John Lynes was one of the first to notice when companies slowed hiring. His recruitment firm, Ashdown Group, was seeing 100 applicants per job at the start of the year. Now he sees 150 on average – a 50pc rise.
EXCLUSIVE: The latest job market findings will be some comfort to the Bank of England with a sustained easing of wage pressures meaning less pressure to hike interest rates again, an expert has said.
British employers cut their hiring of permanent staff via recruitment firms for the first time in nearly two years in October as the country s political upheaval added to concerns about the economy,