Companies

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

FINANCIALS: Hays sees NFI increase across its regions

Recruitment giant Hays has seen net fee income increase across its regions of operation year-on-year, according to a trading update for the quarter to 30 September 2018.

11 October 2018

Randstad finalises Monster buy

Recruitment giant Randstad has finalised its acquisition of job board Monster Worldwide.
IT/Telecoms 31 October 2016

Star Recruit: Mel & Sue

Hakan Enver, operations director, Morgan McKinley Financial Services, offers insight into a potential role for Noel Edmonds as Deal or No Deal comes to an end after more than a decade on UK screens.
IT/Telecoms 24 October 2016

Take your company culture to the skies

Don’t get wedded to your own brilliance if you want to create an innovative high performance culture in your company.
IT/Telecoms 24 October 2016

FINANCIALS: Hays reveals UK NFI decline but overall growth

Recruitment giant Hays has seen a 10% year-on-year decline in UK net fee income, according to an update for the quarter ended 30 September 2016.
18 October 2016

FINANCIALS: PageGroup posts profits but UK GP falls

While global recruiter PageGroup has seen year-on-year group profits rise 1.3%, with a particularly strong performance across the Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region in the third quarter of the year, Q3 year-on-year profits have dipped in across its UK, Asia, North America and Brazil operations.
IT/Telecoms, Executive search 11 October 2016

PageGroup partners mental health charities to inspire change

PageGroup has signed a pledge with mental health charities Mind and Rethink Mental Health to underline its commitment to ending the stigma and discrimination against employees with mental health problems.
Executive search, HR 10 October 2016

Adecco buys US eDiscovery provider D4

Recruitment giant Adecco has acquired eDiscovery solutions provider D4.
IT/Telecoms, HR 4 October 2016

Star Recruit: Noel Edmonds

Hakan Enver, operations director, Morgan McKinley Financial Services, offers insight into a potential role for Noel Edmonds as Deal or No Deal comes to an end after more than a decade on UK screens.
IT/Telecoms 3 October 2016

Win hearts and minds in a newly merged company

Recruiters on the acquisition trail should seek to win the battle for hearts and minds of new members of staff and resist creating a newly merged company of victors and the vanquished.
IT/Telecoms 3 October 2016

Tapping into sporting talent

Staffing businesses are tapping into a growing market for high-performing sports people. Rob Steed of Laps.
IT/Telecoms 3 October 2016

Sterling's fall affects UK staffing M&As

Analysts and mergers & acquisitions professionals say the fall in the value of sterling against other major currencies since the UK’s vote to leave the EU has important consequences for the staffing sector.
IT/Telecoms 3 October 2016

Fake Recruiter article alerts FCA to share ramping

Adecco Group UK has rejected as “incorrect” an article circulated on Twitter yesterday that claimed it had reached agreement to acquire AIM-listed recruitment and conference business RTC Group to expand its presence in managed services.
Creative/Digital/Media 29 September 2016

‘Mission critical’ for recruitment industry to have its voice heard in Brexit deal

It is mission critical for the recruitment industry to work with others if it is to have its voice heard and have any influence in any Brexit deal, according to the chief executive of Randstad UK & Middle East.
27 September 2016

Randstad starts tender offer for Monster

Recruitment giant Randstad has began its previously announced tender offer for any and all outstanding shares of global job site Monster Worldwide.
IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 7 September 2016

PageGroup launches Ability@Page

Global recruiter PageGroup has launched Ability@Page in the UK, an initiative that supports employees who are directly or indirectly affected by disability.
5 September 2016

Adecco promotes three into new senior positions

Recruitment giant Adecco Group UK & Ireland has created three new senior positions to strengthen its offering in professional and general staffing, and to drive business performance.
24 August 2016
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