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Midlands – UK Regional Labour Market Trends, November 2024
The Midlands’ job market in 2024 mirrors the broader economic challenges facing the UK. Sluggish GDP growth and persistent inflation are influencing employment trends. While investment in infrastructure projects like HS2 supports Real Estate & Construction, Brexit and global market instability continue to impact export-focused sectors.
Northern England – UK Regional Labour Market Trends, October 2024
In the North East, the industrial and Engineering sector leads workforce growth, with a 22.4% year-on-year increase in vacancies, reaching nearly 1,197. This surge reflects rising investments in infrastructure and manufacturing, essential drivers of regional economic stability and development.
Switzerland – Life Sciences Labour Market Trends, October 2024
The Swiss life sciences industry, despite a challenging dip in job vacancies in 2023 (down by 31.4%), shows a robust rebound in 2024, with vacancies projected to rise by 24.1%. R&D roles have been notably active, reflecting global trends and a renewed push in innovation.
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City A.M.: Hiring for bankers reaches three-year high
City A.M. features Vacancysoft and Morgan McKinley data in a story about how hiring for bankers is at a three-year high in the United Kingdom. Read the full article here.
Business News Wales: Just 9% of new hires in edtech are academics
Vacancysoft and Robert Walters labour market data in Business News Wales shows how just 9% of new edtech hires are academics. Read the full article here.
City A.M.: Hiring for lawyers at highest since pre-pandemic
Vacancysoft’s labour market data features in a story in City A.M. about how hiring for lawyers is at its highest since before the pandemic. Read the full article here.
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How will the Budget impact the job market?
The first Labour Government in a generation, the biggest increase in taxes since 1993. A bold maneuver to bolster growth, or a misstep, which will cost Labour at the next election? The challenge facing policy makers is real. The size of the national debt is so large, that interest payments alone are now larger than the entire policing budget. And in order to prevent the national debt to stop increasing relative to GDP, the country needs annual growth of 2.5% or more.
What would a Trump win mean for the UK economy?
With one week to go, the election remains too close to call. With that, on November 5, the USA will vote and if Trump wins, there will be implications for the UK. Foreign policy is the one area where Trump has internationalists concerned, equally his primary gripe is that NATO members should be paying their way, and the USA is footing the bill for defense in Europe unnecessarily.
VC/PE Funding collapses in Q3
The quarterly funding data from Pitchbook has now been released, and for people in the IT community, it makes grim reading. The deal count in Q3 is down 43% compared to Q2 and deal values have shrunk by an even greater amount. Whilst the VC/PE backed start up community is a small fragment of the UK labour market, funding data is indicative of the wider prevailing economic trends.
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National 2021 Review: Vacancies reach all-time high as London dominates labour market with record 20k+ new jobs
New jobs in the UK reached record levels in 2021, with the TMT sector accounting for the most new vacancies in a year when remote working became the norm across British business, according to APSCo and Vacancysoft. Read the report now.
Record job growth in Irish life sciences driven by surge in biotech vacancies
Ireland’s life sciences industry is enjoying a record year of recruitment as it recovers from the effects of the pandemic and strengthens its reputation as a global pharmaceutical hub, according to new research.
London law firms in hiring surge with Clifford Chance leading pack
London’s legal firms went on an unprecedented hiring spree in 2021, with the number of fixed-term contract (FTC) roles in the capital also reaching all-time highs, new research shows.
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