editor faisal islam. in kent, the fruits of economic recovery from the pandemic. here, the fruits of economic recovery from the pandemic. a huge backlog of building work, demand through the roof but spencer can t find the workers to fix them. definitely a major shortage of personnel. it s across the board labourers, bricklayers, carpenters, plasterers. how many applicants are you getting? to these works? yeah. none. none? none. today s job numbers show joblessness at 4.7% down again in the three months tojune, well below its pandemic peak last autumn. vacancies have never been higher at 953,000 in the quarter, or over one million in the single month ofjuly. by the end ofjune, the latest figures show there were 1.9 million jobs still on furlough.
of the pandemic. the number ofjob vacancies stood at a record one million in the three months tojuly, according to the official figures. much of the growth in jobs is in sectors previously hit hard during the lockdown, such as entertainment and hospitality. as our economics editor faisal islam reports, wages in those sectors are rising. in kent, the fruits of economic recovery from the pandemic. a huge backlog of building work, demand through the roof, but spencer can t find the workers to fix them. definitely a major shortage of personnel. it s across the board labourers, bricklayers, carpenters, plasterers. how many applicants are you getting? to these works? yeah. none. none? none. you are putting job adverts up and nobody is applying? no. not at all, no one. today s job numbers show joblessness at 4.7% down again in the three months tojune, well below its pandemic peak last autumn. vacancies have never been higher
in kent, the fruits of economic recovery from the pandemic. here, the fruits of economic recovery from the pandemic. a huge backlog of building work, demand through the roof but spencer can t find the workers to fix them. definitely a major shortage of personnel. it s across the board labourers, bricklayers, carpenters, plasterers. how many applicants are you getting? to these works? yeah. none. none? none. you are putting job adverts up and nobody is applying? no. not at all, no one. today s job numbers show joblessness at 4.7% down again in the three months tojune, well below its pandemic peak last autumn. vacancies have never been higher at 953,000 in the quarter, or over one million in the single month ofjuly. by the end ofjune, the latest figures show there were 1.9 million jobs still on furlough. a record in the number ofjob vacancies reflects what s going on notjust in construction but across the economy, especially those sectors
170 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, with an average of 93 deaths a day in the past week. 0n vaccinations, 89.6% of adults in the uk, have now had their firstjab, and more than 77% have had two jabs. the number ofjob vacancies stood at a record one million in the three months tojuly, with much of the job growth in sectors hit hard during the lockdown. but employers are finding it difficult to fill all the vacancies, despite rising wages. here s our economics editor, faisal islam. in kent, the fruits of economic recovery from the pandemic. a huge backlog of building work, demand through the roof, but spencer can t find the workers to fix them. definitely a major shortage of personnel. it s across the board. labourers, bricklayers, carpenters, plasterers. how many applicants are you getting?