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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

FINANCIALS: Gross profit falls 3.4% at SThree but revenue up

SThree, the international specialist staffing business, has announced a 3.4% fall in reported gross profit (GP) to £199.8m, for the 52-week period ended 1 December 2013.

IT/Telecoms 3 February 2014

UK financial services sector bouncing back

The UK’s financial services sector is in the vanguard of the economic recovery, with growth in finance sector jobs set to accelerate.

Life sciences, Construction & property 20 January 2014

FINANCIALS: Profits at PageGroup down, but better news for UK and EMEA

The UK’s steady economic improvement has helped recruiter PageGroup, despite total Q4 profits for the overall group dropping slightly year-on-year by 1.2% to £125m.

15 January 2014

Improved UK confidence and perm growth boosts Hays

“A broad based improvement in all activity levels in all regions and specialisms” in Hays’ UK business was a key factor behind “a solid performance” by the international recruiter, according to the company’s group finance director.

Construction & property, Legal 9 January 2014

City Comment: Recruitment shares begin 2014 with a bang

Stock markets have experienced a confident start in 2014. US investors in particular are still looking to increase their exposure to companies who benefit from European economic recovery. Indeed, there was a rumour among traders earlier this week that one investor had just completed a $1bn (£0.6bn) switch out of US and into European equities.

9 January 2014

FINANCIALS: Robert Walters confident after profits rise

The chief executive officer of Robert Walters says he is confident that the business is “well positioned for recovery” following the company’s trading update for the final quarter of 2013 that shows gross profit 4% higher than Q4 in 2012.

8 January 2014

Matchtech, Staffline and Empresaria top in 2013 - City Comment

This year has been good for investors in the staffing stocks, with share prices increasing 41.3% in terms of simple average over the past 12 months.

19 December 2013

SThree confident 2014 will see perm recruitment pick-up

Professional recruiter SThree says it expects its permanent division to come back from a weak 2013 in which it lost consultants, having increased perm consultant headcount 8% in the last six months.

IT/Telecoms 6 December 2013

Market recovery sees Michael Page head to recruit in LA

Professional recruiter Michael Page is opening an office in Los Angeles following a “huge market recovery” in the state of California, according to the company’s leader for the region.

5 December 2013

Bull: Randstad winning fight in UK with best perm month in three years

Randstad UK had the best month on the permanent side of its business for three years in September, according to the head of the business, speaking exclusively to recruiter.co.uk.

Engineering, Public sector 29 November 2013

Recruitment and trading slows ahead of festivities - City Comment

Christmas feels like it has arrived early this year, perhaps because even I have managed to buy my gifts well in advance for change.

28 November 2013

City recruitment looking up - City Comment

City recruitment has undoubtedly been a tough market over the last few years.

IT/Telecoms 21 November 2013

Campaigning LGB Stonewall wants more staffing firms

LGB (lesbian, gay, and bisexual) campaigning organisation Stonewall wants to sign-up more staffing companies to its Diversity Champions programme.

15 November 2013

FINANCIALS: French decline continues but Adecco sees growth from October

Staffing giant Adecco says it returned to growth in October, the final month of Q3, as it reported flat revenues and increased income for the period, according to results available from the company’s website.

6 November 2013

Five recruiters on Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust framework

Medical recruiter ID Medical has been named as software portal supplier and one of five Tier 1 providers to Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, through HealthTrust Europe’s medical locums framework agreement.

Public sector 6 November 2013

‘No revolution’ as Randstad announces CEO Noteboom’s departure

The chief executive officer and chairman of international staffing giant Randstad Holding is to step down early next year.

31 October 2013