The update covering trading so far this year, and issued in advance of the global technology recruiter’s capital markets day today, attributes the strong growth in the UK & Ireland in part to increased numbers of contractors on the agency’s books compared with last year.

The group has also seen GP increase in Benelux, Nordics and Central Europe year-on-year but fall in the rest of the world segment following an exceptional performance in the US last year.

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