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Marketing & Sales 13 August 2024

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

Adecco appoints Pruis CEO for Netherlands

Recruitment giant Adecco has appointed Hans Pruis as chief executive for the Netherlands.
20 November 2015

Smelt retires as non-exec director from Hays

Recruitment giant Hays has confirmed Richard Smelt has retired as a non-executive director.
13 November 2015

Randstad Canada appoints Julien CEO

Randstad Canada has appointed Marc-Étienne Julien as chief executive, a newly created position for the Canadian operations, effective immediately.
Executive search 9 November 2015

Hays opens new Abu Dhabi office

Global recruiter Hays has launched an oil & gas contracting division and opened a new office in Abu Dhabi, according to Thompson Reuters’ local publication Zawya.
Engineering 9 November 2015

FINANCIALS: Adecco’s UK & Ireland revenue flat in Q3

Recruitment giant Adecco has reported flat year-on-year revenue growth in the UK & Ireland, according to results for the three months to 30 September 2015.
HR, Legal 5 November 2015

Hays creates group diversity director role, appoints Smyth

Global specialist recruiter Hays has appointed Yvonne Smyth as group equality, diversity and inclusion director, a newly-created position to help drive its diversity agenda.
HR, Legal 23 October 2015

Page Personnel promotes Hill to MD Regions

Page Personnel, part of specialist recruitment company PageGroup, has appointed Sandra Hill to managing director of Page Personnel Regions.
Construction & property, Education 23 October 2015

Adecco takes on Schürmann for DACH region

Global provider of HR services Adecco has appointed Franz-Josef Schürmann as regional head of Germany, Austria, Switzerland (DACH), and member of the executive committee of the Adecco Group.
HR 16 October 2015

Europe is ‘the biggest opportunity’ for recruiters, says Hays’ Venables

Continental Europe “is the biggest opportunity” for white-collar professional recruiters, according to Paul Venables, group finance director of international professional recruiter Hays.
IT/Telecoms, Engineering 8 October 2015

Page Personnel appoints Taylor to operating director

Page Personnel, part of global specialist recruitment company PageGroup, has appointed Nicola Taylor to operating director of its human resources and secretarial & business support businesses across London.
Commercial & office support, HR 8 October 2015

Randstad joins the International Organisation of Employers

Global recruiter Randstad has joined the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) as a partner company.
7 October 2015

PageGroup gives Gerard Butler insider knowledge for star role

Gerard Butler, who is set to star as a headhunter in an upcoming film, dropped by global recruiter PageGroup’s New York office recently for a bit of on-the-job research.
Creative/Digital/Media, Executive search 1 October 2015

Randstad buys transition services provider RiseSmart

Randstad is to buy RiseSmart, a San José, California-based technology-led career transition services provider, for US$100m (£65.6m).
IT/Telecoms, HR 25 September 2015

Adecco appoints Burth Tschudi CEO for Switzerland

Recruitment giant Adecco has appointed Nicole Burth Tschudi as chief executive for Switzerland.
24 September 2015

Adecco is largest global agency by revenue

Swiss-headquartered recruiter Adecco is the largest recruitment agency by revenue, making US$26.1bn (£17bn) last year, according to global contingent work adviser Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA).
23 September 2015

Adecco’s Searle leaves on good terms for new recruitment challenges

Outgoing Adecco chief executive of UK & Ireland Peter Searle is exploring setting up a global mobility group as his next challenge.
4 September 2015
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