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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

Recruitment industry affected by deeply divergent trends - City Comment

After a sharp pull back in early July, the FTSE100 index has firmed up over the past fortnight and now sits slightly below its 10-year high. On the other side of the Atlantic, US bourses continue to edge up, driven better than expected profit figures in the latest corporate quarterly earnings releases.

24 July 2014

Hays signs deal with CIPS on career insight

Recruiter Hays Procurement has agreed a three-year ‘knowledge partnership’ deal with the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) to provide CIPS members with free career advice, information and guidance.

23 July 2014

International expansion: opportunities and costs - City Comment

Over the last decade, most large UK recruiters have invested time and money building an international network. With sterling hitting record levels, the values of international earnings are coming under pressure.

17 July 2014

Financials: SThree encouraged as contract increase bolsters profits

International staffing specialist SThree said contract recruitment was up 22% and now made up nearly two-thirds of group profit as it reported an encouraging set of interim results to the end of June.

14 July 2014

SThree appoints non-executive director

SThree, the international specialist staffing business, has appointed Fiona MacLeod as a non-executive director, with effect from 1 July.

27 June 2014

Tough month for equity markets - City comment

June has been a tougher month for equity markets with investor sentiment impacted by geo-political events in Ukraine and Iraq. The FTSE100 index briefly flirted with 10-year highs but weak trading volumes seem indicative of a lack of conviction among shareholders.

26 June 2014

Staffing stocks show wide range of performance – City Comment

Would you believe that we are almost half-way through 2014? While geopolitical situations in the Iraq and Ukraine are a cause for concern, the world generally feels a much better place today that it did even at the end of 2013.

20 June 2014

On tumblr this month

On recruitermagazine.tumblr.com, Recruiter magazine’s tumblr feed, we showcase what recruiters get up to when they’re not recruiting

12 June 2014

Michael Page appoints Stagg as chief financial officer

Professional recruiter Michael Page International has appointed Kelvin Stagg as chief financial officer (CFO).

6 June 2014

Half of professionals looking to change jobs in New Zealand, says Michael Page

Half of professionals in New Zealand are very likely to change roles in the next 12 months, according to a report by Michael Page New Zealand.

3 June 2014

Harrier appoints Choyce as director of resourcing

Harrier Human Capital, the recruitment, HR and consulting provider across Australia and Asia Pacific, has appointed Jodie Choyce as new director of resourcing.

Executive search, HR 23 May 2014

Exsurgo hires Packham as managing director

Exsurgo, the retail and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) recruitment company backed by entrepreneur James Caan’s private equity company Hamilton Bradshaw, has hired Stuart Packham as managing director.

23 May 2014

Growth-hungry investors ready to back staffing sector – City Comment

Over the last few months we have been asked more and more whether the public equity markets are interested in staffing companies. The answer would appear to be yes.

22 May 2014

Adecco to kick-start the careers of 100 young people

Global staffing giant Adecco has launched the ‘Adecco Experience’ to help young people on to the jobs ladder by offering work placements in UK companies during July.

HR 21 May 2014

Small rise in UK and Ireland margin as Adecco revenue rises 6% in Q1

International staffing industry giant Adecco increased its revenues by 6% in the first quarter of 2014, compared to Q1 of 2013.

8 May 2014

Heap good news as Hays leads perm-focused white collar recruiters’ bounce back

The lull over Easter has been as pedestrian as my progress down the A30 in an underpowered VW Camper with no second gear during the school holidays. Fortunately news for recruitment sector observers has picked up since but the tone has been more mixed than expected.

1 May 2014