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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

Certainty returns to market but questions mark Bracey exit - City Comment

I’ve just returned to London after half-term week in Bath and Exeter. With no access to share price data, it’s difficult to precisely assess how recruiter shares have performed this month but, in general, the mood seems to have remained positive and a series of small daily increases have edged the FTSE100 index of leading London companies to a five-month high.

31 October 2013

Hays continues to talk up UK recruitment market

The positive UK performance of global recruiter Hays continued in the three months to the end of September, as global net fee income (NFI) grew by 1%, weighed down by the Asia-Pacific region.

10 October 2013

FINANCIALS: First Call and Robert Walters profiting in UK

Permanent and temporary recruiter First Call Contract Services grew significantly in 2012, while the third quarter of 2013 also saw a good performance from publically listed professional recruiter Robert Walters, with the UK division a top performer.

8 October 2013

Hays Global Skills Index indicates tightening labour markets in most countries

An improving global economy means that 18 out of the 30 countries in the Hays Global Skills Index are experiencing skills shortages.

4 October 2013

APSCo targets government procurement consultation

The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has launched an SME Public Sector Procurement Working Party to provide evidence to the government’s procurement consultation.

Public sector 26 September 2013

You can’t always rely on stock market adages – City Comment

The old stock market adage recommends that investors “Sell in May and go away, don’t come back til St Leger’s Day” (this year late October). As with many sayings there is a high degree of science backing the recommendation.

26 September 2013

Blocking out time can help resourcing professionals be more efficient

Resourcing professionals should block out time for different tasks to increase productivity, according to Paula Parfitt, sales and marketing director at Randstad Sourceright.

HR 25 September 2013

Adecco completes share buyback

International staffing giant Adecco has completed its €400m (£336m) share buyback programme, launched in July 2012.

17 September 2013

Recruiters can turn careers advisers and benefit, says REC’s Green

Failings identified in UK schools’ careers advice programmes offer recruiters “a huge opportunity” to benefit by providing insight into the world of work for young people at local schools, Kevin Green, chief executive officer of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation told an audience on Tuesday night.

IT/Telecoms, Education 11 September 2013

Hydrogen moves into ‘growth mode’ boosted by technical and overseas recruitment

The chief executive officer of recruitment group Hydrogen tells recruiter.co.uk that the company is “going in to growth mode for the rest of the year and into 2014”, as the firm announces interim results for the six months to 30 June.

9 September 2013

FINANCIALS: Oliver James grows, SThree declines slightly

Two results from professional recruiters show that on the whole the industry is holding its own in the changing economic situation.

Engineering, IT/Telecoms 6 September 2013

Robert Walters sets up legal recruitment team in Manchester

Professional recruiter Robert Walters has expanded its Manchester recruitment operation with the addition of a dedicated legal team.

Legal 5 September 2013

GPS extends non-permanent framework with 0.5% mark-up drop

The Non Permanent Staff framework (RM692) operated by the Government Procurement Service (GPS) has been extended, with suppliers agreeing to a reduction in their mark-ups of 0.5 percentage points.

28 August 2013

PageGroup maximises client relationships with Sales Academy

Professional recruitment group PageGroup tells recruiter.co.uk that skills for maximising existing client relationships is a key tenet of its new internal training programme, the Sales Academy.

19 August 2013

Global Spotlight on China

Recruiting in China can seem like looking for a needle in a haystack but despite the challenges, the market is full of potential talent

14 August 2013

FINANCIALS: Robust the word at PageGroup as North America boosts profit

For the third consecutive quarter, PageGroup chief executive officer Steve Ingham (pictured) described his firm’s performance in the first half of 2013 as “robust” – also hailing “excellent progress” made on key objectives for the company, and the turnaround of its “high potential” US business.

13 August 2013