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.
firms in Europe. For the overall list the median change was +18.7%.
The data to calculate gross margins is not available for some companies from France, Switzerland, the UK and the Netherlands. Excluding
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high density of international firms in the Swiss Top 30, as 14 of these are headquarted outside Switzerland: France (3), UK (3), USA (3), the Netherlands (2), Austria (1) Germany (1) and Sweden (1) (see
lagging, but more upbeat data on online vacancies indicate this trend may not last. The general economic signals are still very mixed.
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Last week we covered the news that the UK government was criticised for using agency staff. The article stemmed from a series of parliamentary questions asked by Jon Trickett ... UK Government Spending on Temporary Staff 2011 ... UK Government Spend...
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The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has completed an interesting short review of the official statistics on self-employment in the UK.
Amongst the study’s findings is that ... Citation: Self-Employment UK ...
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but also to Germany and the UK.
ManpowerGroup appears to be the market leader. Neither Adecco or Randstad operate here. The CV-Online/Simplika Group also operates across all three markets and claims
have a third or less in revenue.
There are 13 major staffing markets in which each of the ‘Big Three’ have a place among the top five staffing companies including the important US, UK, French, German