Middle East – Employees spend more than five hours bored at work, finds Robert Half

On average, managers recognise that their employees are spending nearly 13% of their week bored at work, according to research from Robert Half UAE. For an average full-time employee working an 8 hour day, this is equivalent to 5.2 hours a week.

Managers in the UAE highlighted the reasons that employees...

World – PageGroup Q3 gross profit up, but UK profits down due to Brexit impact

International specialist recruitment firm PageGroup (MPI: LSE) provided a trading update for the third quarter ending 30 September 2017 with gross profit of £177.3 million, an increase of 8.8% in constant currency compared with last year.

Gross profit from permanent recruitment grew 11.8% in reported...

UK – ADVANCE revenue up 13% for the full year

Contract and recruitment services provider ADVANCE reported revenue of £64.6 million for the year ending 31 March 2017, up 13% from 57.1 million last year.

The record-high revenue represents the company’s seventh consecutive year of growth since it was founded in 2010.

Managing director Shaun Critchley...

UK – Uber, Hermes and Deliveroo face questions over employment practices

Uber, Hermes and Deliveroo, firms considered part of the gig economy, were questioned yesterday by members of Parliament over its employment practices.

The session examined whether more can be done to provide high quality work and improve access to employment rights and benefits as well as the potential...

France – Trade union calls for another strike against labour reform, but faces opposition from other unions (Reuters)

French trade union, the CGT (Confédération générale du travail), has called for a third strike against President Emmanuel Macron’s overhaul of employment laws earlier this week but failed to get other unions to rally behind it, reports Reuters. The country’s three main unions have been divided...

World – Robert Walters Q3 net fee income up 14% in constant currency, all regions show improvement

Robert Walters (RWA: LSE), the international recruitment firm, has provided a positive trading update for the third quarter ending 30 September 2017. Group net fee income increased by 21% in constant currency (CC) to £90.7 million, compared to £74.4 million during the same period last year.

Net Fee...

France – Proman takes stake in Seeland Job

French staffing firm Proman announced that it has entered a partnership with Switzerland-based Seeland Job AG.   The deal  involves Proman taking a stake in Seeland Job.

Seeland Job, founded by Andy Hofmann and Fredi Steinacher, offers temporary or permanent recruitment solutions and operates...

UK – Capita appoints new CEO

Capita (CPI: LSE) the UK-based provider of business process outsourcing solutions and professional support services announced today that it has appointed Jonathan Lewis as new CEO effective 1 December 2017. Lewis will also join the Capita Board.

Earlier in the year the group announced Andy Parker stepped...

Africa – Airswift expands to Mauritania, opens office in Uganda

Global workforce solutions company Airswift announced that it has opened Mauritania’s first global energy workforce solutions office for the energy industry.

The Mauritanian office begins operations on the same day as the launch of Airswift’s Ugandan office in Kampala. This brings the firm’s...

Europe – Executive Forum Europe to conclude today, keynote speaker Matthew Taylor addresses future of work

Executive Forum Europe’s second day in London began with Matthew Taylor’s, Chief Executive of the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) and Tony Blair’s former Policy Chief, keynote session.

Taylor addressed the growth of the gig economy and what it means for...