Chief Economic Adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), will argue that even a relatively modest economic recovery in 2012 could see UK unemployment stabilise at around the current rate of 8.4%, while a stronger recovery has the potential to result in a sudden sharp fall...

Job opportunities across the country rose more sharply in February than in January, up 17 Index points month-on-month, while salaries are back to the level of 23 months ago. The report, which examines trends from over 8,000 UK recruiters, gives a Reed Job Index reading of 140, the highest...

German companies are looking beyond their traditional export markets.   A government agency is looking into new investment opportunities in hitherto untapped markets of the future. What’s important for German companies is that Slovakia is investing heavily in roads and railways. The country is also a main producer of electronics...

The Institute of Directors’ (IoD) survey of 1,000 business leaders also said that 53% thought there was a moderate recession risk. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research has predicted a UK recession in the first half of 2012.  The UK economy shrank by 0.2% in the last...

Dr John Philpott, Chief Economic Adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) comments as follows on official labour market statistics for the period October-December 2011 published earlier today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS): “The latest headline jobs data are considerably better than expected but...