Retail recruiting positive for first time since 2004, says CBI

The balance of retailers who were recruiting more staff in May was the strongest (+12%) in any month since February 2003, reveals the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI’s) ‘Distributive Trades Survey’, conducted across the first two weeks of May.
Wed, 30 May 2012
The balance of retailers who were recruiting more staff in May was the strongest (+12%) in any month since February 2003, reveals the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI’s) ‘Distributive Trades Survey’, conducted across the first two weeks of May.

Overall, the proportion of retailers who added to their headcount in May was 12...

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