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UK – Number of London jobs and jobseekers down in June

12 July 2018

The number of jobs available in London fell by 29% in June when compared to the same period last year, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.

The monitor also found a 35% decrease in professionals seeking jobs in London in June, when compared to the same period last year.

Month-to-month...


UK – Contract Watch: Capita

12 July 2018

The Department for Education’s Standards and Testing Agency (STA) has selected Capita to manage the administration, processing and support for all primary school national curriculum assessment (NCA) tests in England.

The six-year contract, covering the 2020 to 2024 test cycles, is worth approximately...


Word of the month: Talent Exchange

12 July 2018

Talent exchange” is defined by Staffing Industry Analysts’ online Lexicon of workforce solutions ecosystem terms as an online (possibly cloud technology-based) platform spanning worker type, location and time. This broad definition could conceivably include job boards/social networks,...


World – PageGroup Q2 gross profit up 16%, international markets drive growth but Brexit continues to hamper UK

11 July 2018

International specialist recruitment firm PageGroup (MPI: LSE) reported a record group gross profit for the second quarter ending 30 June 2018 of £208.2 million, an increase of 16.0% in constant currency when compared to last year.

Gross profit for the second quarter by region was broken down as follows....


UK – Nakama Group trading update: Australian unit enters liquidation, London managing director resigns

11 July 2018

UK-based specialist recruitment services provider Nakama Group published a trading and corporate update.

“The Board is pleased to note that the decisive actions taken by the management team are starting to produce results,” the group stated. “Accordingly, although trading during the first three...


Italy – Number of temporary agency workers up 15.1% in May

11 July 2018

The number of temporary agency workers in Italy for May 2018 increased by 15.1% when compared to the same period last year, according to figures from Ebitemp, the bilateral organisation for temporary employment representing employers’ associations and unions.

Ebitemp figures also showed that the total...


Switzerland – Unemployment rate falls to 2.4% in June

11 July 2018

The Swiss unemployment rate stood at 2.4% in March, down from 3.0% in June of last year according to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

In June 2018 there were 106,579 unemployed registered in Switzerland’s regional employment agencies. Compared with the same month last year, unemployment...


UK – Robert Walters posts Q2 trading update, NFI up 18% in constant currency on the back of strong international growth

10 July 2018

International recruitment firm Robert Walters (RWA: LSE) provided a trading update for the second quarter ended 30 June 2018. Group net fee income was up 18% in constant currency when compared to the same period last year.

Group Net Fee Income was as follows.

(£ millions) Q2 2018 Q2 2017 Change ...


Netherlands – ABU reports slower staffing growth

10 July 2018

The total amount of hours worked by temporary workers in the Netherlands grew by 1% in the sixth period (weeks 21-24) 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 sixth period...


Sweden – Financial Supervisory Authority approves of Uniflex and Poolia merger

10 July 2018

Sweden’s Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen, announced that it has approved of the merger of Swedish staffing firms Uniflex and Poolia.

The two staffing firms announced in June that they will merge to create a Nordic staffing “powerhouse”. The boards from each firm unanimously decided...