Lugera & Makler to see 12m-euro turnover

Dutch group Lugera & Makler, which operates in personnel recruitment, estimates it will post a 12 million-euro turnover on the local market this year, up 60% against last year, when its business stood at 7.5 million euros. “This turnover will be achieved by increasing the number of projects we are working on, as well as by diversifying our services,” Cristina Savuica, managing partner at Lugera & Makler told ZF. She also added that the company had started to provide training, consulting, human resource auditing and outplacement services, therefore becoming an HR service integrator. According to Cristina Savuica the better part of profit comes from personnel recruitment and selection, as well as from temporary employment services, with the latter having a large contribution to the turnover. The company reported an upward trend starting last year, after it had seen a 4.8 million-euro turnover in 2005, down 4% against the previous year, while its profit rose by 138% to 130,000 euros. In 2006 Lugera & Makler posted a 7.5 million-euro turnover in 2006 up 56%, while the profit increased 53% to 200,000 euros. Cristina Savuica says the interest of companies to outsource recruitment services has increased a great deal. However, there are several categories of organisations that have different reactions to outsourcing.