France – Groupe Crit acquires EHD Technologies

French staffing firm Groupe Crit has announced, through its US subsidiary PeopleLink, the acquisition of US-based EHD Technologies.

Founded in 2002 and based in Tennessee, EHD Technologies is a provider of quality inspection and assurance services to customers throughout the automotive, industrial and...

France – DLSI acquires Bova Service

French staffing firm DLSI, through its subsidiary Pemsa, has acquired Swiss-based staffing firm Bova Service SA.

Bova Service, which has operated for more than 40 years specialising in the provision of temporary and permanent personnel in the construction and industry sectors, offers DLSI the opportunity...

UK – Permanent placement sees weaker growth in January

According to the latest Markit/REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation) Report on Jobs, permanent staff placements continued to rise in January, despite the rate of growth easing to its slowest since September 2016.

All English regions monitored by the survey noted increased permanent placements...

Norway – Staffing industry sees growth for first time since 2012

For the first time since 2012, the staffing industry in Norway saw growth, according to data from the Norwegian Federation of Service Industries (NHO Service).

The data shows that the growth in the staffing industry was driven by increased activity in construction. Figures from NHO Service shows...

Belgium – Number of online job vacancies up 15% in 2016

In 2016, the number of online job ads grew by 14.7% compared to 2015, according to a report from Jobfeed, a Big Data tool for vacancies for recruitment technology firm Textkernel.

The report, ‘The Belgian online job market in 2016’, vacancies for internships, student jobs, volunteering, freelance...

UK – Baby boomers increasingly applying for jobs within the gig economy (The Independent)

More people from the baby boomer generation are applying for jobs in the gig economy than any other age group, reports the Independent, with data from Indeed. An analysis of job search patterns dating back to 2014 shows that 180 out of every million searches done by baby boomers was for work with companies...

Sweden – Dedicare reports record revenue for Q4

Swedish healthcare staffing company Dedicare AB (DEDI: SS) reported revenue for the fourth quarter of SEK 189.2 million (€19.9 million), an increase of 33.3% from SEK 141.9 million (€15.0 million) in Q4 2015. 

France – Temporary employment up in December

Temporary employment in France grew by 13.3% in December compared to the previous year, according to data from Prism’Emploi, the French association of employment agencies.

The data also shows that the industrial sector saw an increase from 6.6% in November 2016 to 12.2% in December 2016. The tertiary...

Germany – Legislation changes could raise workload for agencies

Legislative changes in the German taxation and employment market could result in more workload for agencies placing contractors in Germany, according to compliant contractor management firm 6CATS International.

An analysis by 6CATS found that the introduction of new regulations that come into force on...

Spain – Number of temporary contracts converted to permanent up by 22% in 2016

The number of temporary contracts in Spain that were converted into permanent contracts increased by 21.6% in 2016 compared to the previous year according to data from Randstad Spain.

The data from Randstad shows that 582,026 temporary contracts were converted into permanent contracts last year....