Browsing: Mergers & acquisitions

South African staffing giant Adcorp is staking an early claim to the fledgling Australian MSP and RPO market, before the company's international competitors gobble it up, says country manager Matthew Pitman. read more

Recruit Holdings' steps to own both recruitment companies and a job advertising platform in Australia are setting off alarm bells for some industry veterans, who wonder whether the Japanese staffing giant is set to repeat TMP Worldwide's mistakes. read more

• Clarius flags December-half loss
  
• Ex-Lloyd Morgan manager joins Cox Purtell
  
• Rec-to-rec owner relocates to UK
  
• Bumper year expected for recruitment M&A
  
• Federal Government gives go-ahead to CMG/Recruit deal read more

Soft economic conditions and lukewarm business confidence contributed to Chandler Macleod's top and bottom line decline in the December half, according to results released this morning. read more

• Changing of the guard, as long-time Paxus MD steps aside
  
• Adcorp strengthens Australian foothold
  
• CareerOne mum on acquisition rumours
  
• ICT recruitment almost exclusively the domain of contractors
  
• OneShift resolves revenue model uncertainty
  
• STEM skills shortage now "crippling" read more

• Labour hire company facing big fines following FWO prosecution
  
• OneShift acquires mature-age job board
  
• Aussies keen to change industries
  
• IT managers in hiring mode
  
• Skills shortage prompts free big data training program read more

SKILLED has rejected a merger proposal from Programmed, with CEO Angus McKay saying that while SKILLED would consider better offers, "we don't have a 'for sale' sign on our head". read more

Big recruitment acquisitions this year are likely to create sale opportunities at the smaller end of the market, but strip local mid-tier companies of their buying power, according to recruitment industry M&A specialists. read more

When Recruit Holdings revealed last night it was purchasing Peoplebank for $68.6 million, the person most surprised at the price was Peoplebank CEO Peter Acheson. read more

Japanese staffing giant Recruit Holdings is set to acquire both Chandler Macleod and Peoplebank, for around $412 million in total. read more