Socialist party oppose placements
Is it a group of communists trying to ruin young people’s chances of getting somewhere in life? Or is it a case of making people listen up and notice the “slave labour” in the UK? It’s a big debate that’s going right now brought about from firms leaving the UK Government’s work experience scheme. The [...]
Website shows crime in shops
The Home Office released their new service which maps the crimes that take place around the UK, mainly focusing on streets but now has integrated popular visitor attractions and points of interest. Out of the 66,204 crimes report in December 2011, which were committed in 37,666 locations, each one is listed on the app that [...]
Recruitment market shows growth
With the latter half of 2011 looking bleak for placements in the job sector, thoughts were grim for January 2012, but with the latest results in it seems there could be a boost for the job market now. Only IT and HR showed a growth in late 2011, but there are more industries making marked [...]
Consumers hit hard from bills
As living costs have been increasing yet incomes have remained the same, people are around £10 per month worse off than they were in 2011. After the Christmas rush, there was an increase to 19% on their bills from 15%, and for those living in the north and Midlands agree that they had no disposable [...]
Older job hunters struggle less
During the final quarter of 2011, 74.9% of older people had jobs while only 66% of younger people were employed, showing that the figures for young employees had plummeted. Those 16-24 year olds not in full-time employment (or education) was 9% less than the first quarter of 2011, while the 25-64 year olds stood static [...]
Few buyers are shopping on mobile
Despite major investment into mobile technology and applications created by retailers to entice customers to use their mobile phone to buy direct from their shop, only 13% of buyers admit to doing so. It was found that the small percentage of people who bought direct from high street stores was very low but not as [...]
Employers warned about degrees
Recruiters are warning companies that chasing top-degree candidates for jobs aren’t fitting in with the diverse selection of workforces and need to take on people with degrees less than a 2:1; which is the minimum threshold for many companies. Although the research has been criticised for conducting too much of a narrow selection of universities, [...]
Shoppers becoming ethical buyers
Despite the gloomy economy, more than £1.4bn was spent on Fairtrade products last year, up by 12% on the previous year. It shows that people are more likely to buy responsibly and be less damaging to the environment, as well encouraging a more responsibly form of capitalism. Although the sales of Fairtrade products were lower [...]
Problems of dwindling job market
The CIPD chief economic adviser has announced that the high unemployment in the UK is not due to the lack of structural jobs. Although unemployment is set to grow to 3 million by 2013, he states that the problem cannot be fixed by a tougher employment policy. He believes that when spending power returns, to [...]
Shops are providing expert advice
A new report published showed that consumers are more likely to take the expert advice for a shop to make informed decisions on what to buy next. Second in line was branded websites for shopping advice, and it shows that although people can be caught up in the shoppers’ madness of impulse buying they know [...]