The rate of UK consumer price inflation remained unchanged at 2.7% for the fourth consecutive month in January, official data has shown.    A big rise in the prices of alcohol and tobacco was the biggest factor driving prices up, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. At the same...

UK businesses are concerned about a skills shortage that is challenging growth, according to new research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR)*. Around four in ten (38%) UK companies are struggling to recruit the right people, with nearly three quarters (72%) citing a lack of technical skills...

A new report suggests that there was a 5.2% increase in hiring levels across the UK in the fourth quarter of 2012 when compared to quarter four 2011. Opportunities within commerce and industry have fallen by 34% in London but nationwide vacancies within the private sector have jumped by...

“Despite the Government’s rhetoric on growth, we’ve learned today that the economy essentially did not grow at all during 2012. This is not really surprising. Having cut capital spending, the Government has instead placed its faith in the supposed confidence effect of deficit reduction to boost growth, using any...

New research on what students think about how their universities prepare them for working life was published today (Thursday 17 January) by GTI Media Research.   Great Expectations is based on a survey of more than 2,300 undergraduates conducted at the end of 2012 by GTI Media Research.   97% of...