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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

Slower labour turnover ups stakes in war for talent, finds CIPD/Hays research

The proportion of firms reporting a rise in competition for well-qualified talent has risen threefold over the last four years, according to the CIPD/Hays Resourcing and Talent Planning Survey 2013.

HR 19 June 2013

Long-term view needed for oil & gas contractors

The world’s oil & gas market is lacking talent here and now – but taking a long-term view is key in the employment and deployment of contract staff.

Engineering 18 June 2013

Badenoch & Clark sees City contract hiring soar

The May 2013 Talent Spotlight from professional recruiters Badenoch & Clark shows two patches of particularly fertile ground for non-permanent hiring for City recruiters.

Legal, Creative/Digital/Media 17 June 2013

Construction and professional services grow Singapore jobs

The construction and professional services sectors continued to be the fastest-growing employment sectors in Singapore in the first quarter of 2013.

Construction & property, Engineering 14 June 2013

Japan: land of the recruiting giants

Japanese recruitment giants must not be taken lightly as they expand overseas, the Asia-Pacific managing director of energy and earth sciences recruiter EarthStream Global has said.

HR, Life sciences 13 June 2013

FINANCIALS: Advantage, Badenoch & Clark, Digby Morgan, Judd Farris report

Four contrasting sets of results have been filed at Companies House by healthcare, nursing and care recruiter Advantage Healthcare Group, Randstad-owned HR specialist Digby Morgan, and two Adecco Group firms, multi-sector professional recruiter Badenoch & Clark, and property specialist Judd Farris.

Construction & property, HR 13 June 2013

SThree disappoints while investors’ nerves over stimulus withdrawal show - City Comment

Every so often, there are perverse occasions when stock markets perceive bad news as good, and good news as bad. Last week is a case in point as investors struggled to assess whether US economic recovery is sufficiently robust to withstand the withdrawal of stimulus measures by the Federal Reserve.

IT/Telecoms 13 June 2013

Uppaluri is new chief for Randstad India

Recruitment group Randstad India has announced Moorthy K Uppaluri as its new chief executive officer.

11 June 2013

EU approval for staffing firm Randstad’s USG deal

Staffing giant Randstad has been given final approval from the European Commission to acquire part of the operations of recruiter USG People, as proposed in early April.

10 June 2013

Badenoch und Clark: Recruiter launches in Germany

Professional recruiter Badenoch & Clark is to focus initially on accounting and finance professionals as it opens its first German offices in Dusseldorf, Frankfurt-am-Main and Hamburg.

Marketing 10 June 2013

Nearly one in five PageGroup shareholders votes against executive pay

Despite nearly one in five shareholders voting against the company’s remuneration report for the second consecutive year, the board of PageGroup is “firm in its belief” that its remuneration policy and structure for its executive directors “operates in the best interests of shareholders”, according to a company spokesperson.