... world. The IET argues that because only 7% of the total UK engineering workforce is female, engineering companies are not accessing ... NES Global Talent found: 75% of women feel welcome working in the oil & gas industry, yet almost half (45%) believe they ...

... dilemma cannot be regarded as anything more than a welcome challenge, by any standards. Should it increase interest rates earlier ... April and a widening gap between London and the rest of the UK. Yet Nationwide has just suggested that the London housing market will see a ...

Wed, 21 May 2014Growing confidence in the UK economy has boosted hiring intentions among employers, with evidence that ... the highest since the JobsOutlook began in 2009. And in welcome news for recruitment agencies, half of all employers (50%) say they ...

... solutions firm Huawei has announced it will increase its UK workforce from 800 to 1,500 by 2017 as it spends $2bn (£1.25bn) in the ... demonstrates once again that the UK is open for business. I welcome this and I want to see more companies invest in the UK as we work to ...

... Wed, 14 May 2014The number of people out of work in the UK fell to a five-year low in the three months to the end of March, according ... David Cameron tweeted: "There's more to do, but it's welcome unemployment is down again. More jobs means more financial security for ...

... (OECD) upgrades its current year GDP growth forecast for the UK to 3.2%, compared with an OECD average of just 2.2%, and a further raft of ... months to materialise. While the economic growth is welcome – it would be churlish to complain – its impact is complex. The ...

... the opinion aired that a Spanish bail-out is inevitable, welcome and may actually provide a positive catalyst. Europe isn’t fixed yet, ... story has eventually become exhausted. Back in the UK, economically sensitive sectors did well in the first half of September but ...

... supporting the reshoring of manufacturing jobs back to the UK. Speaking at MACH, the manufacturing technology showcase at the NEC in ... the manufacturers’ organisation, says: “This is another welcome boost for British manufacturing, which will have a positive impact on ...

... and head of business services at KPMG, says: “It is a welcome surprise to see a modest increase in the number of permanent job placements across the UK. Perhaps employers are beginning to accept that they need to have the right ...

... this year. This perhaps is now an unsurprising, albeit very welcome, achievement given this weight of positive news, forward looking ... interest rate rise is crucial to the economic health of the UK. Too early and growth is stunted with consequences across the economy and ...