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

Support grows for PageGroup's LGBT initiative

Sixteen months into PageGroup’s formalisation of support for its LGBT employees, the Pride@Page network has 116 members including LGBT staff and ‘allies’, says the company’s associate director for diversity & inclusion in the UK.
23 August 2016

Monster deal logical move for Randstad

Randstad’s acquisition of careers site Monster is a “logical” step for the recruitment giant as innovation in industry technology forces recruiters to reassess how they offer their services, an industry analyst has said.
IT/Telecoms 23 August 2016

Adecco UK & Ireland Q2 revenues up 6%

Recruitment giant Adecco saw UK & Ireland revenues rise 6% year-on-year, according to results for the second quarter of 2016.
10 August 2016

FINANCIALS: Robert Walters sees UK NFI rise despite uncertain conditions

International recruiter Robert Walters has seen year-on-year UK net fee income climb 4% against an uncertain economic and political backdrop, according to results for the first half of 2016.
Executive search 28 July 2016
Profit

FINANCIALS: Randstad sees GP climb but fall in the UK

Recruitment giant Randstad has seen overall group gross profit (GP) climb 2.4% but fall 2% in the UK, according to its second quarter results 2016.

26 July 2016

Big business keen on work experience with underprivileged students

Recruiters should be more open to projects offering work experience to students from less advantaged backgrounds.
22 July 2016

Hays UK & Ireland NFI down 4%

International recruitment giant Hays has seen net fee income (NFI) in UK & Ireland fall by 4%. However, buoyed by a strong performance in its other regions, it reported a 12% rise in NFI overall year-on-year in the final quarter of 2016, according to a trading update.
HR, Public sector 14 July 2016

Michael Page Australia investigates allegations into employees’ behaviour

International recruiter Michael Page is currently undertaking a “thorough” investigation into allegations about employees from its Australian arm accused of trashing a ski lodge.
13 July 2016

FINANCIALS: PageGroup results shows EMEA up but UK down

International recruiter PageGroup has seen group gross profit (GP) increase 3.7% year-on-year, with a strong performance from its European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) operations, according to results for Q2 2016.
12 July 2016

Financial recruiters confident of robust future

London’s financial sector recruitment firms have been told they face a tug-of-war for the UK’s top talent as clients pull out staff from the capital in favour of Paris, Dublin and Frankfurt in the wake of last week’s Brexit decision.
5 July 2016

Randstad buys twago, partners Tata Consulting Services

Recruitment giant Randstad has acquired European freelance marketplace twago.
IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 15 June 2016

Michael Page makes de Smedt senior independent director

Global recruiter Michael Page International has appointed independent non-executive director Patrick de Smedt as senior independent director.
10 June 2016

Randstad buys Italian recruiter Obiettivo Lavoro

Recruitment giant Randstad has increased its presence in Italy with the acquisition of Italian agency Obiettivo Lavoro.
23 May 2016

Brexit won’t affect Adecco’s UK commitment

The global chief executive of recruitment giant Adecco says the firm remains committed to the UK no matter the outcome of June’s referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union (EU).
18 May 2016

FINANCIALS: Adecco sees flat revenue growth in UK & Ireland

Adecco has seen flat 2016 Q1 revenue growth in the UK & Ireland, with revenue declines across its professional staffing, finance & legal and IT businesses, according to the recruitment giant’s results for the first quarter of the year.
IT/Telecoms, Legal 10 May 2016

FINANCIALS: Continental Europe boosts Adecco results

Adecco Group grew its revenues and earnings in 2015 buoyed by a strong performance in parts of Continental Europe, particularly Italy, the Benelux countries and Iberia, and emerging markets.
Life sciences 9 March 2016
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