Weds, 15 Feb 2012 The UK unemployment rate for the final quarter of 2011 rose 0.1% to 8.4%, reveals the Office for National Statistics (ONS), but the number of people entering employment and a rise in recruitment in ... rose 48,000 to 2.67m, the number of people in work was up 60,000, to 29.13m, with Charles Levy, senior economist at The Work ...

As unemployment falls, there are signs of confidence rising among professionals ... has fallen by 20,000 to 2.45m in the three months to August but Jobseeker’s Allowance claimant numbers rose by 5,300 in September to ... figures are slightly better than expected. Employment is up, unemployment is down, and there has been a further fall in the level of ...

... a drop in production rates, dwindling profits and rising unemployment. If production falls for two consecutive quarters, it is ... further jolted confidence in the world economy. To sum up: the problems in Asia have affected the west, and this, together with ...

... been replaced with nothing, leaving people in a cycle of unemployment for generations,” he says. “To get a job, you need a reference ... the hard work doesn’t stop after an apprentice signs up either, but continues during their onboarding period. A lot of attention is ...

... market, either claiming jobseekers allowance or having given up on employment all together. The Employers Forum on Age (EFA), an ... and 64 are over double the overall national statistics for unemployment. This costs in several ways. First there is the spend ...

... fears that this supply of ready-made labour is drying up, Carey says some clients are already seeing their EU staff leave the UK ... migrant workers. Combine dependence on these workers with unemployment in the UK at 4.3%, and UK nationals unable or perhaps unwilling to ...

... parts of the world, and economic activity has begun to pick-up in countries as geographically diverse as China, the US, Germany and Canada, ... increasingly common – the expectations of rising levels of unemployment there is also growing pressure from unions and governments to hire ...

... main themes for 2010. The first is recruiting firms scaling-up their operations in a phased approach — demand often leading capacity. ... will appear flattering, which will help confidence but UK unemployment will rise, albeit at slower rates than 2009. Europe will lag ...

... make them difficult to ’market’, but even more so with unemployment rising and employers enjoying plenty of choice. Gareth Brydon, ... longer contracts do give providers the opportunity to invest up front and to forge partnerships with employers Kirsty McHugh, chief ...