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London is the most desirable city to work in the world, according to a survey of more than 200,000 people from 189 countries by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and totaljobs.com. Nearly one in six of those surveyed (16%) want to work in London, which beat New York and Paris to the top spot.

New research from business advisory firm Deloitte and the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) reveals strong performance across the UK professional recruitment sector

Oliver Watson, Managing Director, PageGroup

Companies that do not get their offer to the labour market right have to pay 50% more in compensation premium to hire the people they want

The IT sector has the leanest management structures in the UK, according to new research from specialist recruiter Randstad Technologies

Increasing numbers of employees are choosing their employers for advice on retirement planning according to the latest consumer research1 by Baring Asset Management (“Barings”)

Real wages grew for the first time since the recession in August, as year-on-year advertised salary growth outpaced the rate of inflation, according to the latest UK Job Market Report from Adzuna.co.uk

The pay bargaining year to the end of August 2014 has ended on a low, according to the latest data from pay analysts XpertHR

Graduate unemployment fell from 8.5% to 7.3% year-on-year, marking the biggest drop in early graduate unemployment in 15 years – according to new research by the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU) published today (25 September 2014)

More than two thirds (69%) of employers said they are worried about the baby boomer generation – employees born between 1946 and 1964 – leaving their workforce in the next two years, according to a new report1 released today by Robert Half Management Resources. Some 22% of employers across UK businesses said they are ‘very concerned’ about experienced professionals leaving the workforce, while 47% are ‘somewhat concerned’