Job interviews leave UK’s job hunters lost for words according to new research from Hays, the leading recruiting expert. In a survey of over 400 Brits looking for a new role, just under two thirds (64%) said their biggest fear before a job interview was not knowing the answer...

Employers are ramping up their recruitment of temporary workers as Britain gets back to business after the Olympics, according to new research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). But permanent recruitment  shrinks 15% Graduate starting salaries slump 13.2% this year Placements of temporary staff in the UK...

Nearly 90 per cent of UK workers don’t want to make the daily commute into the office, and would prefer to work from home, according to a new study. The survey by staffbay.com, the social-media based recruitment website, shows that some 88 per cent said they would prefer to...

The CBI today (Monday) set out its analysis of the impact of the Agency Workers Regulations (AWRs) a year after they came into force, and its priorities for the upcoming Government review of the regulations. Neil Carberry, CBI Director of Employment & Skills, said: ³Agency jobs are a crucial...

The UK economy contracted by less than thought in the second quarter, official figures have shown.   The economy shrank by 0.4% in the April-to-June period, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in its third estimate of gross domestic product (GDP). The ONS had initially estimated a contraction of...