Freelance.com full year EBITDA rises

French talent platform Freelance.com (EPA: ALFRE) reported its full year 2022 results yesterday after markets closed. The audited results showed revenue stood at €857.7 million in FY 2023 against €800.2 million in FY 2022, an increase of 7%. Organic growth stood at 4%.

In February, Freelance.com ...

Majority of employees in Spain fear losing their jobs to AI

More than half of employees in Spain (57.9%) said they were ‘somewhat’ or ‘very concerned’ about the impact that AI may have on their workplace within five years, according to the AI and Labour Market study in Spain prepared by Randstad Research in Spain.

This percentage breaks down into...

Final conditions met for Groupe Crit and Openjobmetis deal

Openjobmetis and French staffing firm Groupe Crit announced that the final conditions regarding the acquisition plans for the Italian staffing firm have been satisfied.

In December, Groupe Crit announced the signing of a Memoranda of Understanding to acquire Openjobmetis. The acquisition would be carried...

NGS Group Q4 EBITDA loss expected to widen

NGS Group AB (NGS:STO), a provider of healthcare and education staffing based in Sweden, announced in a market update last week that preliminary operating loss (EBITDA) amounted to approximately SEK -5.5 million (€ -473,326) for the first quarter of 2024 (SEK -1.6 million (€ -137,687) in Q1 2023)....

Temporary UK prison staff ferried around for £16 million

The UK government is spending millions of pounds transporting temporary prison staff around the UK and putting them up in hotels in an attempt to deal with the staffing crisis in jails, The Independent reports. Officers are being sent hundreds of miles away from home, for just a few days or weeks at...

Irish businesses struggle to recruit for 'green jobs'

Businesses in Ireland are struggling to fill a rapidly growing number of sustainability-related or ‘green jobs’ due to a skills shortage, reports the Irish Examiner, citing research from Indeed. The research showed that since February 2019, there has been a 93% increase in the number of green jobs...

ManpowerGroup revenue down 5.5% in Q1

ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE: MAN) said labour employers in North America and Europe remain cautious as it announced its first-quarter results yesterday. Revenue at the Milwaukee-based global staffing firm fell 5.5% year over year in constant currency (cc) to $4.40 billion.

Earnings per share beat analysts’...

Alma Media Q1 revenue ticks up 1.2% but career segment dips

Finland-based media company Alma Media which operates a number of job boards, reported revenue today of €76.2 million in Q1 2024, an increase of 1.2% when compared to last year.

Government to set out due diligence to regulate umbrella companies

The UK government is looking into a statutory due diligence scheme for umbrella company use with the aim of tackling non-compliance in the industry. 

HMRC will publish new guidance later this year, including an online pay-checking tool to help umbrella company workers check whether the correct deductions...

UK workers want their employers to invest in sustainability

Half of employees in the UK (51%) are keen to see their company invest more in sustainability, rising to 61% of younger workers aged 18-34, according to new research from employee benefits technology company Zest.

The research also found that 53% would like to see their company investing in more sustainable...