No more jobs for life in Japan
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Coutts Consulting is a career management and outplacement consultant and estimates 30% annual growth in the Japanese market for outplacement. Coutts entered the Japanese market in 1996 and reported a 770,000 pounds sterling operating profit for this subsidiary for 1st half 1998. The company is increasingly being used by Japanese firms as well as multinationals from the west. Coutts has also acquired Murray Axmith Associates, a Canadian operation, and profits have since improved. The company's profit forecast for 1998 has been upgraded to 3.5 million pounds sterling from 3 million pounds by Charles Stanley.
Publication Name: Investors Chronicle
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0261-3115
Year: 1998
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Hays
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Hays' attempt to acquire Salvesen did not succeed and the company is likely to turn to smaller acquisitions in mainland Europe. This could include an acquisition in the field of distribution of food for the German retail industry. The company's personnel activities have performed well in 1995 to 1996. Hays is geared to temporary placements and rapidly growing sectors such as information technology, and this should give some protection against business cycles.
Publication Name: Investors Chronicle
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0261-3115
Year: 1996
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Corporate Services: tempus fugit
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Corporate Services is a UK supplier of contract and temporary labor. The company prefers the contract labor market since it has better margins and greater stability of earnings. The UK market for this type of labor is expanding by 20% annually though it accounts for 7% of the UK labor force and 20% of the French labor force. The company ranks second in the UK market for employment services with a 2% stake in the market, while Manpower holds 2.25%.
Publication Name: Investors Chronicle
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0261-3115
Year: 1996
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