According to an exclusive new study from the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library, the majority (56.5%) of finance professionals are worried about losing their job during the coronavirus pandemic. The study surveyed 1,408 professionals and found that 4.7% of finance professionals were on furlough, 53.5% were still working and 41.9% were unemployed. It reveals […]
On National Numeracy Day, new research shows that young women are discounting careers in financial services, due to a lack of confidence with numbers, amongst other factors. Some 78% of young British women, aged 18-21 have said they would not consider a career in financial services, with 43% citing a lack of confidence using numbers […]
Local people are learning specialist skills for essential work to maintain the country’s infrastructure, thanks to new training funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA). Working in partnership with City of Wolverhampton College and employment agency Randstad, the WMCA is funding a bespoke training course on operating specialist on-site machinery. As part of its […]
Do you want to accomplish more in your professional life? Maybe you’re pretty proud of what you’ve done so far, but you know you’re only scratching the surface of your potential. Perhaps you’ve been moving in the wrong direction for a little while, and you’ve decided that now is the perfect time to turn things […]
As the world’s economy and business ecosystem remain in a state of flux following the outbreak of Covid-19, the UK’s leading freelancing platform, PeoplePerHour, has reported an unprecedented rise in both freelancer signups and demand for talent in certain areas. During the first 26 days of March 2019, the platform gained 25,673 new signups. During […]
Manchester-based student accommodation marketplace Housemates has secured £100,000 of pre-seed funding from GC Angels to support with plans to expand its platform across the UK and internationally. Founded by entrepreneur Lydia Jones in 2019, Housemates is a mobile platform that automates the process of onboarding students into accommodation. The end to end marketplace removes the […]
Morgan McKinley’s Q1 Spring London Employment Monitor details City hiring trends from January through March 2020. The beginning of 2020 saw the country — after a forceful vote in favour of the government’s decisive Brexit action — finally climb out of the Brexit trenches and begin to look toward the future. As a result, market […]
Societies and economies are being affected by the unprecedented and unpredictable nature of the COVID-19 pandemic. These include a major shift in global trade routes, changes in consumption and extraordinary levels of monetary easing and stimulus packages at a scale never experienced before. The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) is moving quickly to consolidate […]
After a campaign by MoneySavingExpert.com founder and chair, Martin Lewis, the government has agreed to change its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme guidance, in order to clarify that firms can rehire and furlough those who left for other jobs, which then fell through due to Covid-19. Under the scheme, a firm can choose to put employees […]
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, businesses must ensure that they’re providing suitable mental health support for employees and fulfilling their duty of care to workers, says workplace stress and mental health organisation, Mente. The current situation with coronavirus is clearly unprecedented and is causing worry for many businesses, employees, and individuals, says Mel Joseph, founder and […]
