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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

cph signs Mölnlycke RPO contract

Surgical products and services provider Mölnlycke Health Care has signed a recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) contract for its UK business with specialist RPO firm cph.
Life sciences 30 January 2013

Nakama Financial Services launches in Munich

Digital recruitment group Nakama has launched IT for financial services division Nakama Financial Services in Munich.
Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 29 January 2013

FINANCIALS: SThree growth but profit drops

Specialist staffing firm SThree has seen revenue and gross profit grow by 6.5% and 5% respectively year-on-year in the 12 months to 25 November 2012, although profit before taxation dropped by 16.6%.
Engineering, IT/Telecoms 28 January 2013

IT skills and jobs to be Europe’s ‘backbone’

The European Commission is seeking to collaborate with various firms to overcome the digital skills gap, which threatens to stall European ICT growth.
Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 28 January 2013

Mixed fortunes for recruiters in 2012 - City Comment

It is said that Julius Caesar started the tradition of making resolutions on 1 January as a way to honour the Roman god Janus, whose two faces allowed him to look back into the past year and forward to the new year.
Legal, Marketing & Sales 24 January 2013

How can your business get onto the FAST 50?

At Recruiter we get frequent calls from companies wondering how they can qualify for or enter our FAST 50 league table of the UK’s fastest-growing private recruitment businesses, produced in association with Boxington Corporate Finance.
24 January 2013

Migration to continue Taiwan woes

The continued emigration of Taiwanese professionals will add to an existing skills shortage in the local recruitment market this year, according to hiring managers surveyed for the 2013 Michael Page Salary & Employment Forecast for Taiwan.
22 January 2013

Something stirring for UK recruiters despite economic fragility

While City analysts may be keeping one eye on their job prospects, however tongue in cheek, the rest of us are muddling through some of the patchiest trading conditions ever seen, with abject labour market misery on the one hand.
Construction & property 17 January 2013

Financials: Michael Page International

Professional recruiter Michael Page International saw its gross profit fall by 4.9% to £526.9m in 2012 as it was hit by tough economic conditions and low market confidence.
IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 15 January 2013

Keel joins NWM Solutions as regional director

Contractor services firm NWM Solutions has appointed Tony Keel as a regional director.
11 January 2013

Michael Page boss takes non-exec role at Debenhams

Michael Page International’s chief executive Steve Ingham has taken a non-executive director role at retailer Debenhams.
Executive search 11 January 2013

Arrows Group TMT appoints Eduard Van Den Brink

Eduard Van Den Brink joins Arrows Group TMT as country manager for Germany. He previously spent seven years with SThree, helping to build its German business.
11 January 2013

New Year, new approach to share selection? – City Comment

With a few notable exceptions, we have all returned to our desks in the City following the New Year with a renewed sense of optimism.
Engineering, IT/Telecoms 10 January 2013

Senior promotions across Randstad businesses

Recruitment group Randstad has promoted four operations directors to managing director-level roles in its UK businesses.
Commercial & office support, Education 4 January 2013

Recruitment in 2012: A review

There is never a dull moment in the recruitment industry – 2012 has been no exception. Here, we run through the big issues and stories, the people who have made the news and how the recruitment industry has continued to go from strength to strength.
IT/Telecoms 20 December 2012

Randstad Sourceright partners with Société Générale

Société Générale, one of Europe’s largest financial services groups, has appointed recruiting solutions firm Randstad Sourceright to deliver a blended, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and managed service programme (MSP) solution within its UK operations.
19 December 2012
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