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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

Gradual slowdown continuing warns Randstad

International staffing firm Randstad says its revenues are continuing to decline, with revenue per working day decreasing by 6% in October.
Industrial/Manufacturing 22 November 2012

City Comment: Benefits of US recovery will take a long time to spread

What are we to make of the recent news in global recruitment markets? Adecco, the world’s largest staffing group, reported a 5% organic decline in global revenues in its third quarter, with Europe down on average by 8% and Italy and Spain off by more.
22 November 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Barrett promoted at Michael Page

James Barrett has been promoted to operating director of Michael Page Technology and Michael Page Consultancy, Strategy and Change.
IT/Telecoms 21 November 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Rogerson moves to marketing at Michael Page

Sean Rogerson is transferring from Michael Page Sales to become regional director of the Midlands and North for Michael Page Marketing.
Marketing 19 November 2012

SThree boss Clements leads £1.1m investment in analytics firm cube19

Russell Clements, the chief executive of white collar recruiter SThree, has joined the board of recruitment analytics and intelligence firm cube19 as non-executive chairman, having led a group of private investors raising £1.1m for the business’s growth.
IT/Telecoms 1 November 2012

City Comment: US leads the way as recruiters enjoy mixed fortunes

Stock market investors are continually trying to predict the future and determine to what degree it is reflected in current share prices. October provided a tremendous intellectual challenge, with political change imminent in China and the US combined with renewed evidence of the strains in the real economy in a challenging Q3 earnings season. Overall, equity markets have emerged from this challenge unscathed, trading near to recent highs.
Public sector 1 November 2012

East Midlands on the rise for general staffing salaries, finds Office Angels

The two highest rates of pay inflation for permanent general staffing roles are to be found in the East Midlands, finds a survey from commercial recruiter Office Angels based on data from Mysalarychecker.com, also part of Adecco Group.
31 October 2012

INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Adecco gets new ops director in Spain

Adecco Staffing’s Spanish operation has made Joan Ferrer Pons its director of operations.
31 October 2012

Finalists revealed for industry awards

RECRUITER OF THE YEAR Mark Kelly, SThree Colin Minto, G4S Caroline Wilson, Northern Rail
30 October 2012

City Comment: Kean Marden_3

It has been a relatively quiet week for the recruitment industry with share prices largely tracking sideways. The main exception was Hays, which drifted down by 5% as investors took profits following a strong rally after last month’s interim results.
30 October 2012

Bull starts growth plan for Randstad

Randstad is investing in “growth accelerator” programmes to strengthen its hand in UK business sectors with opportunity for growth.
30 October 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Michael Page puts Harburn in charge of Scotland

Michael Page, part of PageGroup, has promoted Julian Harburn to the position of regional director of Scotland.
29 October 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: CDI AndersElite gets Lingenfelder to lead new team

Built environment recruiter CDI AndersElite has appointed Graeme Lingenfelder as the divisional manager of its London construction and engineering division, which is staffed by four new hires.
Engineering, Construction & property 29 October 2012

Staffline acquires Select Appointments from Randstad to broaden reach

Staffing firm Staffline Group has acquired office and admin recruiter Select Appointments from recruitment group Randstad.
Engineering, IT/Telecoms 29 October 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Page Executive makes MacFeate director

Derek MacFeate has been promoted to the position of executive director of Scotland for Page Executive, part of the PageGroup – the new brand name for Michael Page International as of earlier this week.
Executive search 26 October 2012

DP Connect goes up to Cambridge

IT recruiter DP Connect has opened a new operation in Cambridge, which chief executive Toni Cocozza says is “one of the key technology hubs in the UK”.
IT/Telecoms 26 October 2012
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