UK – Harvey Nash achieves growth across all regions

Harvey Nash Group Plc (HVN:LSE) today said that results for the year ended 31 January 2012 exceeded expectations due to the Group's portfolio of services and significant market share gains. The full-year results show that revenue increased by +26% to £533 million, compared to £422 million a year ago....

Netherlands – USG People Q1 “better than expected”

USG People (USG:AEX), the fourth largest staffing firm in Europe, said its first quarter results were better than expected as cost cuts have improved profitability. However, revenue declined by -9% to €705.1 from €775.8 million in the first quarter of 2012 as turnover dropped sharply across Europe...

World – ManpowerGroup renews RPO contract with Australian Defence Force

Staffing firm ManpowerGroup today announced a new AUS$400 million contract over five years for recruiting services to the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The contract renews the firm’s  Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) collaboration with the ADF and is seen as the industry's largest RPO partnership....

US – TrueBlue Revenue Rises 13%

First-quarter revenue rose 13.4 percent at TrueBlue Inc. (NYSE: TBI) to $311.2 million from $274.3 million in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin at the Tacoma, Wash.-based industrial staffing firm was unchanged from the year-ago quarter at 25.5 percent.

“Customers continue to want a flexible workforce...

Netherlands – Randstad sees no growth in most European markets

Dutch staffing giant Randstad (RAND:AEX) said today that it saw good growth rates in the first quarter of 2012 in North America although Europe’s situation remained “uncertain” as revenues declined in the region. Particularly market conditions in Southern Europe were “challenging” although...

France – Group Crit sees French market slow down

Groupe Crit (CRIT:PAR), one of France’s largest temporary staffing firms, reported  that Q1 sales were up by over +5% to €350.3 million, when compared to Q1 2011. In terms of revenue, the firm declined organically by -2.4% to €324.9 million in the first quarter, compared to €333 million...

Germany – Amadeus FiRe expecting above-average results for 2012

German staffing firm Amadeus FiRe (AAD:GER), one of the largest commercial services companies in the country by market capitalisation, increased revenues by almost +9% in the first quarter of 2012 to €33.3 million compared to €30.6 million in Q1 2011. The firm also said it expects “higher than...

World – Robert Half increases Q1 revenue but analysts pessimistic

California-based finance and accountancy recruitment firm Robert Half International Inc (RHI:NYQ)  said on Tuesday that its first-quarter profit jumped as strong demand for specialised staffing and consulting services boosted revenue. But according to Wall Street Cheat Sheet, analysts appear pessimistic...

US – CTG Revenue Rises 8%

Revenue rose 7.8 percent year-over-year at Computer Task Group Inc. (NASD: CTGX) to $103.4 million in the first quarter amid growing healthcare IT revenue. The Buffalo, N.Y.-based provider of information technology staffing and solutions reported staffing revenue was flat at $62.2 million in the first...

US – Heidrick’s Q1 Revenue Falls 8%

Executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. (NASD: HSII) reported first-quarter net revenue fell 7.9 percent to $106.5 million from $115.6 million in the year-ago quarter.

First-quarter Americas net revenue fell 7.3 percent to $58.9 million on a year-over-year basis. Europe net revenue...