Labour Market news in the UK | Page 10

An overview of news, trends and research in the category Labour Market in the UK:

BDO: Bristol is an exciting city for businesses to reside The Bristol region is an exciting place to do business, according to the majority of companies surveyed by BDO.
08 July 2015
KPMG: UK unprepared for future workforce challenges Many UK businesses are not sufficiently prepared for future workforce challenges, finds a recent poll by KPMG and the Corporate Research Forum.
06 July 2015
Apprenticeships a key part of business strategy in Bristol Apprenticeships form a key part of the business strategy for many companies in Bristol, research by BDO shows.
02 July 2015
Online talent platforms add 2.7 trillion to GDP by 2025 Using online talent platforms will ease current labour-market dysfunctions, making it easier to connect talent and jobs in the digital age, research by McKinsey & Company shows. According to the consulting firm, these platforms have the potenti
22 June 2015
PwC: CEOs see skills shortage as top threat to business Eighty-four percent of UK CEOs view the skills shortage as a threat to their business, research by PwC shows.
22 June 2015
PwC: Bonus free time worth more than cash in hand Most UK employees would prefer time for themselves over other work place benefits worth up to £500, a recent survey from PwC finds.
22 May 2015
UK leaders underestimate aging population, warns EIU The coming years will see changes in demographics as the European population ages. In a recent survey of European executives, UK respondents were found neither to be taking advantage of their opportunity to transform the
18 May 2015
KPMG: Connected cars to deliver huge UK jobs boost The development of connected and autonomous cars will deliver huge benefits to UK society and its economy, research by KPMG shows. The new cars are expected to boost the economy by £51 billion by 2030 and create 320,000 new jobs. According to
07 April 2015
UK managers earn 3.3 times more than employees The pay disparity between lower level workers and senior managers has increased in every region worldwide since the start of the global recession, with the UK no exception.
25 March 2015
PwC: Digital era shaping jobs and UK labour market The greatest increase in new UK occupation titles between 1990 and 2010 were in digital occupations, according to PwC, with the proportion of the workforce employed in occupations whose title came in
24 March 2015
Eastern Europe leads the way for women to the top Eastern European countries are leading the way in appointing female top executives, research by Grant Thornton shows, with Russia, where 40% of senior management roles are held by women, leading the
23 March 2015
Accenture donation helps secure 3,500 jobs in UK Consulting firm Accenture has reinforced its commitment to youth charity The Prince’s Trust by donating an additional amount of £200,000 – to be used for skills training for 7,000 young people in the UK. The training will be part
20 March 2015
Low oil price adds 91,000 jobs to UK labour market Oil prices of around $50 per barrel could boost UK GDP by 1% and employment with 91,000 by 2020, research by PwC shows. In its research, the consulting firm also looked into two additional scenarios, with oil prices of around $73 and $108, scenario
16 March 2015
Female role advancing in GCC family businesses Female participation in governance positions of a business has been shown to have positive results not only for diversity, but also for income growth.
12 March 2015
Consultancy Accenture supports Girl Geeks Campus Accenture has announced it is supporting the Girl Geeks Campus set up by Girl Geeks - a community that stimulates women to pursue a carrer in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
11 March 2015
UK ranks 14th in 2015 PwC Women in Work Index International Women’s Day celebrates the active role women play in the economics of making the world go round, yet it also highlights that while the plight for female equality is generally improving since the 2000s – there is
10 March 2015
Vitality and Mercer seeking Healthiest Company UK Vitality and consulting firm Mercer have launched 'Britain’s Healthiest Company', an initiative which aims at finding and celebrating organisations with the healthiest employees in the UK. The results of the challenge will
02 February 2015
McKinsey: Increase productivity to save global growth The world has enjoyed unprecedented economic growth since the 1950s, with the world economy growing six fold in the decades since 1964, boosted by a booming population and the development of highly productive technologies and practices. Demographic
02 February 2015
Deloitte: Close social gap or risk losing out on talent Millennials are less interested in profit and personal financial gain over social improvement and self-development, a recent global survey by Deloitte finds. Tomorrow’s leaders are looking for the business they work for to have a social purpo
02 February 2015
Capita & Barclays help young unemployed UK people Consulting firm Capita and banking company Barclays have joined hands to offer young unemployed people assistance in securing their first job. To do so, the two companies have set up a traineeship consisting of five weeks of training and six weeks
19 January 2015
Ashoka and Accenture launch new joint job initiative Accenture has signed a partnership with Ashoka, a global association of social entrepreneurs, to establish a joint job initiative: the Talent Growth Initiative.
12 January 2015
Towers: UK moves up European pay leagues in 2014 Wages of entry-level and middle manager professionals in the UK have increased in the past year, concludes research by Towers Watson, which resulted in the UK moving up the European pay ladder.
31 December 2014
Capgemini seeking Europeans for Latin America market Strong growth in the Latin American IT industry is not being met with an adequate local supply of skilled personnel.
08 December 2014
5 consulting firms named Champion in Social Mobility To battle the difficult social upward mobility path for young people, the UK Government has appointed 12 of UK’s best-known companies as ‘Champions in Social Mobility’.
25 November 2014
Deloitte: Robots threatening a third of UK workforce A recent report by Deloitte with the University of Oxford predicts that the robot revolution will displace almost 35% of UK jobs in the coming twenty years and around 30% of London based jobs in the same period. The UK and London are wel
11 November 2014
KPMG: UK is facing major skills shortage in construction The UK construction industry in London and the South East is facing a major skills shortage, according to KPMG and LCCI. For the period 2014-2017, an increase of 20% in required workforce compared
11 November 2014
KPMG: 22 per cent earns less than Living Wage in UK 22% of UK employees currently are earning less than Living Wage, a number that has risen slightly from the 2013 percentage, concludes KPMG in its new report.
05 November 2014
Boston Consulting Group: Top 10 countries to work in The US is the most attractive country for expats to move to, followed by the UK and Canada, concludes a report by The Boston Consulting Group and The Network. The research also shows that people living in the US and UK are the least eager to work a
21 October 2014
Ecorys: Innovative EU labour mobility scheme for youth The European Commission has hired consulting firm Ecorys to evaluate its recently launched labour mobility scheme for young people.
16 October 2014
Deloitte to double Cardiff workforce in three years Professional services firm Deloitte is working on plans to double its workforce in Cardiff, Wales, in the next three years, according to the Welsh platform Walesonline. Deloitte will do so by offering 500 extra jobs on top of its current recruitmen
19 September 2014
EY: Entrepreneurs optimistic, but fear shortage of talent Entrepreneurs have seen their businesses grow considerably over the past year and are optimistic about their future, according to a survey from accounting- and consulting firm EY.
16 September 2014
BCG: Labour mismatch risks 10 trillion of unrealised GDP The mismatch of labour in the world’s wealthiest countries will, in the coming decades, cost the society dearly. If countries such as the US, UK, Germany and Brazil do not manage to close the demand and supply gap, up to $10 trilli
08 September 2014

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