Earlier today, IQNavigator, one of the leading vendor management system (VMS) providers, announced it was selling off its managed services provider (MSP) business to MSX International. IQNavigator was, by spend volume, one of the top dozen MSPs in North America. In earlier coverage of the story today, IQNavigator’s MSP ranked third largest in terms of…

Gulf Coast Business Credit (GCBC) recently provided a $1.3 million working capital facility to an Arizona based engineering staffing company. Referred to GCBC by a business consultant, the engineering staffing firm reached out to GCBC to help reduce existing factoring costs. GCBC was able to offer a rate that provided substantial savings over their existing…

Barrett Business Services Inc., the Vancouver-based supplier of staffing human resources services, said Friday that its board of directors has maintained the company’s regular quarterly cash dividend of 18 cents per share. The cash dividend will be paid Sept. 5 to all stockholders of record as of Aug. 22. Barrett has more than 3,000 clients…

ADP(R) (ADP), a leading global provider of Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today announced its fiscal 2014 financial results and provided its initial outlook for fiscal 2015. Highlights below: Fiscal 2014 Highlights ADP reported 8% growth in revenues, nearly all organic, to $12.2 billion for the year. Pretax and net earnings from continuing operations increased 10%…

Barrett Business Services Inc., the Vancouver-based supplier of staffing and outsourced human resources services, said Wednesday it added 187 clients in the April-to-June period — the best second-quarter new-client haul in the company’s history. The company raked in second-quarter net revenue of $151.1 million, up 17 percent from $128.8 million in the three-month period ending…

Provade, Inc., an industry leader in enterprise Vendor Management System (VMS) development for global contingent and SOW workforce management, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with MBO Partners, the leading provider of management services for independent professionals and the clients that engage them. Provade’s VMS technology, combined with contractor engagement solutions from MBO Partners,…

By Karen Brune Mathis, Managing Editor Jacksonville-based DiscoverTec is moving up in the world.   The technology company founded in 1994 by CEO and President Donny Lamey will more than triple in space when it expands Sept. 15 from one building to another in the Butler Plaza business park in South Jacksonville. DiscoverTec custom designs…

Insurance Noodle reported a new, blended package of commercial insurance coverage designed to provide essential coverage to technology professions, including programmers, web developers, software designers, mobile app developers, IT consultants, and IT staffing firms. According to a release from the Company, the centerpiece of the package is cyber liability coverage, which can be integrated into…

Heat stress is a medical condition that occurs when the body’s normal temperature balance cannot be maintained because it can no longer cool itself. There are numerous fatalities every year from occupational heat exposure, both indoors and outdoors.According to OSHA, in 2012, 31 people died from heat-related exposures and 4,120 workers suffered from heat-related illnesses….