Economy

  • REC campaigning leads to permanent introduction of digital right to work checks

    The Home Office has announced that a permanent system of digital right to work (RTW) checks will be put into place from 6 April 2022, following campaigning from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).

  • £20 million for ambitious technologies to build UK resilience following coronavirus outbreak

    Businesses to help boost the UK’s resilience to the long-term impact of coronavirus and similar future situations as a result of £20 million government funding.

  • Business organisations call on the Chancellor to open up training opportunities to millions more workers

    A coalition of leading business bodies representing tens of thousands of employers and millions of workers has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid today, urging him to use the spending review to broaden the apprenticeship levy.

  • The Myers-Briggs Company urges businesses to make social value-driven decisions

    The UK government has led the charge on using social value to drive economic benefits

  • ONS Stats: Could Apprenticeships Boost the Post-Brexit Economy?

    By Simon Briffa, Internal Talent Manager, Sellick Partnership

  • CIPD responds to Govt announcements on flexible workers and greater equality in parental leave

    The CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, has responded to two key workplace measures announced by the Government today.

  • Extending the Brexit deadline is limited comfort for employers

    New data from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) shows that UK employers remain in limbo due to uncertainty even after the UK’s date for leaving the EU was postponed in April.

  • Tight labour market and waning interest from EU jobseekers is driving up non-EU net migration

    Commenting on the latest migration statistics from the ONS, Gerwyn Davies, Senior Labour Market Analyst at the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, said:

  • Post-referendum fall in EU migration will hit employers at Christmas – REC

    Today’s migration statistics published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the first full-year set of data since the EU referendum

  • CIPD responds to The Conservative Party manifesto

    Commenting on the proposals set out in The Conservative Party manifesto, Peter Cheese, Chief Executive of the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, said:

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