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Businesses unhappy over draft plan to curb EU migration
Migration proposals from the government, including a maximum two-year residency for low-skilled EU migrants and up to five years for high-skilled professionals have been criticised by business leaders.
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Survey finds more jobs but fewer candidates
A steep fall in the number of applicants for job vacancies last month resulted in UK employers being able to take on new staff at the slowest rate in more than a year.
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Building the workforce of the future
The afternoon of Relocate’s Festival of Global Mobility Thinking welcomed an interactive afternoon panel, which discussed mobility’s widening role and responsibility in developing and enabling future talent for the sector.
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David Sapsted Collected Articles - August 2022
Former chief reporter at The Times and news editor and New York correspondent for The Telegraph among other journals, David Sapsted writes sharply observed news for Relocate. These are his collected articles from June 2022 - on topics from the trial of a four-day week in the UK to the return of UK business confidence.
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Labour shortages still affecting businesses
New research has shown that three-quarters of UK businesses have been adversely affected by labour shortages over the past year.
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Developing the next generation of creative global leaders
Arts are considered a central part of education from an early age at ACS International Schools. By training pupils to think critically the school aims to train the next generation of creative leaders.
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Record number of techies and engineers denied UK visas
More than 1,600 IT specialists and engineers from outside the EU were denied visas to work in the UK between December and March because of the cap on the number of skilled workers allowed to enter the country.
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Call for fast-track visas for tech talent
Skills shortages means competition for technology and fintech talent is fierce so business leaders are calling for fast-track visas for tech individuals after Brexit.
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Still more UK jobs than there are jobless
The number of job vacancies in the UK declined marginally in August for the second month in a row, although the total of openings still exceeded the number of people registered as unemployed.
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Boosting bandwidth: upgrading global tech-talent strategies
The figures are brutal: by 2026, the current global shortage of software engineers will have grown by more than 545,000. How can global economies and employers fill the gap? David Sapsted reports.
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Business gives immigration plan mixed reception
Business chiefs have given a curate's egg reception to the Migration Advisory Committee's (MAC) recommendations, regarding some parts as good and some not.
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Javid orders review of skilled visa salary threshold
The proposed salary thresholds for skilled migrant workers coming to the UK after Brexit is to be reviewed after objections from employers across the country.
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Gearing up to realise AI’s productivity gains
Artificial intelligence once more grabbed the headlines in November when the UK government hosted the first international AI safety summit. Attracting political and business leaders from across the globe, it generated warnings aplenty about threats to security, privacy, employment and even the continued existence of humanity itself, reports David Sapsted.
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How do we prepare young people for 2030 and beyond?
The Global Education and Skills Forum (GESF) threw delegates unapologetically into the future to understand the skills needed by 2030.
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Recruiters say more access to foreign skills is vital
The next UK government must adopt a liberal immigration policy if businesses are to overcome the “ever-shrinking” pool of indigenous talent, according to the REC.
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UK skills gap: relax visa rules, says bosses
The record number of job vacancies in the UK is leading to mounting pressure from business leaders for a relaxation of post-Brexit immigration regulations to enable more foreign workers to enter the country.
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Staff shortages ‘curbing UK business activity’
More than three-quarters of UK businesses are experiencing reduced output, profitability or growth because of skills shortages, according to a new survey.
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Why does the tech industry still have a gender imbalance?
New analysis by Forward Role highlights the gender disparity in the tech industry and offers insights into why it is still male-dominated and how educators and employers can change this.
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Businesses call for visa action over vacancies
To the consternation of British business leaders, official figures this week have shown that there are still more than a million job vacancies in the UK economy.
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The big business people agenda for 2020
What themes will business face in 2020 - from the urgent need to adapt to change and demonstrate purpose to reskilling staff and injecting diversity and fresh talent into the workforce?
