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South – UK Regional Labour Market Trends, October 2023

South – UK Regional Labour Market Trends, October 2023

Comparing the South’s professional vacancies to the National total, while England and Wales as a whole are predicted to see a decrease, the South as a region could increase its market share, potentially reaching 29.8% in 2023 according to APSCo and labour market data analysts Vacancysoft.

Gaming – UK Tech Labour Market Trends, October 2023

Gaming – UK Tech Labour Market Trends, October 2023

The slowdown in the technology sector has generally also been felt in gaming, with this year being 55.8% down on last year. Nonetheless, 2023 is 31% up on 2019, showing the underlying trend is upward. As a result, Gaming has hit 5.4% of all vacancies across tech companies, up from 3.5% in 2019 according to the latest UK Technology Labour market trends report by Talent Alpha and market data analysts Vacancysoft.

FTC – UK Life Sciences Labour Market Trends, September 2023

FTC – UK Life Sciences Labour Market Trends, September 2023

Fixed-Term Contract Scientific vacancies remain relatively stable, maintaining a 5.3% share of all scientific vacancies. Equally, this represents the highest share observed since 2021, suggesting a continued demand for temporary scientific roles, despite a sharp fall in perm vacancies, according to the latest Life Sciences Labour Market Trends report with CPL and Vacancysoft.

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Vacancysoft & APSCo HR Trends Report featured in Onrec

Vacancysoft & APSCo HR Trends Report featured in Onrec

We are delighted to announce that the HR Trends Report we published together with APSCo has been featured in Onrec. Every day Vacancysoft monitors careers centres on thousands of company web sites and gathers links where there is change. These links are then...

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What would a united EU bourse mean for London?

What would a united EU bourse mean for London?

In what could become a landmark speech for Financial Services, Ursula von der Leyen has thrown down the gauntlet in a bid to create a new stock exchange to rival any in the world. Her plan, to unify the bourses of Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Madrid and Milan into one, would result in an exchange which would be the largest in Europe by some distance (including London) and be able to compete directly with New York, or anywhere else.

Post-Brexit and the future of UK Life Sciences

Post-Brexit and the future of UK Life Sciences

Whisper it quietly, but some of those benefits of leaving the EU are actually starting to materialize. For those in Life Sciences, new regulations taking effect have meant that the MHRA can now fast-track applications, where as a result, approvals can happen in certain instances, within 14 days.

Is London about to bounce back?

Is London about to bounce back?

As the dust settles on the decision to cancel HS2, while the political fallout may prove high across the regions, the economic consequences are still unclear. By the same token, what is clear is the fact that over the past five years, the trend of regionalisation has taken effect and increasingly, businesses are expanding teams away from the capital. In 2023 this trend has seen a high point, in the sense that 64% of all vacancies in the private sector can now be found outside the capital, up from 56% pre-pandemic.

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