Labour hire firm Skilled has rebuffed a merger approach from Programmed Maintenance Services, saying it is "opportunistically timed". Programmed yesterday confirmed that is made a non-binding proposal ...

The staffing and maintenance services group said it was in a strong financial position to expand, and had secured several contracts or letters of intent worth millions of dollar in the government ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. PROGRAMMED Maintenance Services has cut its final dividend in half after a dip in full-year net profit due to redundancy costs and ...

Investors rushed to buy shares in Programmed Maintenance Services after the labour hire and maintenance group reported solid progress in its integration of Skilled Group and a rosy earnings outlook.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian recruiter Programmed Maintenance Services said it still hopes to buy larger rival Skilled Group Ltd and form a A$640 million ($516 million) combined company, after the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. PROGRAMMED Maintenance Services has reported an 8.7% rise in first-half profit and maintained its guidance for earnings to grow in ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Business Breaking News. Followed categories will be added to My News. SPEAKING after Programmed announced an almost 16 per cent slide in its full year profit to ...

The offer now will close at 7pm (AEST) on June 13, Spotless said in a statement to the stock exchange today, instead of the previously announced close of May 26. "In light of the fact that ...

Chairman Geoff Tomlinson said Programmed was "very happy" with the way its businesses had traded over the first three months of its current fiscal 2009 year. "Based on the group's first-quarter ...

Australia's SKILLED Group, a provider of labor hire and workforce services, announced Thursday it has rejected the merger proposal from Programmed Maintenance Services that was received Dec. 17, 2014.