Labour Market news in the UK | Page 8

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

The 25 most attractive UK business locations for FDI Foreign Direct Investment is a major component of delivering growth helping to drive GDP, foster innovation, enhance productivity and create jobs.
23 November 2015
Diversity is top workplace challenge, say consultants According to a survey held among business consultants, the growing diversity of today’s workforce – with individuals from different generations, gender groups and cultures increasingly working side-b
06 November 2015
Women on boards of FTSE 100 firms increases to 26% The number of women on boards in the UK has increased from 12% in 2011 to 26% this year.
04 November 2015
Mercer: 5 keys to helping reduce real life financial stress Life and work can be stressful, stress is bad for the human body, and bad consequently bad for achievement in work and life.
30 October 2015
Employing and training youth could generate 1.2 trillion Youth unemployment remains an issue across developed economies. In some, more than half of those aged 20-24 are not in employment, education or training (NEET).
26 October 2015
Mercer: Age friendly employers fill coming skill gaps Engaging retired workers to keep their day job will become increasingly important for organisations as the working age population greys further.
22 October 2015
10 consultants in Top 100 influential LGBT executives OUTstanding in Business and the Financial Times have released their ‘Top 100 most influential LGBT executives’ ranking.
21 October 2015
Mercer launches benefit engagement tool Harmonise Mercer has launched a tool that aims to help employees better manage their retirement and health goals. Engagement among workers remains low, as do retirement aims.
24 September 2015
UK takes more than a decade to again reach 2008 pay Pay is on the increase in real terms in the UK, up 2.8% on last year, research by Towers Watson shows.
22 September 2015
The 9 companies with the healthiest employees in UK Vitality and Mercer have unveiled their ‘Britain’s Healthiest Company’ ranking, which celebrates the organisations with the healthiest employees in the UK.
14 September 2015
Big Four EY joins REC Good Recruitment Campaign Accounting and consulting firm EY has joined the REC’s Good Recruitment Campaign, following the footsteps of other major employers such as PepsiCo, McDonalds, Mercedes-Benz, Santander and Royal Mail
14 September 2015
The evolution of talent and performance management In a series of four articles on Consultancy.uk, Angel Hoover, EMEA Regional Practice Leader Talent Management & Organizational Alignment at Towers Watson, reflects on key trends and developments in the human capital space. In this article Hoove
08 September 2015
Accenture: Labour agencies seeking improved metrics Many governments have employment programmes aimed at helping those temporarily between jobs and to measure the effectiveness of those programmes they have systems in place. Yet are these systems effective? In a recent survey, Accenture finds that a
03 September 2015
UK workforce dangerously reliant on older workers There’s been continued discussion about Britain’s ageing workforce and demographic time-bomb. What everyone does agree on is that the UK is dangerously reliant on older workers.
02 September 2015
PwC: More and more employees work outside of office The Millennial generation is causing dissonance in the expectations of many traditional employers, a recent survey from PwC shows.
31 August 2015
Accenture: Majority of UK graduates are underemployed UK graduates look at the employment world with rosy coloured spectacles. While 72% of 2015 grads expect to find full time work after graduation, only 58% of those graduating in 2013 and 2014 did so. Furthermore, of those that did find employment, 6
11 August 2015
Grant Thornton: Hotel sector to enter digital talent war The hotel industry will need to take up arms in the ‘digital talent war’ to develop innovative digital offerings to attract and retain customers and personalise their experience in the near term, res
27 July 2015
Capita: Three in four employees experience work stress Three in four UK employees are experiencing work related stress, with especially young employees affected, Capita’s latest employee survey shows.
20 July 2015
Strategy&: Dutch Chief Executives safer in their seats The percentage of changing/departing CEO’s in public Dutch organisations has in the past year declined 12%, the lowest level since 2000.
13 July 2015
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

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