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Unemployment: Lessons from history
Stumbling and Mumbling chart below puts today’s unemployment data into long-term historical perspective. Using Bank of England data, it shows the unemployment rate since 1855. What stands out here is that a highish rate of joblessness is quite normal. It is the 1945-73 period of full employment (for men!) that is historically odd, not today’s … Continue reading
Neet – not in work or education – On the rise in UK
More of England’s teenagers are leaving education without a job, government statistics show. Annual figures show that last year 8.1% of 16 to 18-year-olds were not in education, employment or training (Neet). That is up from 7.5% in 2010. There was also a slight fall in in the proportion of teenagers in full-time education, which … Continue reading
UK | Apprenticeship | School work placements boost success
A meaningful work experience placement while still at school is crucial to a successful apprenticeship, says Ofsted. The education watchdog wants schools to organise better placements and the government to develop stronger careers guidance for over-16s in England. In a report, it says official figures suggest around a quarter of the people who begin apprenticeships … Continue reading
UK | Vantec Europe to create 230 jobs
More than 200 jobs are to be created in Sunderland by a warehousing and logistics firm as part of a £22.5m investment. Vantec Europe is planning to invest in a 421,000 sq ft building at Turbine Business Park. The firm employs more than 800 people in the north-east of England and said it would create … Continue reading
North-East UK | 450 jobs go
MORE than 450 North-East workers were facing redundancy last night after another grim day for the regional economy. Two of the North-East’s major employers announced the bad news as an international think-tank said the spectre of a UK double-dip recession was now a reality. About 350 jobs are at risk at the Kerry Foods processing … Continue reading
Crawley | MP welcomes 500 new Tesco jobs
Crawley Observer – Henry Smith MP today welcomed the news that a new Tesco.com store is to be based in Crawley, creating 500 more jobs for the local economy. Henry commented: “As part of Tesco’s powerful economic stimulus announced earlier today, Tesco will be establishing a large new Tesco.com base in Crawley and creating 500 … Continue reading
Poverty in England: An interactive map
Want to see how poverty looks like relative to other districts ? The Gaurdian : Credit reference company Experian, besides supplying information to credit cards companies and banks, also provides data for the public sector – and has given us this data. It ranks every English local authority by a set of key poverty indicators… … Continue reading
Nottingham | Center Parcs village and 1,500 new jobs
NOTTS-based holiday village company Center Parcs is set to boost its profits and create 1,500 jobs when it opens its fifth site in Spring 2014. Work has finally started on building the new Center Parcs Woburn Forest in Bedfordshire, more than seven years after the site was first identified… via Go-ahead for Center Parcs village … Continue reading
UK | The Trouble With Apprenticeship – Do You Remember The Wolf Report ?
Apprenticeships face ‘identity crisis’, according to Forum of Private Business writes HR Magazine The Forum of Private Business yesterday warned a group of MPs that apprenticeships are facing an ‘identity crisis’, with business owners in certain sectors concerned that shorter schemes do not provide the same value as longer courses. The Forum’s senior policy adviser Alex … Continue reading
RSM to cut 300 jobs and close offices | Manchester Evening News – menmedia.co.uk
Accountants and business advisers RSM Tenon has signalled hefty job cuts and a series of office closures as it seeks to slash costs and return to profit. The firm, which employs more than 500 staff in the north west across offices in Manchester, Bolton, Rochdale, Chorley and Preston, aims to reduce its workforce of just … Continue reading
Signs of UK recovery may be exaggerated | Business | The Guardian
The GDP data revealed a worrying 5.6% decline in business investment in the last quarter of 2011 Let’s hope the euphoria that greeted last week’s economic data lasts longer than the cheers England’s footballers can expect this summer when the European championships get underway. There is nothing more traditional than football supporters putting hope ahead … Continue reading
Firms to be given £2,000 cash ‘reward’ for hiring ‘Neets’ after number of jobless young soars to record levels | Mail Online
Charities and businesses will be given cash incentives to get jobless under-18s ‘earning or learning’, Nick Clegg announced today. The Deputy Prime Minister hopes to defuse the ‘ticking time bomb’ of youth unemployment with a £126million scheme across England Organisations will receive up to £2,200 for every young person they help. They will receive an … Continue reading
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