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Marketing & Sales 13 August 2024

When there’s no place like home – and it may need improving

Amid a gloom-and-doom cascade of unemployment figures and numbers of furloughed workers, small shoots of economic activity are popping up, notably in the home improvement and delivery sectors.

 

Retail, Sales 18 June 2020

FINANCIALS: Hays benefits from strong performance in US and China

A strong performance in the US and China, backed by solid growth in other markets in Asia and the Americas, bolstered global recruiter Hays’ results, according to a trading update for the three months ending 30 September 2019.

15 October 2019

Recruitment M&A activity in the UK returns to pre-recession levels

Mergers and acquisitions involving UK recruiters have returned to pre-recession levels, with a 167% increase in deals over the past two years on the same period a decade ago.

22 August 2019

Sellick Partnership eyes European opportunities with sale to Samsic

Sellick Partnership’s sale of a majority stake in the business to soft service provider Samsic will open up opportunities for the professional services staffing specialist right across Europe.

Construction & property, Legal 10 April 2019

FINANCIALS: Americas business leads gross profit growth at PageGroup

Global recruiter PageGroup has seen group gross profit increase 11.7% year-on-year, according to a trading update for the first quarter of 2019.

10 April 2019

FINANCIALS: ClearStar sees profit rise

US background check technology and service provider ClearStar has seen year-on-year profit climb 11%, according to a trading update for the quarter to 31 March 2019.

10 April 2019

FINANCIALS: Heidrick & Struggles sees revenue rise by more than 15%

Global executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles has seen net revenue climb 15.2% year-on-year, according to full-year 2018 results.

Executive search 26 February 2019

FINANCIALS: ManpowerGroup sees slight drop in revenue

ManpowerGroup has reported a slight drop in year-on-year revenue for the third quarter.

22 October 2018

Expectations met, not exceeded as momentum improves - City Comment

In my previous column, I suggested that although trading momentum was improving, so far most recruitment agencies had merely met analyst’s profit expectations and, after a strong start to 2013, positive surprises were required for share prices to push on further from elevated levels.
18 April 2013

UK labour force contracts for first time in year, unemployment up

The UK labour force contracted marginally in the three months to February this year, the first decline after four quarters of growth, and unemployment edged up, according to new Office for National Statistics data.
17 April 2013

Bleasdale makes £2.24m claim against HCL

Kate Bleasdale, the founder and former executive vice chairman of healthcare recruiter Healthcare Locums (HCL), has made a claim against her former employer that could cost the company £2.24m.
16 April 2013

FINANCIALS: Page down, but Asia and Americas strong

Professional recruiter PageGroup’s Asian and North American regions were strong in Q1 2013, but company-wide gross profit (GP) was in decline.
16 April 2013

Be open-minded for IT recruitment

Mike Bishop, the recruitment manager for IT firm Ricoh, tells Recruiter that against a backdrop of change in the market, he would urge candidates to be flexible.
IT/Telecoms 15 April 2013

Haircut likely for shareholders at recruiter HCL

Shareholders of healthcare recruiter Healthcare Locums (HCL) could be in for a severe ‘haircut’ under a recommended cash offer for the beleaguered company that would pay out 0.75p a share – a significant drop from their high-flying past.
12 April 2013

Eames takes Peck from Half for Singapore

Professional recruiter Eames Consulting Group has taken on Justin Peck as a managing consultancy within the Singapore arm of the business’ technology and change management division.
HR, IT/Telecoms 12 April 2013

ACSESS names directors to lead Canada staffing industry

The Association of Canadian Search, Employment and Staffing Services (ACSESS) has announced its national board of directors for 2013-14.
12 April 2013

Matchtech, Right4Staff up, Hays down as Asia Pacific falters

Net fee income (NFI) at Hays fell by 3% in the quarter ending 31 March compared to the same quarter last year.
Construction & property, Engineering 11 April 2013

Smaller agencies prosper as large caps falter - City Comment

Over the last month the UK’s three largest quoted staffing agencies (Hays, Michael Page International* and SThree) have retreated 8%. That is twice the fall in the market.
IT/Telecoms, Engineering 11 April 2013

Working Transitions gets Kellan’s Hardman as CEO

Lynne Hardman has taken on the role of chief executive officer at outplacement, redeployment and coaching consultancy Working Transitions.
HR 5 April 2013

Randstad completes ‘unusual’ deal with USG People

Randstad has acquired the general staffing assets of staffing firm USG People across a number of countries in Continental Europe.
4 April 2013

Recruiter Awards inspires Page’s Ball

Recruitment heavyweight PageGroup could be set for stronger emphasis in one particular sector, after the company’s UK regional managing director spotted an opportunity while acting as a judge for the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, sponsored by Eploy.
Public sector 4 April 2013

Adecco auto-enrols staff with NOW: Pensions

Recruitment firm Adecco Group UK & Ireland has appointed NOW: Pensions to provide the workplace pension for its workforce under the government’s auto-enrolment scheme.
27 March 2013

Further leaps for Spring in Asian recruitment

Spring Professional, the professional recruitment arm of Adecco Group, has launched into the Asia region with new offices in Hong Kong, and the respective capitals of Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand, and an expansion of its existing Singapore base.
IT/Telecoms, Engineering 25 March 2013

Future of Work delivers insights for businesses

Businesses must experiment more and let go of old ways of carrying out their activities, London Business School professor Lynda Gratton warned a 36-company consortium on Friday.
25 March 2013
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