Economy

  • SMEs turn to apprenticeships to fill skills gap

    As SMEs battle to find the required skills in the recruitment market, nearly one in four (23%) are looking to develop apprentice schemes to fill the void. This is according to a new report1 launched by Albion Ventures, one of the largest independent venture capital investors in the UK

  • Demand for skilled staff continues to rise

    Leading recruitment franchise business Select Appointments has welcomed the news that demand for staff hit a fifteen year high in August

  • More than half of firms expect to create new jobs - A post-recession first - CBI/Accenture Survey

    Pay caution and flexible contracts underpin jobs growth

  • Britain will pay for many decades unless our youth unemployment problem is solved warns employer

    Mr Davies was speaking in response to a warning issued by the Prince's Trust this week that thousands of young people are in danger of being trapped in a lifetime of unemployment

  • National job confidence increases

    More unemployed people apply for work experience to improve job prospects but need careers advice more than ever before

  • 1,700 job cuts at Barclays is a ‘colossal mistake’ says Unite

    Unite, the union representing staff at Barclays Bank has branded the decision to cut around 1,700 staff from customer - facing branch - based roles as a “colossal mistake”, warning that customer service could suffer as a result

  • Employment and pay continue to operate at two different speeds

    Continued encouraging falls in overall and youth unemployment, but medium term outlook less certain as employers search for productivity boost

  • JobsOutlook: Permanent appointments expected to rise, agency workers still viewed as valuable

    Almost six out of ten companies surveyed by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation in September said they intended to hire more permanent staff between now and Christmas

  • Research reveals employees working in professional business services waste time worth £2.1 billion looking for lost documents and information

    New research from EDM Group, the information management specialists, reveals that the average employee working in the professional business services sector wastes 1.59 hours a week looking for documents and information they have misplaced or lost at work. The value of this on an annual basis is around £2.1 billion (£40.91 million a week).

  • Why the UK recession is lasting so long

    The United Kingdom's double dip recession owes much to the protection of jobs and the incomes of people in work and the fact that employees reacted by increasing their savings ratio, but avoided private sector investments. The Federation of European Employers (FedEE) reports...

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