Current Labour Market Conditions – March 2022 Update
A short summary of some recent news and survey results from the REC Welcome to our March update on current UK labour market conditions, a bitesize edition of news and statistics that have been collated by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG UK and presented in their Report on Jobs. Read to the […]
Current Labour Market Conditions – February 2022 Update
What are the current labour market conditions? As we near the end of the first quarter of 2022 we can take a look at data from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s (REC) research and Labour Market Tracker and what it means for employers. According to the latest insights we’re still hitting records, as comparisons of vacancies […]
Current Labour Market Conditions – January 2022 Update
What are the current labour market conditions? The numbers for the last quarter of 2021 have been released by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), noting that the total UK workforce increased by 60,000 quarter-on-quarter. Temporary employment was higher than the same time in 2020 by 9% and represented 5% of the UK workforce. The […]
Current Labour Market Conditions – October 2021 Update
A short summary of some recent news and survey results from the REC, regarding the current labour market conditions for October 2021. Growth in job adverts continues from September into October. In a press release from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), it was announced that, in the week commencing 4th October, there were 2.29 […]
Current Labour Market Conditions – September 2021 Update
What are the latest updates in the UK labour market conditions? The latest press release from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) is full of positives. Confidence is rising, and so is the intention to hire permanent and temporary staff. The positives are referring to the trend changes in labour market statistics over the last […]
Latest Employer Updates of the EU Settlement Scheme
Apply to the EUSS before 30th June 2021 The final countdown has started! Now the UK is leaving the European Union, one of the significant effects of this is the freedom of movement of people between European Union states and the UK. The scheme allows “EU, non-EU EEA and Swiss citizens living in the UK […]
April 2021 Recruitment Trends
Permanent Recruitment Trends 2021 – With the UK gradually opening up, consumer and business spending is set to increase primarily due to increased consumer and business confidence with the reduction of restrictions and the gradual predictable end of lockdown. Between January and March, consumer confidence grew by 14%; hence employer confidence to meet business […]
National Living Wage Review April 2021
National Living Wage Review In the lead up to the National Living Wage increase on April 1st 2021 we conducted a survey to find out what local businesses plans are, focussing on Warehouse, Distribution, Manufacturing and Production settings. Pay rate, along with environment and culture, is extremely important for not only attracting candidates, but retaining […]
New Impact Recruitment Agency Opens, Offering Support To Peterborough’s Pandemic Impacted Workforce
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire – Impact Recruitment Services have opened a new branch in the historic city centre. From a year of restrictions to a year of opportunity, Impact Recruitment are now linking businesses and jobseekers together in Peterborough, wanting to offer support and opportunity to those affected by the pandemic. Helen Thorne, Branch Manager – There […]
Updates To The Furlough Scheme
What are the updates about the Furlough Scheme? The Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme was extended until 31st March 2021 after the end of October saw the country go into a national lockdown instead of opening up more as we thought it would earlier in the year. Now with London going into Tier 3, the BBC […]
