Recruitment is expected to struggle in 2018, and Brexit could make it worse Almost two thirds of British employers believe that 2018 will see a shortage in valuable skills, which many expect to worsen after Brexit, according to a new recruitment study by specialists Robert Walters, Totaljobs and Jobsite. 65% expect the country to be put on the back-foot this…
read moreHow could businesses be affected post-Brexit? As Britain prepares to leave the European Union, Parliament needs to take the opportunity to further support small businesses, according to new statements. Responding to Treasury Select Committee Chair Nicky Morgan and Labour MEP Mary Honeyball’s concerns about potential changes to the way VAT is collected in the UK after Brexit, officials are being…
read moreBrexit will increase competition for well-qualified staff and make it more difficult to recruit senior staff. Those are the top-line findings of the latest CIPD/Hays Resouring and Talent Planning survey of over 1,000 HR professionals. The report reveals that some 72 per cent of HR professionals believe that competition for talent will increase over the next three years due to…
read moreBusinesses are more concerned about retaining and developing staff than the potential impact of Brexit, according to new research. Talent acquisition and management specialist Alexander Mann Solutions surveyed senior HR professionals, and discovered that almost a quarter of companies’ top priority was working out how to retain top staff, compared to 9% of firms focussing on what to expect when…
read moreCentral London has dropped to the third most expensive business travel destination according to a study by data specialists ECA International. Falling from second place last year, it has come as a surprise to experts expecting London to become a less favourable destination following last year’s EU referendum. The results show that the capital city was only just pricier than…
read moreUK business travel buyers are facing higher prices thanks to Brexit. Seven months to the day Britons voted in the European Referendum and less than a week since Prime Minister Theresa May set out her stall for a hard Brexit, a Business Travel Show poll has revealed that prices have already increased for 16% of corporate travel buyers in Britain.…
read morePhil Foster, Managing Director of business energy comparison site Love Energy Savings advises businesses on five things they need to know about the UK’s Brexit negotiation stance following Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech earlier this week 1 No single market membership Probably the most controversial aspect of May’s negotiation plan, although not unexpected, was the announcement that she intended to break…
read moreWith tensions rising in the lead-up to Brexit, recruiting site Glassdoor conducted a UK Employment Confidence Survey, which reveals that less than a third of employees (29%) are confident that the government can negotiate a favourable trade deal once Article 50 is triggered. The research was carried out to assess employee confidence in the government, their jobs and companies, and…
read moreWhile the jury is still out on the impact Brexit will have on the UK economy, Select Apartments, an independent serviced apartment provider, recently commissioned a survey to gain a better insight into how its customers are managing their businesses and what they are looking for from their business travel providers during these uncertain times. Commentators across the serviced apartment…
read moreDespite the majority of companies (82%) believing it is their duty to keep employees informed of the potential impact of Brexit on their organisations, few (11%) have started communicating openly, according to research by Mercer. The report, Planning for Brexit – Talent Implications, found opinions are divided on whether staff morale will suffer following Brexit, with 48% of respondents believing…
read moreThe professional jobs market has not been materially affected by the UK’s decision to leave the EU according to the most recent data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), with almost three quarters (74%) of recruiters reporting that business was the same or better than before the vote in the weeks following Brexit. When asked how business changed in…
read moreThe Business Visits & Events Partnership (BVEP) has extended the deadline for its industry survey as part of initial reviews being carried out by the Department of Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS). The BVEP will continue surveying the entire industry, at the request of Government, and reporting the results with one clear voice in representation of the industry’s interests. The…
read moreProfessional recruitment firms reported that vacancy numbers remained stable in the month following the EU Referendum, with 0.2% year-on-year growth in July 2016 according to new survey data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). This is in line with the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which reported in August that the overall employment rate was 74.5%…
read moreThe value of commercial space across the UK fell by 3.3% in July following the Brexit vote, with the City of London hit the hardest, according to the monthly index compiled by CBRE. In the City, office prices dropped by 6.1% following the vote to leave the EU. CNBC reports that this is proof of the area’s dependency on financial…
read moreUp-to-the-minute data from the UK’s largest job site, reed.co.uk, reveals that job opportunities across the country are up 8.2% on the same time last year. However, the monthly index fell by three points (1%) compared to June. Overall, the Reed Job Index for July stands at 289. The latest figures show that more than two-thirds of the nation’s employment sectors…
read moreEmployees in the UK are feeling pessimistic about the future because of the Brexit vote, a survey by the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, reveals. The survey asked more than 1000 working adults a range of questions, including how they felt about the future as a result of the UK’s vote to leave the EU. Overall,…
read moreThe UK’s decision to leave the EU has left many employees feeling vulnerable about their job security, a new CIPD survey has revealed. In response to the CIPD/People Management survey, 36% of employers said staff had expressed concerns about job security, while a further 36% of organisations said that non-UK employees had expressed concern about their continuing right to work…
read moreThis month, new research has revealed that 63 per cent of Brits are not aware of the EU EES, a new entry/exit system for the Schengen zone of the European Union, set to be implemented in October 2024. Under this new system, every UK citizen travelling to the Schengen area will be required to have their travel documents inspected and…
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