It’s been a quiet couple of weeks for staffing business results.
International legal search and recruitment consultancy Shilton Sharpe Quarry (SSQ) reported profits before tax is up 24% to £1.53m on turnover/gross profit of £7.02m (up 6%) in its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2009.
The government’s Budget announcement to speed up plans to raise the state pension age for men to 66 by as early as 2016 is a positive move, according to a spokesman for pension and investment adviser Scottish Widows.
The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) is set to move into a new Central London office as part of an ongoing expansion.
APSCo takes residence in its new premises on Bermondsey Street in the City on 27 August.
Global recruiter Hays has seen profits fall but is currently seeing return to growth driven by its international business, according to its preliminary results for the year ended 30 June 2010.
The group’s results reveal:
The use of temporary agency workers in the UK hit a year high in August, data from de Poel has revealed.
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The number of new jobs in the City of London fell by 15% in September, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.
The monitor shows that while new jobs numbers rose by 23% in September compared with September last year, available jobs dropped by 15% in September, compared with the previous month.
Jobs board Jobsco UK has launched.
Jobs.co.uk is a multi-sector site and was designed by specialist recruitment systems developer, Zero One Design.
Network Rail, Joslin Rowe and CBSbutler were the worthy recipients of two awards each at the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, sponsored by Innovate CV, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane last night.
The number of new City jobs fell by 12% in April compared to the previous month, according to Morgan McKinley’s employment monitor.
The monitor also shows that compared to April last year, when job numbers fell sharply, the month registered a 100% increase in the availability of new jobs.