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After two years of growth the number of hours in the Dutch flex sector, consisting of temporary employment agencies, job brokers and payrollers, is expected to shrink by 2%, according to research from ING.

Dutch publisher ZiPmedia announced that it has acquired news platform Flexnieuws from the HelloFlex Group, a Netherlands-based developer of software and services for the temporary employment sector.

Despite the challenges that 2022 brought with it, the Swiss job market wrapped up 2022 with 23% more job adverts than in 2021, according to the latest research from the Adecco Group Swiss Job Market Index and the University of Zurich’s Swiss Job Market Monitor.

Workwell Group, a UK-based firm which provides payroll services for contractors and recruitment agencies announced the acquisition of the WhiteFin Group, an international contractor management group headquartered in Barcelona.

The Pion Group (POOL-B:STO), previously known as Poolia, announced that it has acquired Swedish HR tech company Whippy, an SaaS (software as a service) solution for on- and off-boarding.

Yource, a Netherlands-based firm which offers various services including staffing, outsourcing and workforce management, announced that it has acquired Sure Aim, a call centre in Suriname.

Kingsley Gate Partners, an executive search firm based in the US, acquired The Omerta Group, a London-headquartered executive search firm focused on financial services.

Employees in India are expected to get the highest average salary increments in the Asia Pacific region this year,

The average number of temporary agency workers in Italy in November 2022 decreased slightly by 0.43% annually, according to figures from Ebitemp, the bilateral organisation for temporary employment representing employers’ associations and unions.

New professional job vacancies in Ireland fell 8% in December from the same month in 2021,