17 May 2022
New analysis by the TUC has revealed that the unemployment rate for BME workers (7.7%) is more than double that of their white counterparts (3.5%) with the gap having widened significantly since the start of the pandemic.
6 May 2022
The Department for Education (DfE) believes that the skills and training landscape will be transformed as the Skills and Post-16 Education Act enters into force.
6 May 2022
According to the REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation), in the last week of April, there were 1.81 million job adverts in the UK, up by 7% from a week earlier and 15% from the previous month.
22 April 2022
With inflation reaching its highest level for 30 years, employers’ confidence in the UK economy took a turn for the worse during the first quarter (Q1) of 2022 according to new data from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).
19 April 2022
The latest labour market figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that vacancies have reached a record high with unemployment falling to 3.8% — matching its lowest level since December 1974.
14 April 2022
Although March saw a further steep increase in demand for staff, the availability of candidates to fill roles continued to fall sharply with overall staff supply dropping at the quickest rate for four months.
12 April 2022
Businesses that are considering hiring former members of the UK armed forces can now save thousands of pounds through National Insurance (NI) relief available during the recruits’ first year of civilian employment.
28 March 2022
The Institute of Directors (IoD) has announced the launch of a Commission to examine the key barriers to the recruitment, retention and progression of individuals from underrepresented groups.
14 March 2022
New research by Acas has found that 41% of British employers expect the numbers of staff at their organisation to increase over the next year. Acas commissioned YouGov to ask businesses whether they expect staff numbers to increase, decrease or stay the same in the next 12 months compared to the previous year.
10 March 2022
Two new initiatives to level up employment opportunities for women have been launched by Minister for Women, Baroness Stedman-Scott.