According to an influential survey, Europe’s manufacturing and service provider sectors both shrank in July, the 11th consecutive month of contraction. The July Markit purchasing managers index (PMI) came in at 46.5 in July from 46.4 in June.   The services sector on its own managed to rise to 47.9...

The current wave of students has learned from the mistakes of their predecessors, a study by graduate recruitment website Milkround has revealed. A survey of 130 students and graduates found 81 percent of students prioritise paying bills over going out, compared to 73 percent of graduates when they were...

The Monster Employment Index U.S. is a monthly gauge of U.S. online job posting activity based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from a large representative selection of career Web sites and online job listings. The Index does not reflect the trend of any one advertiser...

Three quarters (73%) of employees report that their organisation offers them no form of financial support or advice to help them better understand and manage their finances. That’s according to newly released data from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)’s Summer 2012 Employee Outlook focus, based on a survey of...

This is just one of the fascinating results which SJD Accountancy, the UK’s largest accountancy firm for contractors and freelancers, announced today – following a detailed survey which was carried out in July across its 11,000+ contractor client base. More than 1,000 clients responded to the 30 question survey,...