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Medical Affairs – UK Life Sciences Labour Market Trends, April 2024
With the slump in the pharmaceutical sector set to continue, the long-awaited reforms to the MHRA have yet to materialise. As a result, drug approval in the UK lags behind the EU, further depressing the sector. 2023 seems to be the low point in that there has been an uptick in Q1 so far, and if this continues, it will increase by 9.1% this year compared to last. The recovery has been in London specifically, with volumes up 26.1% on last year.
Tax – UK Finance Labour Market Trends Report, April 2024
The Government’s Spring 2024 budget has changed the shape of taxation in the UK for high net-worth individuals who are not UK-domiciled. The implications of this change are yet to be seen properly; therefore, when looking at the recruitment patterns, we are forecasting an increase in tax vacancies this year compared to last year’s 32% in London, and 46% regionally.
South West – UK Regional Labour Market Trends, April 2024
After the technical recession in 2023, which led to vacancies dropping in the region compared to 2022, we have seen a bounce back in Q1 so far, culminating in an uplift of 7.6% which compares favorably to the national figures (+5.4%.) As a result, the region now accounts for 6.7% of the national total in terms of vacancies, up from 5.8% in 2022.
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Vacancysoft & Apsco Report Featured In The Medical Plastics News
We are delighted to announce that Life Sciences - Report we published together with Apsco has been featured in the Medical Plastic News. Please see the following link for the full article. Every day Vacancysoft monitors careers center on thousands of company web...
Vacancysoft & Apsco Report Featured In EPM Magazine
We are delighted to announce that Life Sciences - Report we published together with Apsco has been featured in EPM Magazine. Please see the following link for the full article. Every day Vacancysoft monitors careers center on thousands of company web sites and gathers...
Vacancysoft & APSCO Report Featured In Contractor UK
We are delighted to announce that the Regional Trends Report – 2018 in Review we published together with Apsco has been featured in the Contractor UK. Please see the following link for the full article. Get a copy of this report here. Every day Vacancysoft monitors...
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Labour’s tax dilemma
The impact of the budget on tax recruitment is apparent. March 2024 was the record month for tax vacancies going back to January 2019, beating even the peak post pandemic months in 2021. At the same time, in a recent report featured in Bloomberg, the UK is set to see 9,500 millionaires repatriate away, which is more than any other country globally, with the exception of China.
Retail slumps to four year low
With the general election looming, increasingly the question is becoming one of judgement. Who do we trust to represent the country and with that, the economy? The UK economy is consumption led, meaning that what happens in retail and consumer goods and services, is significant, when looking at economic activity. With that, in what is turning out to be a spectacular own goal, the Government’s ill fated ‘tourist tax’ on retail (not allowing VAT rebates on shopping) is starting to be felt amongst retailers.
Sunak’s bitter poison pill
For the UK Pharmaceuticals industry, the headwinds are real. The post pandemic hangover, at first caused by clinical trials being delayed on approval, so that COVID-19 related drugs could be prioritised meant that as the pandemic subsided, the pipeline of other drugs going to clinical trials had slowed to a trickle. The MHRA was supposedly tasked with creating a fast track regime to overcome this, equally even now, the EMA is approving drugs faster. Hence for pharmaceuticals companies looking at where they should organise trials, the UK is as a result, less attractive.
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On Tuesday 24th October, 12 pm APSCo hosted the webinar ‘Using Vacancy Data to Improve Key Account Management & Profitability’ with James Chaplin, CEO of Vacancysoft. Play the webinar recording.
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On Tuesday 24th October, 12 pm APSCo will be hosting the webinar 'Using Vacancy Data to Improve Key Account Management & Profitability' with James Chaplin, CEO of Vacancysoft. This presentation will help businesses with a key account model to better manage their...
Vacancysoft team proud to take part in a charitable business run!
We are happy to announce that Vacancysoft team took part in Warsaw Business Run! The event was aiming to support disabled people. 4285 people took part this year. There was 308449 polish zloty collected. We are extremely proud that we were a part of this great event....
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