- 17 - 05 - 2012 Next-gen Vauxhall model creates 700 jobsAuto maker Vauxhall will create 700 new direct jobs in the production of its new next-generation Astra compact car at its Ellesmere Port, Cheshire facility. Production will start in 2015 on a three-shift model, with a minimum of 160,000 vehicles to be produced per year. The car will be produced at least “into the early [...]READ MORE
- 16 - 05 - 2012 Sickness accounted for 131 million working days lost in 2011 – but the number is falling, finds ONSApproximately 131 million working days were lost to sickness absence in 2011, a new report from the Office for National Statistics shows. This was a fall of 26% since 1993 (when 178 million days were lost) despite an increase in total employment from around 25 million people to about 29 million people. The amount of [...]READ MORE
- 16 - 05 - 2012 Leicestershire dole queue shrinksThe number of people claiming Jobseekers’ Allowance in Leicester and Leicestershire has fallen by 254 to 23,449, figures revealed today. The claimant count dropped by 226 to 10,386 in the county, while it fell by 28 to 23,063 in the city between March and April. Business leaders will see the figures as evidence that the county’s economy [...]READ MORE
- 15 - 05 - 2012 Precision attends the Leicester Tigers Player of the Year Awards 2012Precision recently attended the Leicester Tigers Player of the Year Awards at Welford Road. READ MORE
- 14 - 05 - 2012 The temp market shows a 33 per cent rise compared to 2011, says VennVenn Group has published a report identifying an upswing in hiring levels. The findings come in the first of a quarterly report which offers an overview on vacancy levels, average salaries and in demand skills across the UK. Overall, the company have found an increase in temporary hiring of 33 per cent across the first [...]READ MORE
- 14 - 05 - 2012 2011 was record year for aerospace and defence, PwC findsThe aerospace and defence industry experienced a record year in 2011 driven by a surging commercial aviation market, according to a PwC report. The Aerospace & Defence 2011 year in review and 2012 forecast report found that In 2011, the Top 100 A&D companies reported $677bn in revenue, a 5% increase compared to the previous year, and [...]READ MORE
- 09 - 05 - 2012 Most employers give agency workers 12-week rights from day one, report findsThe majority of employers give temporary workers the same basic conditions as permanent hires from day one of their assignments, despite not having to do so until the worker has spent 12 weeks in the same role. Under the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR), which came into force on 1 October 2011, temporary workers are entitled [...]READ MORE
- 09 - 05 - 2012 Temp and freelance work preferred by employees and organisationsResearch carried out among 3,000 UK organisations and employees has found 63 per cent of temporary workers actively choose not to take permanent opportunities. This finding was among many which illustrate the current state of temp and freelance working life emerging from Randstad’s recent Navigator research. And just as workers seems to want more temporary [...]READ MORE
- 08 - 05 - 2012 UK economy will return to growth in second half, says CBIThe UK economy will return to growth in the second half of 2012, with faster growth expected next year, the CBI business group has said. But the CBI cut its growth forecast for the whole of 2012 from 0.9% to 0.6%. Its revision was a “direct consequence” of data from the Office for National Statistics [...]READ MORE
- 08 - 05 - 2012 London decline as Midlands grows in Monster indexThe Midlands region was by far the strongest in terms of online job growth, while London was in negative territory for the first time since December 2009, reveals the Monster Employment Index (MEI) UK. The Midlands saw online opportunities up 15% year-on-year, with North England seeing 2% growth and East Anglia 1%, with the UK [...]READ MORE
