The United Kingdom is the oldest staffing market in Europe and the largest market in terms of size (by sales). It is highly fragmented with some 15,000 firms. Many of the most recognisable UK-based providers such as Hays, Michael Page and Robert Walters have now spread around the world.
Temporary agency work is treated as a service sector in its own right and, in the UK, was one of the least regulated markets in Europe. However, in recent years the implementation of the European Agency Work Directive has increased the degree of control. There are two principal associations representing the interests of the staffing industry: the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).
The UK, a leading trading power and financial centre, is the third-largest economy in Europe after Germany and France, and the seventh-largest in the world. In addition to a flexible labour market, the country is pro-business and open to foreign investment. The population is over 60 million and the nation is placed seventh in the World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business’ ranking.
by market cap account for 89% of the capitalisation in this report.
The UK lists more of these companies than any other country, with ten. Sweden follows with seven listed firms, while France and Poland
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This report provides information on the landscape of the IT staffing market in the UK.
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We estimate that the 42 firms featured on this year’s list generated a combined £5.5 billion in revenue from staffing of IT skillsets in the UK during 2022. This represen...
work dating back into the 1940’s, and (after UK) the highest % of temporary workers in its workforce, it’s also one of the most flexible countries in Europe and the home of two of the largest staffing
This report – 195 pages in all – represents the aggregation and distillation of staffing industry knowledge derived from five separate surveys of European (ex UK) staffing firms, conducted over 2019
This report represents the complete results of the 2023 UK Staffing Company Survey, as well as relevant results from the 2019-2022 surveys. Staffing firms may use this report to benchmark ...
This report – 195 pages in all – represents the aggregation and distillation of sta...
vacancies in Europe almost mirrored this pattern. For the eight European countries covered (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the UK), there were a combined 13.1 million ... , and the UK), there were a combined 13.1 million vacancies in Q3 2023,...
those overseas care workers on a Health and Care visa from bringing their dependants to the UK. In addition, care firms will be required to be registered with the Care Quality Commission to sponsor visas ... UK Immigration ...
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Of the 42 firms in our study, 24 were based in the Americas (23 in the US and one in Canada); 15 were based in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (including 8 in the UK); and 3 in the Asia Pacific region
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Of the 42 firms in our study, 24 were based in the Americas (23 in the US and one in Canada); 15 were based in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (including 8 in the UK); and 3 in the Asia Pacific region