The US investor, known for nearly bringing the Bank of England to its knees in a wave of currency speculation in 1992, laid out an elaborate plan for saving the common currency, in an interview with the Welt am Sonntag newspaper. He was also quick to blame the German...

Unemployment fell by 35,000 to 2.65 million over the December-to-February period, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).   The claimant count rose by 3,600 in March to 1.61 million. The unemployment rate edged down from a 12-year high of 8.4{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} to 8.3{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e}, the lowest level since the summer...

New figures released today by the Totaljobs Barometer, the first to provide a round-up of the labour market in the first quarter of 2012, reveal that competition for posts rose from 15 to 20 applications for each job compared to the same period last year. Although the jobs market...

Pathway to Pensions, a programme of guidance and support for REC members launches today. The programme aims to help recruitment agencies understand how they will need to implement the automatic pension enrolment rules and make contributions for workers who remain opted in to a pension scheme. From October 2012,...

acancies for highly skilled workers have rocketed by  double digits for the second consecutive month, up 17{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} in February following a  similar rise in January, according to research by the Association of  Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). Vacancies still 18{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} down  year-on-year Up 17{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} month-on-month The research shows that demand...

European markets moved higher on Wednesday, making a slight recovery from Tuesday’s steep losses.   German and French indexes were up almost 1.5{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e}, while in London the FTSE 100 was up 0.6{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e}. The Italian government raised 11bn euros ($14.4bn; £9.1bn) on the money markets on Wednesday morning. There was plenty...

The Reed Job Index of online job postings rose by 9{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the same quarter in 2011, suggesting a solid underlying economic recovery. The UK labour market is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Reed Job Index. Vacancies increased...

Recent data showed that the German economy, the biggest in Europe, contracted by 0.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 and the latest output and orders data suggest little improvement can be expected in the first quarter.  he year-on-year comparison showed that there were 550,000 more workers in...

The UK economy has shown a few signs of improvement in the first three months of this year, following a recent report from the British Chambers of Commerce. The British Chambers of Commerce had previously warned of “stagflation”. The group expects economic growth of 0.3{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} in the first quarter of...

April 1st 2012 marks six months since the controversial Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) came into force. Although the new rules have created significant bureaucracy and cost for the UK’s £25 billion recruitment industry, the demand for temporary and contract staff has remained strong and looks set to grow over...

rits are losing valuable days of annual leave because they’re too anxious to take the time off that they’re entitled to. New research by travel comparison website TravelSupermarket has found that only 75 per cent* of all full-time British workers took their entire holiday entitlement over the past 12...

More than six in 10 (61{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e}) senior HR executives report that their organisations regularly award promotions to top performers without giving commensurate salary rises, finds new research.  The most common reason given is that organisations have a salary rise freeze in place (40{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e}) but companies and their employees also...

A recent survey has found that 86 percent of businesses globally have a process to capture talent analytics data but less than half indicated they used the information to make informed business decisions. These findings are revealed in SHL’s annual Global Assessment Trends Report 2012. This highlights the need...