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  • Sunday, 21 January, 2024
    LexRecruitment services
    Recruiter slump points to jobs market stasis, not crash Premium content

    Shrinking workforces and need for new skills point to long-term bull market in talent

  • Monday, 15 January, 2024
    PageGroup warns of hit to profits amid hiring slowdown

    Recruiter latest to be hit as employers and job hunters defer decisions

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  • Friday, 21 July, 2023
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    Groups profited after the pandemic peak, but now face a downturn

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  • Thursday, 6 April, 2023
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    If workers now flood back into the labour market, wage deflation may catch recruitment companies on the hop

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  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    PageGroup reaps record profits in hot jobs market

    UK recruitment company raises dividend but says China’s Covid restrictions hit productivity

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  • Monday, 8 August, 2022
    PageGroup warns of more caution from employers over hiring

    UK-listed recruiter says clients are taking longer to make decisions but financial outlook is unchanged

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  • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
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    PageGroup: investors are not swayed by recruiters’ confidence Premium content

    Though its shares are down by a third, a skills shortage in the labour market is good for business

  • Friday, 14 January, 2022
    Recruitment services
    Recruiters reap benefit of UK staff shortage crisis

    Industry reports record profits as battle for workers pushes up wages and fuels moves

    Commuters walk across London Bridge
  • Friday, 7 January, 2022
    Investments
    PageGroup chief sells half of his shares

    Employment consultancy’s share price surged in 2021

  • Wednesday, 22 September, 2021
    Special ReportFuture of the Workplace
    Companies rethink offices to attract workers

    Employees are looking for collaboration, fun and shorter commutes

  • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
    UK employment
    White-collar workers increasingly demand flexibility on conditions

    UK recruiters say professionals are able to press employers much harder than those in lower-paid jobs

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  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
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    PageGroup/recruitment: put it here Premium content

    Online shift helps to explain enthusiasm for recruiter’s historically volatile shares

  • Thursday, 9 July, 2020
    LexProfessional services
    PageGroup/recruitment agencies: situation vacant Premium content

    Investing in the sector now, when Covid-19 cases are again spiking worldwide, takes guts

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  • Thursday, 16 January, 2020
    Recruitment services
    Recruitment groups hit by global turmoil

    Australian wildfires, French strike and Brexit heap more pressure on subdued market

    A Hays Plc. employee enters the head office in London, U.K., on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Hays has been expanding overseas in the face of sluggish U.K. and Irish economies, and it plans to double the number of overseas recruiters by 2014. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2019
    UK companies
    Recruiters warn profits will be dented by global political uncertainty

    PageGroup and Robert Walters cite Brexit, Sino-US trade war and Hong Kong protests

    FILE PHOTO: Canary Wharf and the City of London financial district are seen from an aerial view in London, Britain, August 8, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
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    PageGroup/cycles: stealth steady Eddy Premium content

    Although the recruiter is resilient to downturns, it is not immune to them

    File photo dated 07/01/16 of office workers at their desks. A four-day working week could save UK businesses more than £100 billion a year, a new study suggests. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday July 3, 2019. Henley Business School said its research indicated that a shorter working week, on full pay, could lead to increased productivity and improve workers' physical and mental health. See PA story INDUSTRY Work. Photo credit should read: Lauren Hurley/PA Wire
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
    UK companies
    Recruiter PageGroup warns global uncertainty will hit profit

    FTSE 250 group reported a rise in first-half earnings but saw a slowdown in a key hiring metric

    Skyscrapers stand in the City of London's square mile financial district in this view from the Sky Garden roof top viewing platform at the top of 20 Fenchurch Street in London, U.K., on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. There are fears that the U.K.'s pending divorce from the European Union, Brexit, will cause a precipitous decline of London as the undisputed financial capital of Europe. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2019
    Recruitment services
    UK recruiters hit by slowdown in international markets

    Groups suffering as Brexit uncertainty weighs on private sector hiring

    A photo of business people shaking hands. Male and female professionals are applauding in board room. They are in glass office - Getty
  • Monday, 14 January, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    City recruiter just cannot avoid the Brexit and Trump questions

    PageGroup discovers problem with textbook answers: they do not allow for reality

    Skyscrapers, including 20 Fenchurch Street, also known as the "Walkie-Talkie," 22 Bishopsgate office tower, the Leadenhall building, also known as the "Cheesegrater", The Scalpel and 30 St Mary Axe, also known as "the Gherkin" dominate the skyline in the City of London, U.K., on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. The City of London averted one disaster with the draft Brexit deal announced Wednesday, but the bottom line is that banks, brokers and asset managers will continue to prepare for the talks going off the rails. Photographer: Bryn Colton/Bloomberg
  • Monday, 14 January, 2019
    Recruiter PageGroup falls after slowdown in key hiring metric

    FTSE 250 company ‘mindful’ of ‘heightened geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty’

    FILE PHOTO - The London Eye, the Big Ben clock tower and the City of London financial district are seen from the Broadway development site in central London, Britain, August 23, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
  • Monday, 14 January, 2019
    Opening Quote: PageGroup — just the job, even in the UK
    Commuters walk over London Bridge towards the City of London, U.K., on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. With their anxiety spiraling over Brexit, Britain’s business leaders weren’t impressed by the pitch from the Conservative premier -- or the Labour leader who wants her job. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
  • Wednesday, 10 October, 2018
    LexUK companies
    PageGroup: nice job Premium content

    Recruitment company’s broad footprint helps it counter Brexit caution in UK

    A commuter uses a personal mobile device as he walks across London Bridge near the Shard tower in London, U.K., on Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. Job vacancies at London's financial-services companies fell 21 percent in 2013 as banks curbed hiring plans, according to a recruitment firm. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
  • Wednesday, 10 October, 2018
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  • Wednesday, 10 October, 2018
    Professional services
    PageGroup expects full-year profits to beat forecasts

    Recruiter generates profit growth thanks to brisk business outside UK

    Workers walk across London Bridge as they head for the City of London, Britain, September 21, 2018. Picture taken September 21, 2018. To match Exclusive BRITAIN-EU/CITY  REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
  • Wednesday, 11 July, 2018
    Recruitment
    PageGroup reports record profits but Brexit weighs on UK operations
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