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UK CEOs concerned about soaring employee skill gap
The latest PwC CEO survey highlights the likelihood of skills shortages by 2022. The Open University focuses on the need for education. And Jaguar Land Rover invests in training for future generations.
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Make UK/PwC Survey – Manufacturers enter 2024 with increased optimism
Britain’s manufacturers are viewing the UK as a more competitive place to locate their activities compared to twelve months ago, with an increasing number believing they are moving ahead of their European rivals. Digital, green and going global are the major opportunities in the year ahead.
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Post-Brexit migration uncertainty ‘set to hit investment’
The director-general of the CBI has called for a controlled yet open migration arrangement between the EU and the UK to prevent further damage to investment in the UK, as a result of Brexit uncertainty.
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Visa system for foreign doctors branded as ‘madness’
A number the UK’s leading medical associations have called for a rethink to the current Tier 2 immigration system, in response to an increasing number of doctors being blocked from entering the country.
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UK should keep migrant salary threshold, says advisory report
The UK government's Migration Advisory Committee recommended retention of the controversial minimum salary threshold when it published its recommendations for a post-Brexit immigration system on Tuesday.
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Gender equality 4.0: From binary to balanced approaches
International Women’s Day 2017: Ruth Holmes asks Julia Howes, principal of strategic workforce planning and analytics at Mercer, how workplace trends, like automation, are likely to affect gender diversity.
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Effectiveness of new visa schemes questioned
Reservations over the long-term efficacy of two of the government's new visa routes into the UK are being voiced by business executives and an expert in immigration law.
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Which countries will attract UK businesses post-Brexit?
Cities in Europe and around the world have already begun competing for the attention of UK companies who are seeking to move all (or some) of their operations overseas in the wake of Brexit.
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REC data suggests further tightening of UK labour market
A study published this week by the Recruitment and Employment Federation highlights demand for staff reached a 21-month peak in May, while permanent candidate availability experienced its sharpest drop since August 2015.
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Brexit? See the bigger picture...
The road to Brexit is filled with “deep holes”, asserted Toby Peyton-Jones, HR director for UK and North-West Europe at Siemens. But the focus should be beyond Brexit.
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UK set to abolish cap on skilled migrant numbers
The UK government has published it's post-Brexit immigration policy white paper which does not set in stone the £30,000 minimum salary limit neither give details of target immigration levels.
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Manufacturers join calls for visa reforms
The UK's leading manufacturers' organisation has become the second major business group in a week to demand the next government relax immigration restrictions to enable companies to hire skilled foreign labour.
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UK immigration policy on ice: Will it see a spring thaw?
As the first frosts of winter arrived in the UK, so did data from the government’s statistical bureau that sent a shiver through some: in one year, net migration to Britain had soared to more than half a million – a figure unprecedented since records began in 1964. David Sapsted reports.
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Neurodiversity at Work: Professor Amanda Kirby
We talked to Professor Kirby author of Neurodiversity at Work: Drive Innovation, Performance and Productivity with a Neurodiverse Workforce, and discovered more about her passion for encouraging more neurodiversity in the workplace, and how organisations can help to make the recruitment process fairer and more equitable to encourage greater inclusivity.
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Data shows UK net migration driven by ‘real business need’
Breakdown of the latest Home Office net migration figures reveal the impact of Brexit and the growth in digitalisation on the UK labour market. Being ready and prepared to hire internationally is now an essential part of running a competitive business.
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Gender equality and allyship: actions to inspire inclusion in the workplace
Gender equality, flexibility, wellbeing and allyship are important ingredients in making the workplace better for women. On International Women’s Day, Fiona Murchie, managing director of Think Global People, facilitated a wide-ranging discussion on how to enhance the lives of women at work at our Think Global Women event at the Institute of Directors. Marianne Curphey reports.
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UK jobless total falls to lowest since 2006
The UK’s unemployment total has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade, according to official from the Office for National Statistics.
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Six megatrends changing the global workplace
A large international study of CEOs and HR managers identifies the key issues occupying business leaders' agendas. People strategies and talent shortages are their number one concern.
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Javid insistent that freedom of movement will end
All foreign nationals – including EU27 citizens – will require some form of “leave” to enter the country after Brexit, Home Secretary Sajid Javid has told MPs.
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Research pinpoints easiest places to find a job
Oxfordshire has been rated as the best area of the UK to find a job in an analysis by global jobs site Indeed.
