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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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