... but unable to claim benefit. This took the unemployment rate up to 5.1%, compared with 4.7% in February last year. These figures may ... mid-1980s. Another important point is that the total employment level is up 147,000 on last year to 28.84 million, the highest since ...

... group for jobs in the wake of a rise in the unemployment rate to 2.5m, or from 3.9% to 7.5% of the workforce. That is double the fall of employment in the last recession and five times larger than the previous ...

... months to June. The drop of 57,000 means that the jobless rate now stands at 4.4% – its lowest since 1975. At 75.1% the proportion of ... been since 1971. Kevin Green, CEO at the Recruitment & Employment Confederation, said today’s figures indicated that the UK jobs ...

... to May’s Report on Jobs, produced by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and professional services firm KPMG. The report ... for a 43rd consecutive month in May. Furthermore, the rate of deterioration accelerated to the sharpest since July 2006. Only 13.6% ...

... 2017 FAST 50 grew by an average compound annual growth rate of 43%, marginally down from the 44% seen in 2016. The results are based ... it is also one of the most fragmented. Research by the World Employment Confederation (previously Ciett) suggests there are 18,000 ...

... that the deduction was made, an investigation by NMW and Employment Agency Standards teams found the average hourly pay rate of these workers was brought below the NMW and therefore breached NMW ...

... two-thirds of firms have over 50 employees and the success rate here was similar - six from 66. Margin breakdown in more detail ... supply after subtracting payroll and other ’temp’ employment costs. The mix of business between temporary and permanent ...

... used its membership of recruitment network group TEAM (The Employment Agents Movement) to source candidates for permanent roles which ... have clear policies on pay structure were looking at what rate “they could get away with today”. Where it has happened, the ...

... where the margin reflects the difference between the charge rate and those temporary employment costs. That is why gross profit (net fees) per employee is such a ...

... services increased marketshare again, but at a slower rate. Public sector business was mixed, with several companies increasing ... supply after subtracting payroll and other ‘temp’ employment costs. The mix between temporary and permanent placements influences ...