Almost a quarter (24%) of employers plan to award higher salaries for permanent positions in January 2015 than in November 2014, recent research by KPMG and the REC has been able to reveal.
The Report on Jobs paper also pointed out a decrease in candidate availability, and highlighted skills shortages in several areas, including HR, legal and project management.
The Mayor of London has revealed plans to invest millions of pounds into two new schemes designed to help speed up the delivery of new homes and improve affordable home ownership.
Shared ownership helps people on low to medium incomes own a home, requiring lower deposits, and will be given a further funding boost of up to £180m with The Mayor’s First Steps Challenge Fund.
The UK’s economy continued to grow over the three months to December, albeit at the slowest pace since 2013, recent figures published by the CBI in their latest Growth Indicator were able to reveal.
Solid, latest-generation time and attendance systems designed to streamline employee management and help firms save time and money on payroll will certainly become a must even for small and medium businesses as they manage to secure new contracts and go on hiring sprees.
One of the UK’s largest construction services firm has revealed plans to create over 5,000 apprenticeships over the next five years, a recent media news report into this matter was able to reveal.
The UK economy has recorded a stable rate of growth in the three months to November, figures obtained from the CBI’s latest Growth Indicator were able to reveal.
The survey of 742 businesses found that, overall, growth was slightly stronger in manufacturing, with output up in 15 of the 18 sub-sectors, as well as in the consumer & business professional services.
Despite the positive trend, rxpectations for growth are not as strong as earlier in the year but are well above their long-run average.
‘Project Jennifer’, the £150 million regeneration of Great Homer Street in Liverpool, has officialy started, a news report in the local business media was able to reveal.
As well as a 110,000 sq ft Sainsbury’s supermarket, the major regeneration project will bring 80,000 sq ft of retail, 900 free customer car parking spaces, a petrol filling station and homes.
The majority of firms involved in the construction segment, from SMEs to large contractors, reported an increase in activity over Q3, 2014, the latest survey by the Construction Products Association (CPA) was able to reveal.
A new housing development is set to be built in the north of Enfield as part of a collaborative project between the Enfield Council and Kier property, a recent news report in the local media was able to reveal.
The new development of 94 new residential homes will consist of 37 affordable homes and 57 private rented homes.