Global manufacturing executives rank the UK as one of the top destinations for future profit growth, ahead of established manufacturing economies such as Japan and Germany, and high growth economies like India and Brazil. KPMG’s…
The Report on Jobs: North contains original data from the survey of recruitment and employment consultants in the North of England. The report is designed to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to labour market…
The Report on Jobs: South contains original data from the survey of recruitment and employment consultants in the South of England (excluding London). The report is designed to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to…
The latest statistics on administration appointments, issued by the Insolvency Service today, reveal that in the first quarter of 2013 appointments are down 28% on the previous year. Retail administration appointments are hugely down –…
The Leeds Office Agents’ Forum (LOAF) has released its quarterly take-up figures for the Leeds office market which, for the first three months of 2013, show a healthy improvement in activity compared with the same…
KPMG still has a limited number of places available on its ground-breaking School Leaver Programme in the region. The firm’s six year programme offers a highly attractive combination of paid work experience, a university degree…
The number of people placed in permanent jobs by recruitment consultancies in the South of England increased for the eighth month in a row in March. The rate of expansion slowed from February’s four-month high,…
Permanent staff placements in the North of England rose during March, extending the current expansionary sequence to seven months. However, the rate of increase was only modest and the slowest in that sequence. At the…
UK retail sales values were up 1.9% on a like-for-like basis from March 2012, when they had risen 1.3% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 3.7%, against a 3.6% rise…
The number of people placed in permanent jobs by recruitment consultancies in the South of England increased for the seventh month in a row in February. The rate of expansion recovered from January’s marginal pace,…