UK's PageGroup's annual profit drops 8.7% due to slow hiring in Europe
March 5 (Reuters) - British recruiter PageGroup PAGE.L reported an 8.7% fall in annual gross profit to 769.5 million pounds ($1.03 billion) on Thursday, hurt by prolonged weak hiring in its key European markets. ($1 = 0.7504 pounds) (Reporting by Nithyashree R B in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich) ((NithyashreeRB@thomsonreuters.com;))