Jobs
UK wage growth remains sticky despite cooling jobs market
UK wage growth appears stuck in the 4.5-5% area, despite falling private sector employment and lower vacancy rates. Further declines in wage gr
UK jobs market in spotlight after Reeves’s tax rises on…
For the past few years only cursory attention has been paid to the unemployment figures because the jobless rate has been low and there have been plenty of unfi
UK unemployment rises as pay growth slows
The UK’s jobs market has shown further signs of cooling after a rise in unemployment in September while pay growth slowed.Figures from the Office for National
Unemployment and wages rises as ‘cracks show’ in UK jobs…
About Oliver Haill Oliver has been writing about companies and markets since the early 2000s, cutting his teeth as a financial journalist at Growth Compan
Northern Ireland jobs market shows signs of weakening
It comes as a monthly survey by Ulster Bank suggests Northern Ireland's private sector continued to grow strongly last month.Every month the bank asks firms acr
Keir Starmer blunder as unemployment surges to 4.3% after Labour…
The rate of UK unemployment rose to 4.3% in the three months to September, up from 4% in the three months to August, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) ha
The jobs nobody wants to do – but pay £53k…
PEOPLE without a degree can earn over £53,000 a year if they are willing to take on an unpopular job.If it's a job that few are interested in doing, then the c
St Giles Hospice Lichfield to cut 21 jobs and eight…
Thousands of people are treated by the hospice's at-home scheme, which could become harder to access as a result of the cuts."By having to reduce our services w
Boost for UK clean energy growth as PM arrives at…
Prime Minister arrives at COP29 with major boost for industry to invest in clean supply chains British manufacturing win with blade factory in Hu
UK jobs numbers: Dovish surprise?
7:00 am GMT tomorrow welcomes UK employment data for September. Expectations heading into the event show economists forecast regular pay (excl
H&M to close Edinburgh call centre with 150 job losses
Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes previously urged the company to avoid redundancies if they decided to close the centre.She met senior management and asked the
