germany s public transport network will be at a near stand still today as two of the country s largest unions strike in an ongoing dispute over pay. workers walked out shortly after midnight for 2h hours. two of the country s largest unions which are demanding significant pay rises for their workers want to increase the pressure on employers ahead of another round of negotiations. there ll be all but no trains, planes or ferries in operation after workers walked out, and motorists have been warned that staff who maintain motorways and repair road damage after accidents are also on strike. damage after accidents let s are also on strike. talk about the impact of all let s talk about the impact of all of this. joining me now is christian schulz, deputy chief european economist at citi. they seem huge. what sort of impact will the strikes today across germany? impact will the strikes today across germany? well, good morning- across germany? well, good morning. everything
job vacancies in the uk have fallen for the eighth time in a row as companies blamed economic pressures for holding back on hiring new staff, according to official figures. joining me now is michael stull, director at manpowergroup uk, a global employment firm. michael, welcome to you. thanks very much things are. tell us about the skill shortage is where it lays. about the skill shortage is where it lays. certainly. so, when you where it lays. certainly. so, when you look where it lays. certainly. so, when you look at where it lays. certainly. so, when you look at the - when you look at the manpowergroup survey use the a out of ten employers really struggling to find the skills they need, and when you think about that and put it back into the context of where we were pre pandemic, which was a very tight labour market, we were looking at half of that number, and, so, you can see that this is really one of our biggest imperatives business imperatives business imperatives busi