News Round-Up
12th Aug
Temp Labour on the rise
The world’s biggest temporary employment agency, Adecco, on Wednesday announced second quarter net
profit of 97 million euros (127 million dollars), beating analysts’ expectations with a revival in industrial demand.
It made a loss of 147 million euros in the same period last year.
“Business conditions in the second quarter improved considerably,” thanks to strong growth in the group’s mai
n markets of France and North America, Adecco’s chief executive officer Patrick de Maesenaire said in a statement.
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Telegrapgh – Employment jumps thanks to part-timers and retirees working
The number of people working in Britain jumped by the largest amount in over two decades, pushing down unemployment to 2.46 million and giving hope that the crisis in unemployment could be coming to an end.
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5th Aug
Telegraph – Job vacancies grow at slowest pace this year
Job vacancies grew at the slowest pace for eight months in July, in a sign that public sector cutbacks are beginning to hamper the labour market, new figures have shown.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/7924771/Job-vacancies-grow-at-slowest-pace-this-year.html
Telegraph – Economic recovery fears grow as UK job vacancy growth slows
Fears that Britain’s economic recovery could prove to be short-lived will be bolstered on Monday by new figures that show growth in the number of UK job vacancies slowed last month.
Mail – Benefits for workers may be scrapped altogether in welfare revolution
Ministers are considering scrapping benefits altogether for those who work, under radical proposals unveiled yesterday.
They are looking at giving people simple income tax rebates rather than paying them a bewildering array of benefits and tax credits….
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