UK – Gattaca provides full year trading update, net fee income down amid challenges in the UK

Specialist engineering and professional services staffing firm Gattaca (GATC:LSE) published a trading update for the 12 months ended 31 July 2017 and expects profits to be broadly in-line with market expectations.

Net Fee Income on a like-for-like basis was broken down as follows:

Sweden – NGS Group Q2 revenue growth boosted by acquisitions

NGS Group (NGS: SS), the Swedish healthcare and education staffing firm, reported revenue for the second quarter ending 30 June 2017 of SEK 168.1 million (€17.5 million), an increase of 7.9% compared with the same period last year.

UK – Trade ministers spend over £1 million on recruitment agencies for Brexit trade negotiators

The Department for International Trade has spent £1.15 million on recruitment agencies in the year to June 2016 in order to find trade negotiators with the necessary skills to strike deals once Britain leaves the EU.

INews reports that the details of the spending emerged through a series of parliamentary...

UK – Most employees with disabilities experience workplace bias

Three in five UK employees with a disability have experienced bias in the workplace compared to 35% of those without a disability, according to data from Badenoch & Clark, a recruitment consultancy subsidiary of the Adecco Group UK & Ireland.

The report, ‘Inspiring Inclusion in the Workplace’,...

France – DLSI Q2 revenue up 10% on acquisitions

French staffing firm DLSI SA (ALDLS: PAR), announced results for the second quarter ending 30 June 2017 reporting revenue of €54.1 million, up 10.0% compared to the same period last year.

The increase in revenue for the second quarter was driven by acquisitions. In February the group, through its subsidiary...

Belgium – Temp workers’ hours up 9% in June

The number of hours worked by temporary workers in Belgium in June increased by 9.9% when compared to the previous year, according to Federgon, the Belgian Federation of Staffing Agencies.

When compared to the previous month, the number of hours were up by 3.5% from the previous month (seasonally...

UK – Older workers say employers are not doing enough to recruit them

Nearly a third of UK workers in their 50s feel that employers are not doing enough to recruit them, according to a study by Capita Resourcing.

The study, which examined the attitudes of 1,002 workers over the age of 55, as well as 100 senior HR professionals, also showed that over a third of older workers...

South Africa – Adcorp announces resignation of CEO and COO

South African staffing firm Adcorp has announced that CEO and director Richard Pike and COO Nelis Swart have resigned from their positions, Pike as CEO and director, and Swart as COO, with effect from 31 July.

“In compliance with the listings Requirements of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Limited,...

UK – Study finds millennials in temp and part-time jobs are more likely to experience poorer mental health

Millennials (those born after 1982) in the UK who are working in part-time and temporary jobs are more likely to experience poor mental health, according to a study from think tank IPPR.

The IPPR study claims that younger workers in temporary jobs are 29% more likely to experience mental health problems,...

EU – Euro area unemployment rate falls to lowest rate recorded

The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 9.1% in June 2017, down from 10.1% in June 2016. This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since February 2009, according to figures from Eurostat, the statistical body of the European Union.

Meanwhile, the EU28 unemployment rate was...