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Lisa Boutineau, the regional director for REC Scotland said that “As Scotland has been one of the regions most hardest hit, we need urgent action to boost our labour market. The feedback from recruitment professionals shows increasing hiring activity in some sectors but there are major challenges facing specific groups of jobseekers – particularly young […]

Scott Drach of Boeing said that “When we look across the aerospace industry and our ageing workforce we are concerned about the number of engineers that are coming out of universities in the US and abroad, and how we will fill the talent pipeline and transition the knowledge that experienced engineers have. The competition for […]

The Managing Director of the Professional Contractors Group (PCG), John Brazier, said that \”The Agency Worker Regulations already exempt contractors working through their own limited companies and the genuinely self-employed. In our view this needs to be made as unambiguous as possible in the accompanying guidance. No room must be left for misinterpretation otherwise PCG […]

The Senior Economist at The Work Foundation, Neil Lee, said that \”The public sector is not just an employer – it provides services and is an important customer for local businesses. Cutting public spending will have knock-on effects on private sector employment, and this will be worse in areas with weaker economies.\” The Director of the […]

The Chair of the Recruitment and Employment Confederations Engineering and Technical sector group, Philip Higgins, said that “In what is a difficult economic climate, the investment in the transport infrastructure, in science and engineering research is welcome news for the manufacturing and engineering sector. Hopefully, this will in turn kick start the nuclear new build […]

Tier 2 licensed sponsors working in business sectors across the board have been voicing their disapproval for the last few months at the Governments decision to introduce an Interim Immigration Cap. A spokesperson for a major London Based Consultancy recently said “We believe that our quota, which is very small, was based on 15pc of […]

The head of employment policy at EEF, David Yeandle, said \”It is disappointing that the Government has not felt able to make some changes which would have made it easier for manufacturers to implement these Regulations. However, industry recognises that, if changes had been made, this could have put at risk the vitally important 12 […]

In response to Todays announcement Kevin Green, the RECs Chief Executive, said that “This was a first big test of the Government’s stated commitment to lightening the load on business; we are disappointed with the outcome.  We made a strong case for a review in our discussions with the Minister. However, re-opening the regulations was […]

Key Points from the DLA Piper Survey: 88% of respondents anticipate industrial action in the coming months 50% believe that the Government should step in to prevent strikes 66% believe that public sector ‘coordinated action’ will damage their businesses David Bradley, a senior partner at DLA Piper said that \”As the threat of a double […]

The Chief Executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), Kevin Green, said that “There has been much speculation about what the spending review will mean for jobs. The impact on temporary staff has not been factored in; our survey confirms that they have been the first casualties of the public sector squeeze. This is […]