UK – Nakama CFO steps down, group subsidiary has difficulties making tax payment

Nakama Group plc (AIM:NAK) reported yesterday that CFO Angus Watson stepped down effective immediately and the group’s Australian subsidiary may have difficulty in meeting an AUD 700,000 (€439,686) payment due last month to the Australian Tax Office.

The specialist recruitment services provider said...

South Africa – Adcorp issues profit warning and restates prior year EBITDA

Adcorp Holdings Limited reported in a trading statement on Wednesday that revenue fell 3% in the year ended 28 February 2018 and that it expects a bigger loss per share than the previous year. It also announced that EBITDA for the previous year was restated to ZAR 373 million (€26.0 million).

The South...

UK – Contract watch: The Curve Group and Gatehouse Bank

The Curve Group, a UK-based recruitment and HR outsourcing firm, entered into contract with Gatehouse Bank to provide a combined end-to-end, HR and recruitment outsource solution.

Under the new contract, The Curve Group will provide a comprehensive HR solution encompassing all aspects of talent...

UK – Professionals unhappy with Brexit but don’t plan to move, Morgan McKinley finds

UK professionals are unhappy with Brexit but have no plans to relocate, according to research released by Morgan McKinley.

The survey asked more than 7,000 professionals if their employer made any serious adjustments or plans to account for the uncertainty, including relocation of parts of the business?...

UK – Specialist People Services revenue up 10%

Diversified recruitment group Specialist People Services reported on 1 May that revenue rose to £150 million in its financial year 2018 ended in March, a 10% increase from £134 million in the prior financial year. The Bradford-based company, which owns transportation and logistics recruitment firm...

Sweden – Hedera Group net sales up 2%, names new CEO

Hedera Group AB (HEGR:SS) reported yesterday that net sales rose 1.7% in the first quarter. The Sweden-based provider of medical staffing also announced that it appointed Maria Nordin as CEO. Nordin comes to Hedera from its recently announced acquisition of Addus Care AB; she was owner of the firm. Hedera’s...

UK – Permanent staff placements increase in April, but at slowest pace this year, REC says

The number of people placed in permanent jobs by recruitment consultancies across the UK continued to rise markedly in April, but expansion pace was still the weakest so far this year, according to the latest Report on Jobs from IHS Markit and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.

In contrast,...

UK – Group calls for tax-free training options for self-employed, responds to Intergenerational Commission

The UK government should extend tax-free training options to the self-employed, IPSE, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed, said in a statement today. The group was responding to a report by the Intergenerational Commission, which found that younger people are more likely...

Portugal – Strengthen adult-learning system to combat skills divide, OECD report says

With a rapidly aging population and a growing skills divide between generations, Portugal needs to further strengthen its adult-learning system, according to a new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development. Portugal’s investments in education and skills in recent decades...

UK – Gig economy firm raises pay, drops fine for missing work (The Guardian)

The Guardian reported British parcel delivery firm DPD, which operates in the gig economy due to its reliance on self-employed workers, will pay a guaranteed minimum wage of £8.75 an hour and drop its £150 daily penalties for missing work. The change is part of reforms following the death...