Sthree
Encyclopedia
SThree is a British
-based recruitment
business. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange
and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index
.
business under the name Computer Futures. In 1999 Barclays provided development finance for the business. It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange
in 2005.
and Europe
, in the Information Technology
, Banking & Finance, Pharma & Biotech, Energy & Natural Resources and Healthcare sectors with a growing presence.
It has a total of forty nine offices: twenty two in the UK
and twenty seven elsewhere. SThree operates in Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, UK and USA. It operates under a number of different brand names with the three largest being Computer Futures, Progressive and Huxley.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
-based recruitment
Recruitment
Recruitment refers to the process of attracting, screening, and selecting qualified people for a job. For some components of the recruitment process, mid- and large-size organizations often retain professional recruiters or outsource some of the process to recruitment agencies.The recruitment...
business. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...
and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index
FTSE 250 Index
The FTSE 250 Index is a capitalisation-weighted index consisting of the 101st to the 350th largest companies on the London Stock Exchange. Promotions to and demotions from the index take place quarterly in March, June, September and December...
.
History
The Company was founded by Bill Bottriell and Simon Arber in 1986 as a specialist recruitmentRecruitment
Recruitment refers to the process of attracting, screening, and selecting qualified people for a job. For some components of the recruitment process, mid- and large-size organizations often retain professional recruiters or outsource some of the process to recruitment agencies.The recruitment...
business under the name Computer Futures. In 1999 Barclays provided development finance for the business. It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...
in 2005.
Operations
The Company provides both permanent and contract specialist staffing services in the UKUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, in the Information Technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
, Banking & Finance, Pharma & Biotech, Energy & Natural Resources and Healthcare sectors with a growing presence.
It has a total of forty nine offices: twenty two in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and twenty seven elsewhere. SThree operates in Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, UK and USA. It operates under a number of different brand names with the three largest being Computer Futures, Progressive and Huxley.
Global Presence
SThree and its brands currently has over 49 offices in the following countries:- Australia
- Brazil
- Belgium
- China (2012)
- France
- Germany
- Hong Kong
- India
- Ireland
- Luxembourg
- Russia
- Singapore
- The Netherlands
- UAE
- UK
- United States of America