UK small business employment growth falls to lowest level in a year
Employment growth in UK small businesses has slowed significantly, according to new data from Employment Hero, with December's traditional hiring surge failing to materialise.
New report highlights UK jobs slowdown
The UK's employment landscape has shown signs of a significant slowdown over the last 12 months, a new report has found.
Big fall in UK employment confidence
New figures show that employment confidence has plummeted in the UK, with a sharp decline in hiring intentions for the third quarter of 2025.
UK hiring recession set to remain until the summer
With many businesses continuing to hold back on recruiting, the UK's hiring recession looks set to remain an issue until summer at the earliest.
UK hiring recession set to remain until the summer
With many businesses continuing to hold back on recruiting, the UK's hiring recession looks set to remain an issue until summer at the earliest.
The competitive edge
So-called 'emerging economies' might be closing the gap on Europe and the United States, but it when it comes to attracting capital, businesses, talent and tourists, cities in the United States and Western Europe are still ahead of the competition.
Sign of the times
It's sad sign of the times that greeting card manufacturer, Hallmark, has launched a range of cards intended to cheer up someone who has just lost their job.
Headhunters see surge in executive recruitment
If top-end executive recruitment is any sort of barometer of economic trends, then news that business is picking up for the world's headhunters is welcome sign that we are finally moving out of recession.
US companies plan to rebuild their workforces
More than half of the large American companies that reduced their staffing levels over the past year plan to rebuild their workforces to pre-recession levels by the middle of 2012.
Half of Americans hit by the recession
More than half of Americans have experienced some sort of work-related fallout as a result of the recession, a far greater proportion than those who appear in official statistics as out of work or under-employed.
A rough guide to the Euro debt crisis
Want to understand the not-so-looming debt catastrophe that Europe has got itself into? This gem courtesy of Australian-based satarist John Clarke hits the nail on the head.
Upsurge in executive jobs
Despite the continuing downturn, there are executive jobs out there - if you know where to look. One in five companies globally are creating new executive-level jobs while more than half are looking for new hires to fill existing roles.
Cautious optimism on US jobs outlook
For all the talk of an economic recovery, has the outlook improved as far as the jobs market is concerned? As far as many of America's CEOs are concerned, it seems that the jury is still out.
The intensification of ignorance
According to the hype of the past few years, the information revolution means we are better informed than ever before. But the reality is that computerisation based on bogus assumptions has led to an intensification and acceleration of ignorance.
The rise of the supercycle
The financial crisis that many believe we have just come through is one of those episodes in history after which nothing quite remains the same. The trouble is, policymakers and economists have fundamentally misdiagnosed their responses to it.
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