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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

INTERNATIONAL Spain: Summer jobs boost biggest away from mainland

Staffing companies Adecco and Adecco Outsourcing are expecting to offer 125,000 extra contract roles this summer in Spain, an increase of 15% on the level seen throughout the rest of the year.

23 May 2012

Hays sees rise in payroll staff as RTI draws nearer

Helen Livesey, senior manager at specialist recruiter Hays Payroll Management, has noted an increase in the number of staff taking on additional payroll staff as the implementation of HM Revenue & Custom’s (HMRC’s) new Real Time Information (RTI) initiative draws nearer. RTI is a new system designed to reduce errors in the tax system by ensuring that HMRC and the Department of Work and Pensions have up-to-date information about employees’ incomes.

Construction & property 21 May 2012

City Comment: Healthcare Locums bucks the trend

With newspapers, the 10 O’Clock News and the web once again alight with stories of impending euro collapse, we’re back once again to a tedious rerun of 2008, 2010 and 2011.

18 May 2012

Marketing departments find shortfall in digital experience

Most marketing departments (80%) are experiencing a shortfall in digital expertise, reveals the ‘Salaries and Insight Report’ from recruiter Michael Page Marketing.

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 17 May 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Alderwood Education hires Siou and Davison

Specialist training and education recruitment agency Alderwood Education has strengthened its work-based learning team with the appointments of Ben Siou and Adam Davison. Siou will work as a consultant while Davison takes on the role of team manager, reporting to operations manager Kimberley Pascoe.

Education 15 May 2012

Randstand Sourceright comes together

Randstad Managed Services and SourceRight Solutions will trade under the new name of Randstad Sourceright from today (14 May 2012).

14 May 2012

Clements to leave SThree, Elden in line for succession

Global technology recruiter SThree has announced that chief executive Russell Clements will retire from the board next year, with current group chief strategy officer Gary Elden succeeding him. Clements will retire at the conclusion of the firm’s next AGM in April 2013, following more than 26 years with the group.

IT/Telecoms 11 May 2012

Be sure your sins will find you out, warns Hays

Jobseekers who lie on their CV stand a greater chance than ever of being caught out, thanks to an increase in organisations using stricter checks and measures, especially using social media sites such as LinkedIn.

IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 11 May 2012

APSCo launches new code of conduct for RPOs/MSPs

A new code of conduct launched yesterday for RPOs and managed service providers (MSPs) “is a huge step forward” in addressing issues in the recruitment supply chain, an industry forum has heard. The code was launched yesterday by the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) at the second Recruitment Supply Chain Business Forum in London. Hosted by APSCo and ABFA [Asset Based Finance Association], the forum was attended by RPOs, MSPs, invoice finance providers and recruiters.

11 May 2012

Michael Page CEO values company at £2bn

Steve Ingham, the chief executive of international recruiter Michael Page, says that in the unlikely case of an attempted takeover, any offers for the company would have to exceed £2bn.

9 May 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Work Group has Brooksbank

Global talent management consultancy Work Group has appointed Hayley Brooksbank as UK managing director of its Work Communications division.

9 May 2012

Adecco margin surprises analysts

Adecco Group saw a gross profit of €916m (£738m) in Q1 2012, up 5% at constant currency on the previous year, and left analysts surprised at a major increase in gross profit margin.

8 May 2012

HCL CEO’s share purchase signals vote of confidence in company

Stephen Burke, chief executive of Healthcare Locums (HCL), has signalled his confidence in the company by significantly increasing his holding in the company’s shares. Burke bought 824,087 shares on the 2nd May 2012 at a price of 2.40p. Burke now holds 1,824,087 shares.

4 May 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Cititec gets Ewer

IT professionals into banking, insurance and financial services recruiter Cititec has appointed Steven Ewer to the position of permanent team manager. Ewer joins from finance IT recruiter Orgtel, part of the SThree group.

IT/Telecoms 3 May 2012

VIDEO: SThree’s Kelly is recruiter of the year

Mark Kelly, sales team manager with SThree’s Computer Futures, has won the Recruiter of the Year award at Recruiter’s Awards for Excellence 2012, headline sponsored by Eploy. He tells Recruiter what it means to win the award, and reveals the secret of his success in this video:

3 May 2012

INTERNATIONAL Canada: Randstad brings Sourceright and exec search

International recruiter Randstad Canada is launching recruitment outsourcing division Randstad Sourceright and an executive search division.

Executive search 1 May 2012