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The Chief Executive of the REC, Kevin Green, said that “We are concerned about the UK jobs market. Growth is rapidly slowing as public sector job freezes start to bite and private sector employers’ confidence remains fragile. The young are being disproportionately affected by the worst labour market in over two decades. The report does […]

Tom Hadley, the REC’s Director of External Relations has said that “Recruiters have voiced a number of concerns with regards to the Government\’s proposed plans on immigration.  This will always be a highly sensitive and politicised issue but we must ensure that immigration policy reflects the needs of the UK jobs market. REC members are […]

The report says that: At least 20,000 people die early as a result of cancers, lung disorders, traffic accidents, exposure to chemicals/fumes etc Just over 8,000 deaths are caused each year by occupational cancers Roughly 1.2 million people working in the UK suffer from work related illnesses such as stress, back paid, neck pain, heart […]

The Managing Director of Reed, Martin Warnes, said yesterday that \”Traditionally, the UK job market is quiet in August. Against this background, the fact that the Reed Job Index has held steady over the holiday season, even though public-sector jobs continue to decline, is quietly encouraging news for the economy as a whole. While the […]

Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme the Chief Executive of Hays, Alistair Cox, said that \”At the moment most of the demand for jobs is simply organisations replacing employees who\’ve left. So it\’s really about job churn at the moment. Candidates are confident enough to change jobs, but we\’re not seeing new jobs being created […]

A spokesperson for the Trade Union Congress (TUC) said \”Migration levels are a good indicator of economic virility and the high number of expats living in the UK shows how strong the economy is. The finding that expats are considering leaving the UK suggests that the prospects for gross domestic product and labour market growth […]

The Head of Customer Propositions at HSBC, Lisa Woods, said that “It’s clear that the impact of the economic downturn has had a significant effect on expats based in the UK. As many expats based in the UK are young professionals, this trend could lead to talented workers looking to other countries for higher salaries […]

The announcement of job losses at Standard Life follows the Royal Bank of Scotland’s announcement that it will make further cuts into its Contract and Permanent workforce with plans to shed a further 3,500 jobs in the United Kingdom. The next stage of the ‘efficiency drive’ at RBS follows the axing of 9,000 jobs at […]

RBS has shed 20,000 jobs in total since the start of the financial crisis however the bank has seen fortunes largely turn around in the last few months following the announcement of a £1.1 Billion profit in the first half of 2010. The bank said that the job losses were largely the result of the […]

Mike Jones, Human Resources Director for the Energy Sector at Siemens, said that “There is a need to develop an estimated 50,000 skilled engineers, project managers, construction supervisors and craft workers nationally over the next 10 years. A further 70,000 UK jobs will also be created in the offshore wind sector by 2020. But if […]