Many people will be looking to the job markets in the New Year with a sense of trepidation. The most recent official figures show vacancies down 31.5% on a year ago. With unemployment expected to keep rising as the coronavirus crisis, lockdowns and Brexit hobble much of the economy, the competition for many roles is…
A new multi-billion-pound support package aimed at helping the long-term unemployed fire up their job search and return to work has been announced. The nearly £3bn Restart scheme will give unemployed jobseekers out of work for 12 months or more intensive support to find jobs in their local area, and break down any employment barriers…
The third national lockdown for working parents means schools in England and Scotland will be closed until the February half-term at the earliest. After weeks of indecision, prime minister Boris Johnson finally took the decision to close schools in England, alongside other national lockdown measures, last night. Although medical experts insist that children generally don’t…
Can I work from home? Am I allowed to go to work? Can I still have a bubble? A breakdown of the new lockdown restrictions across the UK. Britain will return to many of the toughest restrictions imposed in March as the new variant of coronavirus spreads rapidly nationwide. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that…
Following the latest Small Business National Lockdown announcement, we round-up the COVID-19 support available in the UK – including the new measures After announcements from Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon, England and Scotland have gone into lockdown. Wales has been in lockdown since December 20. To support businesses through this period, chancellor Rishi Sunak has…
A four day working week in the public sector would create up to half a million new jobs and help limit the rise in unemployment expected over the coming months, according to research by the progressive thinktank Autonomy. Amid concerns that the jobless total is set to rise sharply as the Treasury’s furlough scheme is…
Data has revealed that there are significant variations between the UK’s cities and towns when it comes to office workers returning and economic recovery. And business leaders are being advised to rethink the role of the office. The Centre for Cities think tank, which uses anonymised mobile phone data to track footfall, found that smaller…
More than 60,000 Hertfordshire jobs could be lost in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic – leaving the county with a ‘jobs problem’ for the first time in a generation. Until the start of the pandemic, jobs in the county had been relatively easy to find, with unemployment levels running at around two per cent….
Bim Afolami MP has called on the businesses of Hitchin and Harpenden to sign up to the government’s new ‘Kickstart’ scheme for young people. Under the Kickstart Scheme, that looks set to launch next December, employers that sign up will be able to offer youngsters who are claiming Universal Credit a six-month work placement that…
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