UK operations feel the drain July 6, 2011 NET fee income growth of 21 per cent may be good for Robert Walters’ bottom line, but what it reveals about the UK is much more worrying. For months commentators have been talking about a flight of talent from London heading eastwards, and income growth of 28 per cent for Robert Walters in Asia compared [...]
UK operations feel the drain July 6, 2011 NET fee income growth of 21 per cent may be good for Robert Walters’ bottom line, but what it reveals about the UK is much more worrying. For months commentators have been talking about a flight of talent from London heading eastwards, and income growth of 28 per cent for Robert Walters in Asia compared [...]
Hays expects jobs slowdown June 28, 2011 BRITISH recruiter Hays expects to deliver modest domestic growth next year, saying fragile consumer confidence would hit the private sector market with public sector hiring set to remain flat. Hays, which reported 18 per cent private sector growth in the third quarter, down from 27 per cent in its first half, expects a slowing trend [...]
Emerging markets are big business for the UK May 30, 2011 BRITAIN’S diverse business and professional services sector makes up a vital, under-recognised part of this country’s economy. Ranging from accounting and credit information to recruiting and management consulting, its companies are leading their competitors in capitalising on the development of emerging markets. AT THE VANGUARD The financial director of Hays, Paul Venables, says emerging markets [...]
Emerging markets are big business for the UK May 30, 2011 BRITAIN’S diverse business and professional services sector makes up a vital, under-recognised part of this country’s economy. Ranging from accounting and credit information to recruiting and management consulting, its companies are leading their competitors in capitalising on the development of emerging markets. AT THE VANGUARD The financial director of Hays, Paul Venables, says emerging markets [...]
Revolt at Robert Walters AGM May 25, 2011 Shareholders yesterday refused to support recruitment firm Robert Walters’ pay package for directors at its annual meeting. Around 28 per cent voted against the remuneration report, with a further 10 per cent abstaining. Only 26 per cent of all shares were used to vote in favour of the pay package. Some directors were to receive [...]
The winner of the Investec Derby will join racing greats May 8, 2011 THE INVESTEC Derby is one of the highlights of the social and sporting calendar. Watched live by 125,000 people, it is not for nothing that the Investec Derby is known as the world’s greatest flat race. The Derby, of which City A.M. is the official paper, is open to three-year old thoroughbred colts and fillies, [...]
Stoke in dreamland as five-star show books FA Cup final with City April 17, 2011 BOLTON WANDERERS (0) vs STOKE CITY (5) STOKE manager Tony Pulis fears his side will never silence their detractors despite swaggering into their first FA Cup final with a rout of Bolton. Two goals from Jonathan Walters added to strikes from Matthew Etherington, Robert Huth and Kenwyne Jones catapulted the Potters into another Wembley date [...]
UK companies set to unlock profit out of global growth April 13, 2011 TOM Ewing is the engaging and energetic manager of Fidelity’s UK Growth fund, which has over half a billion pounds under management. The 34 year old scours the country looking for undervalued companies that are able to tap into the increasing wealth of consumers in emerging markets. From the powerhouses of the FTSE, down to [...]
Robert Walters’ profits up as it reopens in Japan April 6, 2011 RECRUITMENT firm Robert Walters yesterday said its first-quarter net fees rose 23 per cent, helped by a strong performance in Europe and Asia Pacific, and the company said its Japanese business was now operational. However, the company said it may be some time before the market fully recovers in earthquake-hit Japan. Robert Walters, which specialises [...]