The jobs are back. There are a mass of open positions in the hospitality industry – we all know about that – but there are also thousands of jobs for professionals from the big consultants, such as EY, PwC and KPMG, and from the banks, led by Citi. The job market is now for the first time even stronger than it was on the eve of the pandemic last year.
This is quite separate from the chaos imposed by the call for people to self-isolate because they have been pinged by the Covid app, and it is separate from the distortions that have followed the continuation of the furlough scheme. These are permanent jobs right across the skill range.
London Becomes Jobs Hot Spot as Finance and Consulting Hire
Eamon Akil Farhat, Bloomberg News Skyscrapers in the skyline of the City of London, U.K., on Monday, March 8, 2021. Values in the U.K. capital should jump about 25% over the next five years, outpacing other European capitals, according to DWS researchers. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg , Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) Londonâs jobs market has sprung back to life, becoming a hot spot for the first time since the pandemic closed vast sections of the economy, two separate surveys showed.
The Recruitment & Employment Confederation said London had six of the top 10 areas in the U.K. for new job postings in the week ending July 18. Consulting and financial firms were among the top companies seeking staff in the city, led by EY, Citigroup Inc., PwC and KPMG, a report by the job search website Indeed showed.
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Priti Patel has celebrated the end of free movement between the UK and EU Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire THE views of Home Office minister Kevin Foster on the skills and labour shortages which are exacerbating the woes of Scottish businesses should not have been surprising at all, given we sadly live in a time of entrenched ideological perspectives. However, his comments during a trip north of the Border last week did nevertheless amaze, and not in any sort of good way. What the comments appeared to indicate was supreme detachment from the reality on the ground. Mr Foster seemed keen to frame his comments as an argument with the Scottish Government.
London dominates hiring hotspots in the UK
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Brent has the fastest rate of job posting growth in the UK, rising 3.7 per cent to 4,616 over the last week
Six of the UK’s top ten hiring hotspots are in London showing that the capital’s jobs market is roaring back to life, according to new research published today.
Figures from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation shows Brent has the fastest rate of job posting growth in the UK, rising 3.7 per cent to 4,616 over the last week.
Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham rank second, increasing just below a rate of 3.7 per cent over the same period to hit 6,219.
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