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Northern Ireland – Demand for IT professionals up 40% (Irish News)

8 August 2018

The number of jobs for IT professionals in Northern Ireland has risen by over 40% since this time last year reports Irish News citing data from NIJobs.com. Sam McIlveen, general manager of NIJobs.com, commented, “We now have over 1,000 jobs from businesses across NI on our site. Vacancies have...


World – Harvey Nash agrees to £98.7 million acquisition bid from The Power of Talent

7 August 2018

UK-based IT staffing firm Harvey Nash (HVN: LSE), announced today that it has agreed to an acquisition offer from The Power of Talent Ltd (Bidco) an entity owned and controlled by investment funds managed by DBAY Advisors Limited.

The Harvey Nash Offer Price values the entire issued and to be issued share...


Finland – Restamax’s Smile Personnel Services reports turnover increase in Q2 2018

7 August 2018

Restamax Oyj, a Finland-based company specialising in the labour hire and restaurant businesses, reported revenue today for the second quarter ended 30 June 2018 of €73.2 million, an increase of 67.9% when compared to the same period last year.

The group’s labour hire business comprises Smile Personnel...


World – ManpowerGroup COO announces he will retire this month

7 August 2018

ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) President and Chief Operating Officer Darryl Green will retire at the end of the month because of family health issues, the company announced yesterday.

Green, 58, has been with ManpowerGroup since 2007. He has served on the company’s executive leadership team for the past...


Netherlands – ABU reports staffing growth

7 August 2018

The total amount of hours worked by temporary workers in the Netherlands grew by 2% in the seventh period (weeks 25-28) of 2018, compared to the same period last year, according to the Dutch Federation of Private Employment Agencies (ABU).

ABU divides the year into four-week periods, with the seventh...


UK – Millions of workers fear robots will take their jobs, study finds

7 August 2018

A new study from YouGov found that approximately six million workers across the UK fear robots will take over their jobs.

The findings showed that 23% of employees polled in the survey of 1,095 workers, equal to approximately six million people, are worried their current post may no longer be needed....


UK – Liberty Vets Recruitment announces MBO

6 August 2018

The management team at Exeter-based veterinary specialist recruitment firm Liberty Vets Recruitment has acquired an 80% stake in the business.

The current 100% shareholder of Liberty Vets Recruitment sold an 80% stake to its management, comprising Laura Mould, Colin Durbin, Sam Wilkinson and Emma Liddon....


UK – Police arrest suspected illegal gangmaster on suspicion of modern slavery offences

6 August 2018

Police in Suffolk and officers from the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) have arrested a man supplying food processing staff on suspicion of modern slavery and gangmaster offences.

Officers from the GLAA assisted by Suffolk police arrested the 42-year-old Romanian man in a dawn operation...


UK – Competition for jobs reaches five-year low, Adzuna finds

6 August 2018

Competition for available roles has fallen to 0.38 jobseekers per vacancy, according to data from jobs site Adzuna. The 0.38 number marks a five year low, and is the most positive situation jobseekers have found themselves in since Adzuna’s records began in June 2012.

In June 2018, the Adzuna Job Index...


Spain – Trade union takes human cloud firm Glovo to court to fight its “precarious work system” (El Diario)

6 August 2018

Spanish trade union UGT (General Union of Workers) has filed a class action lawsuit against Barcelona-based human cloud food courier firm Glovo, with the intention of "combating this precarious work system”, reports El Diario. The union says it wants to demonstrate the fraudulent relationship...