Gordon Brown has yet to win over the UK workforce, despite being seven months into his tenure, says new research from leading recruiter Adecco today.

With the Prime Minister having already weathered the storm surrounding the collapse of Northern Rock and a party donations scandal, a poll of more than 1,000 UK workers reveals that the vast majority of employees are uncertain as to Brown's business credentials, and are split over his ability to have an impact on the UK labour market, either good or bad.

While some 30% of respondents believe that Mr Brown will be more sensitive to UK commercial performance than former PM Tony Blair, a comparable 22%, stating that the Prime Minister was not likely to echo Blair’s industrial success. The overall vote is perhaps most telling however, with 48% of surveyed workers sitting on the fence over Brown's abilities in the commercial arena.

Further questioning revealed the following:
• Only 16% of workers said that the PM would play a positive role in reducing the burden of income tax on employees
• 55% of workers were unable to tell if Mr Brown would be able to help improve competitiveness and performance of UK PLCs
• 26% said that the Prime Minister would help UK business innovate better during his time at Number 10. Some 29% of workers said that he would help UK business to  improve skills and training programmes.