FINANCIALS: SThree eyes growth in US IT market
26 January 2015
International specialist recruiter SThree sees the IT sector within the US as one of its “biggest potential” growth markets in 2015, according to chief executive Gary Elden.
Mon, 26 Jan 2015International specialist recruiter SThree sees the IT sector within the US as one of its “biggest potential” growth markets in 2015, according to chief executive Gary Elden.
The group’s final results for the year ended 30 November 2014 reveals operating profit increased 42% to £29.8m (2013: £21m), while gross profit (GP) increased 13.2% to £218.2m (2013: £192.8), both in constant currency terms.
Performance in the Americas was up 73% year-on-year, representing 15% of group GP. This was up from 11% in 2013.
Last September, SThree revealed it had “rationalised” its banking & finance operations and closed offices in Brazil and India, as well as “small representative” offices in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Calgary, Canada.
Those countries’ energy markets are now served from Houston and as a result office space in Houston has been doubled. Other resources were freed up by restructuring teams in the Benelux countries and Switzerland, which were redeployed to New York, Boston and San Francisco, as well as to Houston.
Commenting on the group’s final results, Elden told analysts this morning [26 January] the group has seen “very good” growth across all sectors of its US operations.
“Life sciences and banking are strong sectors for us in the US but IT is one of the biggest potential growth markets.
“IT is only 5% of our GP in the US and we think that’s one of the biggest markets,” he added.
“We have doubled our office spaces in San Francisco, Houston and Boston, and this year we signed a lease to double our space in New York as well.”
The group’s final results for the year ended 30 November 2014 reveals operating profit increased 42% to £29.8m (2013: £21m), while gross profit (GP) increased 13.2% to £218.2m (2013: £192.8), both in constant currency terms.
Performance in the Americas was up 73% year-on-year, representing 15% of group GP. This was up from 11% in 2013.
Last September, SThree revealed it had “rationalised” its banking & finance operations and closed offices in Brazil and India, as well as “small representative” offices in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Calgary, Canada.
Those countries’ energy markets are now served from Houston and as a result office space in Houston has been doubled. Other resources were freed up by restructuring teams in the Benelux countries and Switzerland, which were redeployed to New York, Boston and San Francisco, as well as to Houston.
Commenting on the group’s final results, Elden told analysts this morning [26 January] the group has seen “very good” growth across all sectors of its US operations.
“Life sciences and banking are strong sectors for us in the US but IT is one of the biggest potential growth markets.
“IT is only 5% of our GP in the US and we think that’s one of the biggest markets,” he added.
“We have doubled our office spaces in San Francisco, Houston and Boston, and this year we signed a lease to double our space in New York as well.”
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