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New data shows that employers’ confidence in the prospects for the UK economy plummeted this month, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s latest JobsOutlook report. The net balance of those seeing a positive outlook as opposed to a negative

New data shows that employers’ confidence in the prospects for the UK economy declined further this month, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s latest JobsOutlook report. The balance of those seeing a positive outlook as opposed to a negative

Commenting, Recruitment & Employment Confederation director of policy Tom Hadley says: 

The proportion of employers who believe economic conditions in the UK are getting better outnumber those who think they are getting worse for the first time since August last year. 30 per cent of employers are feeling more confident in

Key points:

• Perm placements rise sharply, but temp billings growth eases to 13-month low
• Candidate availability declines at softest pace for a year
• Staff vacancies increase to weakest extent since December 2016

Summary:

The IHS Markit/REC Report on Jobs –

Employer confidence in the economy remains negative, according to the latest JobsOutlook survey by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC). More employers continue to think economic conditions will get worse (33 per cent) than think it will get better (23

Today’s labour market statistics published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), based on data from September-November 2017, show that the number of vacancies has reached a record high for the fourth month in a row whilst real wage growth