue-collar,...

UK – Outsource UK revenue and net fee income rises in 2018

Outsource UK, a UK-based technology, change and engineering staffing specialist firm, reported revenue for the financial year ended 31 May 2018 of £78.2 million, an increase of 9% when compared to the same period last year. Net Fee Income for the period grew by 11% with a 4% increase in EBITDA.

The company...

France – Temp employment growth stagnant, but the market remains at historically high level

The number of temporary workers in France remained steady for the second consecutive month in August, edging up 0.1% year-on-year, according to the Barometer report by Prism’Emploi, the French association of employment agencies. This follows a year-on-year increase of 0.3% in July.

The 0.1% growth was...

Belgium – Temporary workers’ hours increase in August: Federgon

The number of hours worked by temporary agency workers in Belgium in August edged up by 0.55% when compared to the same period last year, according to Federgon, the Belgian Federation of Staffing Agencies.

The white-collar sector posted a year-over-year increase of 2.17% while the blue-collar sector reported...

Switzerland – Temporary workers’ hours rise 6.8% over year

The number of hours worked by temporary workers in Switzerland was up 6.8% year over year for the period from June to August, according to Swissstaffing’s new Staffingindex.

Since the beginning of the year, temporary worker hours  have grown by 10.9%, suggesting a  gradual slowdown in the...

Netherlands – Agency workers at airport to get up to €50,000 each, judge rules

A judge ruled that 16 temporary workers at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol are receiving a supplemental payment of between €6,500 and €50,000 each, according to an announcement by Dutch union FNV on 21st September.

The temps were cargo handlers and worked through a company called Flexcargo for DHL or Menzies,...

South Africa – Report says 69,000 jobs lost in Q2; country in recession

South Africa lost 69,000 jobs in the second quarter of this year compared to the first, according to a report released Wednesday by Statistics South Africa. Total employment was 9.7 million at the end of the second quarter.

Earlier this month, Statistics South Africa reported the country had fallen into...