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    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      Lex
      Hays: Europe-focused recruiter needs to diversify Premium content

      Expansion into technology helps a group that is vulnerable to regional downturns

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      UK labour disputes
      Staffing agencies attack UK government’s strikebreaking plans

      Repeal of decades-long ban on use of outside workers would ‘inflame’ industrial action, say 13 recruitment groups

    • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
      Recruiter Hays predicts strongest jobs market since Lehman collapse

      Group says white-collar professionals to see rapid wage rises as staff shortages intensify

    • 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

    • Thursday, 26 August, 2021
      Corporate earnings and results
      Hays resumes dividend as CRH lifts payments on brightening outlook

      Recruitment company on track to exceed pre-pandemic profits ‘faster than envisaged’ as jobs market recovers

    • Thursday, 15 July, 2021
      LexRecruitment services
      Hays: recruitment agency rides uptick in jobs Premium content

      Group is tracking for far faster recovery to peak profitability than it has previously seen

    • Thursday, 15 July, 2021
      Hays lifts profit guidance but warns on wage inflation

      Shares in UK-based recruiter fall despite signs of rising business confidence and a rebound in key markets

    • Friday, 26 February, 2021
      Investments
      PZ Cussons director buys into hygiene boom

      Uncertainty over how long the spike in sales will endure

    • Thursday, 16 July, 2020
      LombardKate Burgess
      Why Anglo American should not be so loaded down with lead weights

      The sum of the UK miner’s parts; Hays, the weather vane, will swing wildly

    • Thursday, 16 July, 2020
      Recruitment group Hays warns profits will almost halve this year

      ‘No signs yet’ of businesses returning to hiring as lockdowns ease worldwide

    • Thursday, 2 April, 2020
      Recruitment services
      Recruiter Hays raises £200m to protect against falling fees

      Placement follows warning that virus had caused “material deceleration” in business

    • Thursday, 2 April, 2020
      Lex
      Hays/recruitment: making the best of a bad job Premium content

      Share issue will put the group in a stronger position after the downturn

    • Thursday, 20 February, 2020
      Recruiter Hays hit by slowdown in German market

      Profits also dented by strikes in France, UK election and Australian bushfires

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

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

    • Thursday, 16 January, 2020
      Hays warns on profit as economic uncertainty stifles recruitment

      Group disrupted by events ranging from the Australian bushfires to UK election

    • Tuesday, 15 October, 2019
      Lex
      Hays/Brexit: hire purchase Premium content

      Unpredictable UK politics will produce new buying opportunities

    • Thursday, 29 August, 2019
      Recruiter Hays’ profits dented by restructuring costs in Europe

      Slowing economic growth in major markets and one-off charges take toll on UK group

    • Tuesday, 16 April, 2019
      Recruitment services
      UK recruiters hit by slowdown in international markets

      Groups suffering as Brexit uncertainty weighs on private sector hiring

    • Thursday, 21 February, 2019
      Hays hit as Brexit puts brake on recruitment

      British companies delay hiring while growth in key European markets softens

    • Tuesday, 15 January, 2019
      Recruiter Hays posts double-digit international fee growth

      International hiring, especially in Germany, offsets pressure in UK market

    • Friday, 21 September, 2018
      Investments
      Plus500 founders halve holding

      Spread betting firm’s share price has doubled in the past year

    • Thursday, 30 August, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Opening Quote: WH Smith — still treading carefully
    • Thursday, 30 August, 2018
      Brexit
      Hiring at Hays hit by Brexit-related jitters

      Strong profit growth overseas overshadowed by poor performance in UK and Ireland

    • Friday, 13 July, 2018
      Professional services
      Hays expects full-year profits to beat estimates despite Brexit
    • Friday, 8 June, 2018
      News in-depthSmall-cap focus
      Recruiters look abroad to offset Brexit jitters

      London-listed groups have struggled to regain growth at home

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