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Advertised UK salaries improve annually for the first time since 2015

Wages

11 January 2018

10 January 2018

Contractor demand stumbles as employers lock in talent

Professional recruitment firms reported that overall vacancy numbers for contract roles dipped by 9 percent in November 2017, while demand for permanent professionals remained largely...

10 January 2018

Minimum wage 20th birthday sees growing gap

Minimum wage would now be a whopping £12.74 if it had kept pace with chief executive pay, GMB analysis shows. On the eve of the...

9 January 2018

Half of employees looking to move jobs in 2018

Poor management is the biggest driver of discontent, with 49 percent of employees citing it as a reason they would seek a new job. 44...

9 January 2018

Many FTSE bosses already earned average salary this year

Modest restraint by company boards saw FTSE 100 CEO pay fall last year but the pay gap between the top and average worker remains wide....

8 January 2018

Flexible working could be more important than financial incentives

New research from HSBC[i] has highlighted that flexible and remote working practices are more likely to motivate staff and increase workplace productivity than financial incentives....

8 January 2018

Total pessimism for economic conditions in 2018

Not one of the 200 employers polled for this month’s survey thinks economic conditions will be less challenging in 2018 than in 2017. The latest...

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Struggle to find skilled people continues

Skills Shortage

7 January 2018

7 January 2018

Job seekers want full time jobs as part-time loses appeal

The combination of Britain’s jobs boom and Brexit uncertainty may have prompted millions of jobseekers to look for full-time, rather than part-time or temporary work....

6 January 2018

Director remuneration more aligned, but dissent grows

Nearly a third of companies in the FTSE 350 have introduced or increased shareholding requirements for CEOs. More than half of FTSE 350 businesses introduce...

6 January 2018

UK managers deliver gloomy outlook for 2018

CMI, the only chartered professional body for leadership and management, surveyed more than 1,000 managers from across the private, public and charity sectors on their...

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Poor management in the UK is why nearly half of leavers depart

Recruitment

5 January 2018

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