Most employers in the East of England see a lack of talent and skills as the biggest of inhibitors to business growth, according multi-sector recruiter Cooper Lomaz’s Business Barometer.
The survey shows 42% of employers see the main problem to be the lack of talent and skills, followed by poor transport links (29%) and lack of investment (21.7%) as hindering growth.
Secondment of John Lewis employees at The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games(LOCOG) is already underway, according to the retailer.
Financial sector firms have put the brakes on hiring and are looking to cut headcount, according to the latest CBI/PwC ‘Financial Services Survey’.
The survey reveals the pace of growth in the UK financial services sector continued to slow in the three months to September.
Finance and office professional staffing specialist Parkside Recruitment has opened a new office on Baker Street in London.
Following its recent acquisition by global recruiter Antal International, Parkside has opened the office to complement its accountancy & finance and office professional teams in Uxbridge and Staines.
Online recruitment activity fell in September, according to the latest UK Monster Employment Index.
The index gave a reading of 135 in September, down from 138 in August. However September signalled a 3% annual rise in online job opportunities.
Strong international growth has helped global recruiter Robert Walters offset a fall in net fee income within the UK for Q3 on the same period last year, according to an interim management statement for the third quarter ended 30 September 2011.
The statement reveals:
Gear manufacturer David Brown Gear Systems will create around 80 new jobs at its Huddersfield factory having secured £4.8m in private and government funding.
A redevelopment of a former fabrication yard in Scotland could create up to 2,000 jobs, reports BBC News.
Energy company Global Energy Group has been given the go-ahead to buy the facility at Nigg in the Highlands, and will develop it as a service hub for the energy industry.
Online candidate-to-employer matching solution HireMatch.me is set to work with point-of-sale and promotional communications agency ADM Promotions.
ADM will identify key development areas among workers from HireMatch.me’s ‘Work Behaviour Assessment’ programme, developing hiring and training plans.
A Tesco ‘regeneration partnership store’ has opened in Sheffield, getting over 100 long-term unemployed back into work.