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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

HCL launches new healthcare service

Healthcare Locums (HCL) has launched a new healthcare service within its nursing and healthcare divisions, in response to the increasing demand for care in the community.
28 June 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Barnes succeeds Albert as head of Adecco IT brands

Adecco Group has appointed Sid Barnes as the new managing director of its IT & telecommunications brands – Computer People, Glotel, Modis, Modis Solutions and Spring Technology.
HR, IT/Telecoms 27 June 2012

General staffing recruitment up 11.5%, says Adecco

The number of full-time general staffing roles advertised in the UK rose by 1.11% across the month of May compared to the previous month, with the number of jobs up 11.5% since the year began.
Creative/Digital/Media, Engineering 27 June 2012

INTERNATIONAL: Adecco plans €400m share buyback

International staffing company Adecco Group is planning to buy back shares worth up to €400m (£320m).
26 June 2012

HCL US legal proceedings dropped

Legal proceedings filed against Healthcare Locums and some of its former directors in the US have been dropped.
Legal 20 June 2012

City Comment: Mixed picture obscures market reality

Although news flow surrounding Greece, Spanish banks and the broader Eurozone economy has remained resolutely negative over the past few weeks, much of the doom and gloom had already been anticipated by the stock market.
15 June 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: ITHR puts Woods on board

IT specialist agency IT Human Resources has promoted sales director Sean Woods to its board of directors.
HR, IT/Telecoms 13 June 2012

SThree trading “satisfactory” despite deteriorating market conditions, says Clements

In comments accompanying SThree’s trading update for the first half of 2012, Russell Clements, chief executive of global technology recruiter SThree says the group traded ‘satisfactorily” despite “the deteriorating macro economic situation during the second quarter.” And he warns that “in overall terms the market is becoming more challenging.”
IT/Telecoms, Life sciences 8 June 2012

Put upon finance directors have itchy feet, says Michael Page and GAAPWeb

Most finance directors in the UK expect to move to another company in the next two years, with the increasing and diverse workload given to finance departments putting extra stress on their teams.
HR 1 June 2012

Manpower latest company to sign up to APSCo code for RPO and MSP

Recruitment giant ManpowerGroup has joined a number of high-profile companies in singing up to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies’ (APSCo’s) new Code of Conduct for recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and managed service providers (MSP).
30 May 2012

INTERNATIONAL Japan: Mixed messages on effectiveness of diversity

Although 70% of hiring managers say they have a diversity programme in place, nearly two-thirds (63%) of female workers think that management is not taking steps to nurture a diverse workforce.
28 May 2012

Kelly is top recruiter

The winner of the Recruiter of the Year Award at the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, headlined sponsored by Eploy, said that building relationships with clients and candidates as well as passion for the job were fundamental to his success.
IT/Telecoms 25 May 2012

Hays takes to the cloud for new VMS

Around 21 clients have already gone live during the soft launch of a new vendor and workforce management system (VMS) from 3 Story Software (3SS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hays.
IT/Telecoms 24 May 2012

HCL makes significant progress on stabilisation, chairman tells AGM

The management team leading healthcare recruiter HCL “has made significant progress in ensuring the stabilisation of the business”, non-executive chairman Peter Sullivan told the company’s AGM yesterday [23 May].
24 May 2012

HCL tribunal case verdict in June

A decision in the Employment Tribunal in which Kate Bleasdale, the founder and former executive vice chairman of Healthcare Locums (HCL), is suing HCL and several former colleagues for unfair dismissal, victimisation and sex discrimination is expected in June.
23 May 2012

Michael Page’s Ingham says reward strategy being reviewed

The chief executive of global recruiter Michael Page says the company is reworking its long-standing reward strategy to reflect “the changing environment” in which businesses operate today. The way in which the recruiter awards shares is one area of focus, Steve Ingham told Recruiter today.
23 May 2012
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