South African finance minister Pravin Gordhan has called on the private sector and civil society to do their bit to make the economy grow and create jobs.
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The National Minimum Wage (NMW) is set to rise to £6.50 an hour from its current rate of £6.31, an above inflation increase of 3%.
Technical and engineering staffing solutions provider NES Global Talent has launched a company-wide global graduate scheme.
A new government-backed business park in Burnley, Lancashire, is expected to support the creation of more than 1,400 jobs in the area.
Capita, the provider of business process management and integrated professional support service solutions, says that operating profit and margin for year-end 31 December 2013 rose by 11% to £516.9m (2012: £466.7m).
Impellam, the outsourcing and staffing specialist company, saw global revenues fall by 0.4% to £1.206bn for the year-end 27 December 2013, compared with £1.211bn in 2012.
Unemployment in France and Germany rose at the start of 2014.
Global recruiter Hays unveiled plans to hire up to 200 consultants across its UK and Ireland business this year, its biggest recruitment drive since 2007.
Global talent solutions company Hudson announced global revenue of $660.1m (£397m) for the year-end 31 December 2013, a decrease of 15.1% from 2012.
Interim results from Hays that came out yesterday [26 February] provide further evidence that an increasing number of recruitment markets are gradually improving. During the October to December quarter, group level net fee income (NFI) increased 2%. However, this headline number masks larger gains in certain key territories, notably the UK (+10%) and Germany (+6%).