France – DLSI Q1 revenue drops after reorganisation

The France-based temporary and permanent staffing group DLSI SA (ALDSL:PAR) saw a -13% decline in first-quarter revenue from €48.44 million in 2011 to €42.22 million in 2012, following the closure and reorganisation of some branches which lacked profitability, the firm said. 

This comes after...

Poland – Temporary staffing market at record high

In the first quarter of 2012, turnover in the Polish staffing industry reached a record level and was up +7% to €118 million from €113 million a year ago, reports the Polish association of temporary employment agencies, Polish HR Forum.

The third and fourth quarter in 2011 saw the strongest growth...

UK – Staffline considers more bolt-on acquisitions to increase shareholder value

Staffline (STAF:LSE), the recruitment and outsourced HR services provider, said today that it is evaluating bolt-on acquisitions, which could increase its client focus and shareholder value.

Last year revenue rose by +40% to £288.3 million, largely supported by a number of acquisitions the firm had made...

US – On Assignment Completes Apex Buy

On Assignment Inc. (NASD: ASGN) reported Tuesday it completed the acquisition of privately held Apex Systems, one of the largest and fastest-growing information technology staffing firms in the U.S. The deal called for On Assignment to pay $600 million, which included $383 million in cash and 14.3 million...

US – Survey: 29% to Hire Summer Workers

Twenty-nine percent of U.S. employers plan to hire summer workers this year, up from 21 percent who said the same a year ago, according to a survey released by CareerBuilder.

Among the driving sectors, 45 percent of manufacturing employers plan to add summer workers. In addition, 44 percent of hospitality...

Belgium – Investment bank sells stake in staffing firm Accent Jobs for €21.8 million

The Belgian investment company Gimv said on Tuesday that it has sold its stake in one of Belgium’s fastest growing staffing firms Accent Jobs, receiving €21.8 million for the sale to the French private equity firm Naxicap.

Staffing Industry Analysts reported in February that Gimv was looking to exit...

US – Corporate Resource Revenue Up 18%

Revenue rose 17.5 percent at Corporate Resource Services Inc. (OTCBB: CRRS.OB) to $144.1 million in its fiscal second quarter ended March 3, 2012, from $122.6 million in the second quarter of the previous year, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Revenue in the second...

Netherlands – Temporary billings down as GDP contracts

There are still no good news for the temporary staffing industry in the Netherlands as temporary billings continued to drop in April, reports the Federation of Private Employment Agencies (ABU) today.

This comes after the EU's statistics office Eurostat today said that Dutch economic output contracted...

US – Employment Services Index Rises

Prices for staffing services rose on a year-over-year basis in April. The U.S. producer price index for employment services rose 1.1 percent on a year-over-year basis in April to a reading of 126.8, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The index tracks the change in...

US – Court Upholds Verdict Against Staffing Firm

An appeals court upheld a jury verdict against Texas-based staffing firm Service Temps Inc., which does business as Smith Personnel Solutions, in a disability discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reported.

The staffing firm allegedly refused to hire Jacquelyn Moncada...