UK – Hays like-for-like net fee growth up 13% on the strength of its international business

International recruitment firm Hays (HAS: LSE), the sixth largest staffing firm in the world and the biggest in the UK, today reported net fee income growth of 13% on a like-for-like basis for the second quarter ended 31 December 2017, compared with the same period last year.

The group’s net fee increase...

Denmark – Heidrick & Struggles completes acquisition of Amrop Denmark

Heidrick & Struggles International announced that it has completed the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Amrop A/S, a Copenhagen-based provider of executive search and leadership consulting.

Under the terms of the share purchase agreement, Heidrick & Struggles paid...

Italy – In Job Group buys Citifocus

London-based recruitment specialist Citifocus has become the Financial Services arm of In Job Group, a global recruitment firm with offices in Europe, US and Asia.

Citifocus’ areas of expertise range across a wide spectrum of the financial service sectors to include banking and fund management, complementing...

UK – Number of jobs available in London falls in December

December saw a 37% decrease in jobs available in London, when compared to last year, according to the latest Morgan McKinley Employment Monitor.

The monitor also showed that the number of professionals seeking jobs fell by 30%, year-on-year.

Morgan McKinley states that the decline in jobs available is...

UK – Graduate jobs market to grow in 2018

Employers in the UK expect to increase their graduate job vacancies by 11% this year, marking a return to double-digit growth, reports the Institute of Student Employers.

The annual Student Recruitment Pulse survey by the ISE reported the intentions of 103 of the UK’s largest student employers,...

World – PageGroup gross profit up 19% in constant currency, but UK gross profit down

International specialist recruitment firm PageGroup (MPI: LSE) provided a trading update for the fourth quarter reporting a group gross profit of £182.4 million, an increase of 13.8% in constant currency (CC) compared with last year.

The EMEA region led growth in gross profit with an increase of 19.3%...

Netherlands – Flexfactory buys Aelbers Flexible Personnel Services

Dutch HR services firm Flexfactory has acquired Aelbers Flexible Personnel Services BV, a Netherlands-based temporary employment agency focused on the construction and logistics industry.

Flexfactory offers through its brands, Match 4U, Fides Personnel Services, Seesing Personeel and now Aelbers Personeel,...

Middle East – Hiring activity expected to grow in 2018

Most employers within the Gulf Cooperation Council countries plan to recruit additional staff in the next 12 months, according to Hays 2018 GCC Salary & Employment Report.

The report, which was compiled from a survey of more than 4,250 professionals operating in the GCC, found that 71% of employers...

UK – Hospitality and Automotive sectors at the top of the list for pay rises

A number of industries across the UK saw pay increase in 2017, with the Hospitality and Automotive sectors seeing the biggest rises in pay, according to data from job board CV-Library.

The data, which analysed average advertised salaries across key industries in 2017, compared with 2016, found that the...

UK – Robert Walters Q4 net fee income rises 22% in constant currency, driven by growth in all regions

International recruitment firm Robert Walters (RWA: LSE) provided a trading update for the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2017.

Group net fee income increased by 22% in constant currency to £90.5 million, compared to £76.1 million during the same period last year.