Sweden – Dedicare reports 28% increase in revenue for second quarter

Swedish staffing firm Dedicare (DEDI: SS) reported revenue for the second quarter ending 30 June 2017 of SEK 196.4 million (€20.6 million), an increase of 28.3% compared with SEK 153.1 million (€16.2 million) during the second quarter last year.

Sweden – Uniflex Q2 revenue declines 3%, looks for buyers for its German business

Swedish staffing firm Uniflex (UFLXB: SS) reported revenue of SEK 297 (€31.2 million) for the second quarter ending 30 June 2017, a decrease of 3.2% compared with SEK 307 million (€32.3 million) during the same quarter last year.

UK – Financial services job vacancies fall 2%

Vacancies within UK financial services fell by 2.1% in May compared to the previous year, according to the latest Sector Trends report from APSCo, produced in conjunction with Vacancysoft.

The data also showed that during the three months to May 2017 vacancies within financial services were up 29.4%....

UK – Temporary employee figures decrease, unemployment at lowest level since 1975

The number of temporary employees in the UK fell by 2.1% to a total of 1.58 million in the three-month period from March 2017 to May 2017 when compared to the same period a year ago, according to seasonally adjusted figures by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Estimates from the ONS Labour Force...

France – Groupe DLSI acquires Tiro Personal AG

French staffing firm Groupe DLSI announced that, through its subsidiary Pemsa, it has acquired Swiss-based Tiro Personal AG, a headquartered in Zurich.

The acquisition was announced as effective from 1 July 2017.

Tiro Personal AG, which provides temporary and permanent placement in the construction, medicine...

Poland – Work Service buys four firms in Romania's APT group

Work Service, a Polish HR services, contract, RPO and outsourcing group, announced it has bought stakes of 55% in four companies owned by Romanian HR services firm APT group for an undisclosed sum.

Work Service Group stated that it has now became a majority shareholder of APT Resources & Services,...

UK – Recruitment firms exposing themselves to criminal sanctions, warns 6CATS International

Recruitment firms are exposing themselves to potentially dangerous tax evasion and avoidance schemes which, after September 2017, could result in criminal sanctions for directors, according to 6CATS International, a supplier of contractor management solutions to recruitment agencies.

The warning comes...

Ireland – Professional job vacancies on the rise in June

The number of professional job vacancies in Ireland increased by 19% in June, compared to the same period last year, according to figures from Morgan McKinley.

The data from Morgan McKinley also showed that there were 4% more professionals seeking jobs that in the same time last year.

On a month-to-month...

World – Uber partners with Yandex to form new ridesharing firm (VentureBeat)

Ride-sharing services firm Uber has partnered with Yandex, which operates the largest search engine in Russia, to form a new ridesharing firm, reports VentureBeat. The new ridesharing service, tentatively titled Newco, will target Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, and Georgia. Newco will...

UK – Robert Walters provides upbeat Q2 trading update

Robert Walters (RWA: LSE), the international recruitment firm, has provided a positive trading update for the second quarter ending 30 June 2017. Group net fee income increased by 16% in constant currency (CC) to £86.3 million, compared to £69.3 million during the same period last year.