Although wage growth and employment are both taking positive turns as the economic situation improves, many UK families are still struggling to make ends meet. Zero hours contracts and underemployment mean that some have no choice but to rely on welfare... Read More
As business confidence continues to rise amidst a favourable market, industry experts have voiced hopes that this boom in production will lead to further drops in the unemployment rate. However, a new study by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and... Read More
While zero hours contracts and underemployment remain controversial issues facing the jobs market, the months following the end of the recession have seen huge improvements occur within unemployment figures. Businesses have once more begun to focus on growth... Read More
Business confidence has begun to increase significantly as companies manage to raise revenues in the period of recovery following the recession. Yet there are still critics who claim that there are no solid signs of long term recovery. And with growth in... Read More
Although unemployment has dropped significantly since the recession, one of the Government’s key aims remains the re-introduction of long term unemployed and disabled workers to the workplace. However, according to a leading disability charity, there is... Read More
UK unemployment fell by a further 57,000 in the three months to May. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), this means that there are currently 2.51 million workers without a job, with the unemployment rate remaining stable at 7.8 per... Read More
With the employment crisis gradually abating and the end of recession here, life can begin to get back to normal for the British population. Yet unfortunately, as inflation is still relatively high and energy prices are set to rise this winter, many families... Read More
Earlier this year, Britain teetered on the brink of an all-out employment crisis as hundreds of thousands struggled to find work. With the recession discouraging bosses from expanding their staff and businesses folding left, right and centre, the employment... Read More
Only a few months ago, unemployment was seen as one of the biggest issues in the UK. However, skip forward to the present day and the figures have fallen dramatically – indicating that Britain is well on its way to full recovery. The end of the... Read More
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that unemployment fell by 50,000 in the three months up to August. The number of people out of work now stands at 2.53 million while employment reached almost 30 million, the highest... Read More
