UK – Kellan Group revenue full year rises slightly and returns to profit

UK-based staffing firm Kellan Group PLC (KLN:LSE) reported revenue today for the year ending 31 December 2017 of £22.0 million, an increase of 0.5% compared with the same period last year.

World – Majority of professionals feel prepared for recruitment under GDPR

The majority of professionals across the EU and the US feel prepared for recruiting under General Data Protection Regulation, according to research from recruitment software firm Lever. The GDPR comes into force on 25 May 2018.

The research surveyed 500 professionals across the EU and US who are directly...

UK – Most HR professionals expect to receive a pay rise this year

The majority, or 58%, of UK HR professionals said they expect to receive a pay rise in 2018, according to a study from international recruitment firm Robert Walters.

The study also showed that the majority of employers in the UK do indeed intend to increase salaries for HR professionals, half of which...

People – Olympia Nederlands, Textkernel, SThree, Acorn Recruitment

Netherlands-based temporary and permanent recruitment firm Olympia Nederland announced that it has appointed Susan Swarte as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Olympia, Susan was CFO for Van Hessen BV in the Netherlands and Member of the Supervisory Board for Generali Nederland N.V. and Member of the...

Finland – Smile Personnel Services buys Adicio Oy

Smile Personnel Services (Smile Henkilostalpalvelut Oy), a Finnish human resources services firm, announced that it has bought a majority stake in Finland-headquartered Adicio Oy, a recruitment firm in the construction industry.

Smile is owned by parent company Restamax, which is based in Finland and...

UK – Unions agree to an NHS pay rise deal

More than one million NHS staff are being offered pay increases of at least 6.5% over three years after the government announced a deal with unions.

The pay increase will also see hundreds of thousands of NHS staff receiving pay rises of between 9% and 29% over the next three years.

The Guardian reported...

Switzerland – Michael Page Swiss Job Index shows advertised jobs up 25% in March

The Michael Page Swiss Job Index recorded an increased in advertised jobs of 24.9% in March 2018 when compared to the same period last year.

Among job categories, demand for investment bankers led with 19.0% growth in March, year-on-year.

“The demand for investment bankers, based on advertised job vacancies,...

UK – Parity Group awarded recruitment contract by Primark

Specialist technology staffing company Parity Group announced that it has won a managed service contract from clothing retail business Primark. 

Under the contract, Parity Professionals will provide all of Primark’s contract and interim IT staff.

Parity stated that Primark, which operates over 320...

France – Thousands of public sector workers go on strike to protest labour reforms (The Guardian)

Thousands of public sector staff have gone on strike over President Emmanuel Macron’s latest reform drive, reports The Guardian. The strikes have caused railway and airport disruption with many of their services cancelled across France. Today’s strikes also mark the first protest against Macron that...

World – Hudson Global approves sale of European and Asia-Pacific staffing units, deals to close this month

Hudson Global Inc.’s (NASD: HSON) stockholders yesterday approved the proposed sales of the company’s recruitment and talent management businesses in Europe and Asia Pacific. Hudson announced in December that it entered into agreements to sell the operations to strategic buyers in three transactions....