Specialist recruiter Hays reported healthy growth in trading during the last quarter ended 30 June 2008.

Alistair Cox, chief executive of Hays, said: “We have had another strong quarter with 16% organic growth in group net fees.

“Our international business, which now represents 44% of the group's net fees, delivered an outstanding performance, growing organically by 35% in the quarter.

“Our temporary placement business continued to perform strongly across all regions, and our public sector-based fees achieved double digit growth benefiting from our increased focus on this area.”