Okay, okay, well ... 'Jesus!' What, Voice? 'It's all right for some, ain't it?' What do you mean? They're not as ambitious as I am. 'No?' I'm pursuing worldwide expansion, me. 'Oh, of course. With your music. How's that going, boss?' Let's take care of business first ..
This is a finance blog.
Press release Keensight - PIXID Group pursues its European expansion with the acquisition of leading Belgian VMS supplier Connecting-Expertise.
Paris, Antwerp, London, Rotterdam - December 10, 2020 - PIXID Group, the leading European provider of workforce management solutions, has acquired Connecting-Expertise, the leading Belgian-based VMS1 supplier, from USG People Belgium, to further strengthen its offering and expand its operations.
Paris, Antwerp, London, Rotterdam, everybody talk about pop muzik. Remember that, Voice? 'No.' Never mind.
Following the 2018 acquisition of Dutch staffing CRM supplier Carerix, the acquisition of Connecting-Expertise reinforces Keensight Capital-backed PIXID Group's leadership in the Benelux and adds a new presence in Belgium to its existing offices in France, the UK (since its acquisition of The Internet Corporation in 2017) and the Netherlands.
Connecting-Expertise is the leading SaaS VMS platform for the Belgian market with blue-chip customers. Thanks to its integrated software solution developed on a secure and cloud-based infrastructure, Connecting-Expertise automates all the steps of the hiring process, from recruitment and contract management to tracking and invoicing, providing customers with personalized packages that fit their hiring strategy. This tallies with PIXID Group's approach enabling clients of all sizes to efficiently manage their temporary workers via a simple, scalable and cost-effective platform. Listed in Staffing Industry Analyst's Top 20 VMS Players, Connecting-Expertise has nearly €1billion of spend under management, more than 12,000 users, and 4,500 registered companies.
Yeah, yeah. It sounds fascinating. Uh. There's a lot of this. 'Let's go to the voices, boss!' Ha! Great minds think alike!
[I prefer the voices, dear reader(s), you know? They're almost human.]
Come on, Etienne!
Etienne Colella, President of PIXID Group SAS, comments: "We are thrilled to welcome the talented team of Connecting-Expertise in the PIXID Group family. Connecting-Expertise and USG People Belgium will keep working closely together and bring the best recruitment technology to the Belgian market. PIXID Group's strategic focus on Total Talent Acquisition (TTA) will open up new opportunities for Connecting-Expertise's proprietary VMS, Job Board and Marketplace product range to become integrated into the TTA recruitment solution for the Belgian market. By bridging the gap between VMS and ATS2, and between permanent and contingent staffing, PIXID Group's ambition is to provide its customers from all over Europe with state-of-the art technology to make recruitment as efficient and smooth as possible."
Well ... 'Did he really just say all that, boss?' Well, you just heard him, didn't you? With your own ears, like. 'I ain't got no ears!' Whatever.
Now, these two, they speak together ...
Peter De Buck and Patrick Verrept, co-founders and Managing Partners of Connecting-Expertise, say: "Joining a structure as dynamic and successful as PIXID Group is a great source of pride for our team. We are thrilled to bring our expertise to PIXID Group and excited to take part in its future endeavors. Connecting-Expertise will remain in a strategic partnership with USG People, with a long-term contractual arrangement, ensuring a continued shared vision and ongoing collaboration as preferred technology partners."
Spooky, or what? 'It's creepy.' Oh, come on! Don't be horrible, Voice. It's spooky. 'Whatever.'
All right, Jean-Michel ... let's see if you can pull something out of the bag, son. No pressure or anything.
Jean-Michel Beghin, Managing Partner at Keensight Capital, says: "We are particularly proud to support Etienne Colella in PIXID Group's international development strategy. In just a few years, PIXID Group has drastically expanded its geographical coverage across 20 countries in Europe and North America, while its client base has been multiplied by ten and reaches 18,000 global staffing firms and corporations. With Connecting-Expertise, Belgium becomes a fourth home market for PIXID Group - after its successful acquisition of Netherland-Based Carerix in 2018 - which will clearly contribute to strengthen the Group's positioning as a leading European digital platform for the management of flexible workforce and pave the way for more global successes."
Nice one!
And ...
ENDS - !!!
...
Anything else? Music?
[Yeah, I'll be worldwide. Global superstar. But anyway ...]
I've scrapped the tune for We'll Show Them Heaven. It was too boring.
On a more positive note, I've changed the structure of that other tune which needs a lyric, and it has the potential now to become my fourth best song after Life and Death, and Nothing, and This World Don't Mean a Thing.
So ...
I'm definitely close to having seven so-called world-beaters, man. More than anyone else!
I'm expanding!
[By the way ... Is Purple Rain a world-beater? I think it might be. The "purple" thing bothers me a bit though.]
Oh, there was a good article on the Guardian website on Friday about songwriters selling their publishing to, well ... whoever's buying at the moment. There's a lot of demand for top artists' stuff.
Which has got me thinking ...
If I can give the impression with the four songs on my demo that I'm going to be one of the greatest ever songwriters ... I'll be able to get a few big publishers interested, and then get a very good deal.
You dig?
Because I need a very good deal to straighten my life out.
I mean ...
I refuse to struggle through The Roaring Twenties.
I've had enough of struggling!
Do you know what I mean?
Later(s), kook(s)!
