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Labour Market news in the UK | Page 9

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

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
PwC received 24,000 applications for graduate scheme Consulting firm PwC has received a record high of 24,000 applications for its graduate scheme – 66 a day. This is a 66% increase in applications compared to last year that followed PwC’s doubling of its graduate places. Not only London
29 August 2014
Analysis Group: Vancouver Energy project adds 2 billion According to an economic impact assessment from US consulting firm Analysis Group, the ‘Vancouver Energy project’ will provide a major boost to employment, adding more than 1,000 new full-time jobs and $1.6 billion in labour income duri
29 August 2014
KPMG partner: UK becoming talent magnet within EU The UK is gradually becoming a magnet for talent from all over Europe, expects Bernard Brown, Partner and Head of Business Services at KPMG. According to Brown, the large influx of talent from all over Europe is the logical consequence o
14 August 2014
BDO: Demand for talent at highest level since 1998 The war for talent is quickly picking up, according to a new research report from accounting- and consulting firm BDO. Hiring intentions among UK businesses have risen so strongly over the past months,&
13 August 2014
Mercer: Expat assignments highly valued by multinationals The number of expat-assignments will rise in the coming two years; this follows Mercer’s international investigation. Mainly this can be ascribed to the global economic recovery, and the international mismatch between
05 March 2014
Resources: LinkedIn increasingly important for jobhunters A generation ago, job ads were the way to find jobs. Then it was online advertising boards.
06 February 2014
Bain: Househusbands relatively satisfied with careerchoice By the beginning of this week it was 'International Men's Day' . Because of this men's day, advisory firm Bain & Company together with JUMP investigated how men that engage in more household activities than their w
21 November 2013
Aon Hewitt slashes 45 jobs in the United Kingdom Aon Hewitt, the HR service provider or risk advisor and insurance broker Aon, has announced that it is going to slash 45 jobs in the United Kingdom. In a press release Aon announces that it will merge its benefits administration and HR business
15 November 2013
Ecofys: Energy efficiency creates millions of jobs Greater energy efficiency not only boosts the realization of sustainability goals, but also can provide a mega boost to the economy.
01 October 2013
Roland Berger expects 75.000 layoffs in automotive sector The automotive industry will lose more than 75.000 jobs in the next few years. That is concluded by strategy consulting firm Roland Berger in a market study on the future of the car industry. Thei
12 March 2013
Grant Thornton: Female managers in UK losing ground The past 12 months, women have taken the lead in some of the toughest economic and political environments: Christine Lagarde became the first female to head the International Monetary Fund, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has emerged as the key figure
08 March 2013

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