Running a recruitment business in the midst of a pandemic, with unemployment soaring around the world, might seem like a nightmare. But not for Alistair Cox, who is the wiry 60-year-old chief executive of rapidly expanding Hays. The £2.6billion jobs agency, once part of the Hay’s Wharf group, with origins dating back to the 17th … Read more
Hays Travel shuts 89 UK branches as Covid pandemic continues to batter the tourism industry By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 25 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 25 January 2021 Hays Travel is permanently closing 89 branches across the UK as the pandemic continues to batter the tourism industry. The … Read more
Founder of Hays Travel dies aged 71 after collapsing while working at company head office in Sunderland By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 13 November 2020 | Updated: 22:10 GMT, 13 November 2020 The founder of Hays Travel has died aged 71. John Hays ran the travel firm with wife Irene, … Read more
Founder of Hays Travel dies at 71 after collapsing at work as he is remembered for taking on 2,000 Thomas Cook staff who lost their jobs last year John Hays who founded firm in 1980 fell ill at firm’s Sunderland head office today He leaves behind wife Irene Hays who also co-owns the firm of … Read more
Battered recruiter Hays just manages to stay in the black as fee income falls by a third in the pandemic By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:53 BST, 15 October 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 15 October 2020 Recruitment agency Hays expects to squeeze out a ‘modest’ profit for the first half of … Read more
The devastated owners of Hays Travel have revealed they were forced to axe 878 staff after the newly-imposed Spain quarantine brought holiday bookings to a halt. The company which bought 555 Thomas Cook travel agents last year is to cut up to 878 of its 4,500 jobs. It said it has ‘made every possible effort’ … Read more
Hays Travel cutting up to 878 jobs out of total workforce of 4,500 By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:02 BST, 3 August 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 3 August 2020 Hays Travel is cutting up to 878 jobs out of a total workforce of 4,500. The travel company said it has ‘made … Read more
With lockdown hiring freezes, furlough schemes and almost all travel scuppered, investors were braced for recruitment group Hays to have a difficult quarter. The coronavirus pandemic has created ‘conditions far harsher than any I have known’, Hays chief executive Alistair Cox said. Net fee income – the industry’s version of gross profit – fell by … Read more
Hays Travel asks staff to take unpaid leave in bid to ease the pressure caused by coronavirus By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:16 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 00:29 GMT, 13 March 2020 Hays Travel is taking emergency measures to cut its costs after fears over the spread of Covid-19 Hays … Read more