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World – Global staffing revenue hits $461 billion, SIA forecast calls for 7% growth

12 June 2018

The global staffing industry generated an estimated $461 billion in revenue worldwide in 2017, according to the “Global Staffing Industry Market Estimates and Forecast: May 2018 Update” released by Staffing Industry Analysts. Three countries — the US, Japan and the UK — comprised a majority of...


UK – Number of temporary employees decreases slightly, employment continues to rise and unemployment falls to record lows

12 June 2018

The number of temporary employees in the UK decreased by 0.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis to a total of 1.57 million in the three-month period from February to April 2018 when compared to the same period a year ago, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Temporary workers are self-identified...


Netherlands – ABU reports staffing growth

12 June 2018

The total amount of hours worked by temporary workers in the Netherlands grew by 7% in the fifth period (weeks 17-20) 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 fifth period...


Poland – Number of job vacancies up in Q1 as labour market tightens

12 June 2018

The number of job vacancies in Poland reported an increase of 28.3% in the first quarter of 2018 when compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Central Statistics Office.

The total number of job vacancies stood at 152,400 in the first quarter, an increase of 33,600 from the same...


Spain – SMEs drive employment growth, report finds

12 June 2018

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Spain reported an increase of nearly 46,000 employees in the first quarter of 2018, according to a report from the Spanish Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CEPYME) in collaboration with Randstad.

The report showed that overall the number of employed...


UK – Servoca approves delisting at General Meeting

12 June 2018

Servoca, the UK-based specialist recruitment and outsourcing firm, announced during its company’s general meeting held today that it will approve the cancellation of the admission of the company's ordinary shares to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market.

The cancellation will take effect...


UK – NHS implicated in multi-million-pound tax dodge that could leave temporary workers facing massive tax bills

11 June 2018

NHS trusts are paying consultants to help them avoid VAT on temporary medical staff, according to a report from the Independent Health Professionals Association.

The report found that hundreds of NHS Trusts and accountants have been exploiting a VAT loophole that has allowed private ‘umbrella’ companies...


UK – Number of London jobs and jobseekers down in April according to Morgan McKinley

11 June 2018

The number of jobs available in London fell by 31% in May when compared to the same period last year, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.

The monitor also found a 48% decrease in professionals seeking jobs in London in May, when compared to the same period last year.

On a...


Netherlands – Labour migrants from Central and Eastern Europe fill nearly 1 in 20 jobs, ABU finds

11 June 2018

Labour migrants filled 514,000 different jobs in the Netherlands in 2016, with more than half of them temporary jobs, according to a report from the Dutch Federation of Private Employment Agencies (ABU).

In total there were 371,000 thousand labour migrants from Central and Eastern Europe in 2016, of whom...


UK – Pipe fitter awarded settlement after ‘unfair’ deductions from an employment agency

11 June 2018

A UK pipe fitter received a settlement £2,500 for unfair deductions and holiday from employment agency On-Site Recruitment Solutions Ltd.

The pipe fitter, Russ Blakely, was charged a number of fees after carrying out work at Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire. Blakely was recruited via On-Site. On-Site...