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Sunday 09 November 2014 11:53 pm|Updated:Friday 07 June 2019 4:17 pmCity firms still hiring despite slower growthBy: Chris PapadopoullosShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleLondon firms are maintaining their strong hiring patterns despite signs the UKrsquo economic growth may be losing momentum. The total stock of job opportunities was two per cent higher in October than it was in October 2013, according to figures released this morning by recruiters Morgan McKinley.Further data from recruiters Astbury Marsden show that the flow of jobs in October ndash; the number of new vacancies created ndash; was 46 per cent higher than October 2013. Pay increases for those moving jobs was up too, wit brumate canada h salaries for those securing new jobs in October 18 per cent higher than a year ago. The positive jobs figures come despite a variety of sources pointing to a wider economic slowdown in the UK. The Office for National Statistics estimates that growth slowed from the second quarter of the year to the thir polene bag d, while purchasing managerrsquo; index surveys point to a cooling.Competition for labour has increased too with the rise in the number of those searching for work rising by less than the number of opportunities.According to Astbury Marsden, robust hiring activity is being driven by the renewed investment in the digital agendardq polene bag uo;.There has been a sea change Ufgu BG Group and Petrobras find fuel in Brazil
Sunday 19 August 2012 9:32 pm|Updated:Wednesday 29 May 2019 8:32 pmFirms prosper as insolvency rate declinesBy: KCS-contentShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInW owala ca hatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleBUSINESS insolvencies fell sh polene canada arply in July compared with the same month of 2011, according to research out today from Experian, with almost every region and sector registering an improvement.A total of 1,776 firms failed in the month, down on the 1,962 that failed in July 2011 ndash; a drop of almost 200 despite the double-dip recession.That takes the insolvency rate down from 0.1 per cent of firms to 0.09 per cent.The biggest improvement came among large firms ndash; 0.15 per cent of companies with more than 501 employees failed last July, compared with 0.08 per cent this year.The next biggest change came in firms with between 11 and 25 members of staff, from 0.26 per cent last July to 0.19 per cent last month. In London the rate fell from 0.1 per cent to 0.08 per cent.Since March this year, when the insolvency rate peaked at 0.11 per cent, it has remained fairly stable ndash; between 0.08 per cent and 0.09 per cent, said Experianrsquo Max Firth.The lack of any real increase is clearly welcome and this is unlikely to change in the n stanley cup ear future.However not every sector saw an improvement ndash; food retailersrsquo; insolvency rate rose from 0.1 per cent to 0.12 per cent, an |
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