Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered Labour’s first Budget in 14 years, announcing £40bn of tax rises, Central London Alliance comments
Indeed: Global interest in UK jobs post-Brexit lifts to pre-pandemic levels June 17, 2021 Searches from across the world for UK-based jobs have returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to jobs site Indeed, as international workers eye easing travel restrictions. The UK’s new points-based immigration system has seemingly drawn in interest for its higher-paid jobs post-Brexit after Indeed’s new job rates slumped in the height of pandemic uncertainty. As the government [...]
Belfast boost: PwC to create 800 new jobs in Northern Ireland’s capital June 16, 2021 Professional services giant PwC plans to create close to 800 new jobs in Belfast. The 771 posts are part of a £40m investment in the company’s new Advanced Research and Engineering Centre, which will open in the city next month. The jobs will be created over the next five years. The new centre is part [...]
UK unemployment rate falls to 4.7 per cent as lockdown easing spurs hiring June 15, 2021 Britain’s unemployment rate fell to 4.7 per cent between February and April, official figures showed this morning. The rate of employment in the UK increased for the sixth consecutive month in May, with the number of payrolled employees rising by 197,000 to 28.5m. It is however 553,000 below pre-pandemic levels, where the largest falls in [...]
Whitehall shakeup: 22,000 roles may be moved out of London and external candidates for senior roles June 15, 2021 The government will today launch a reform programme that will see wide-scale reforms to the civil service, with jobs being moved out of Whitehall and senior jobs open to external candidates. The reforms include moving 22,000 civil servant roles outside of London by 2030, including 50 per cent of senior servant roles, and advertising all [...]
Rishi Sunak not expected to alter furlough scheme despite Freedom Day delay June 14, 2021 Rishi Sunak not expected to alter furlough scheme despite 'Freedom Day' being scrapped
Accountancy firm Azets to create 650 new UK jobs over the next year June 14, 2021 Accountancy company Azets has today announced a national recruitment drive which will see 650 new jobs being created in the UK over the next year. The roles will cover all levels from assistant right through to partner across a range of service lines including audit and assurance, corporate finance, and tax. “We have just recruited [...]
Goldman Sachs orders US employees to declare their vaccination status June 10, 2021 Goldman Sachs has sent a memo to staff ordering them to report their Covid-19 vaccination status, ahead of a return to the office. The bank gave its United States employees a deadline of noon on Thursday to declare whether or not they have been vaccinated against Covid-19. In a memo first reported in The New [...]
Time off work for mental health surges during UK coronavirus lockdowns June 9, 2021 The number of fit to work notes issued by doctors for mental health reasons spiked during both UK lockdowns in 2020, according to a new analysis of NHS data. In the midst of the first lockdown in May 2020, 42 per cent of fit notes issued by doctors were for mental health reasons, up from [...]
UK to see ’employment boom’ as lockdown restrictions ease June 8, 2021 Employers plan a huge recruitment drive, fuelled by the easing of lockdown restrictions, according to a new report out this morning.
Employment tribunals: Age discrimination cases up by 74 per cent in a year June 3, 2021 The number of age discrimination complaints to employment tribunals increased by 74 per cent in the last year, according to new research shared with City A.M. today. Based on tribunal statistics data from the Ministry of Justice, digital community Rest Less found that the number of receipts under the jurisdiction of age discrimination in employment [...]