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Comment by Ajay Sule, Practice Director EIA, and Adrian Drodz, Research Director, Digital Transformation, Frost & Sullivan

“Some people are arguing that if the pound does not stabilise domestic inflation could rise, forcing the Bank of England to raise interest rates. That in turn might push us into a recession, which could cost jobs and reduce incomes.

This week’s Brexit vote will mean changes to holiday entitlement for millions of employees, according to Tayside solicitors and estate agents Miller Hendry.

Asks Noele McClelland, partner and head of employment law, at Thorntons Law LLP after the crucial EU vote.

In the wake of the Leave vote Frost & Sullivan explains that organizations should use the new reality to influence the economy and society in a positive way.

Many will be shocked at the results of the referendum announced today, others will be delighted, but what could the impact be upon the recruitment industry? The decision has been made and therefore we should turn to potential positive outcomes, after all at this stage no one can judge what the effect may be on employment generally.

Responding to today’s announcement that the UK has voted to leave the European Union, Recruitment & Employment Confederation Chief Executive Kevin Green says:

PwC has reported on its diversity targets and data publicly for the past two years and has this year taken the further step of publishing gender pay gap analysis as part of efforts to improve gender equality across its business. PwC joins only a handful of UK businesses that publicly report on their gender pay gap

Growing businesses that don’t take advantage of their employees’ networks could potentially be overspending on recruitment by hundreds of thousands of pounds, according to Daisy Group

As SMEs battle to find the required skills in the recruitment market, nearly one in four (23%) are looking to develop apprentice schemes to fill the void. This is according to a new report1 launched by Albion Ventures, one of the largest independent venture capital investors in the UK

Leading recruitment franchise business Select Appointments has welcomed the news that demand for staff hit a fifteen year high in August

Pay caution and flexible contracts underpin jobs growth

Mr Davies was speaking in response to a warning issued by the Prince's Trust this week that thousands of young people are in danger of being trapped in a lifetime of unemployment

More unemployed people apply for work experience to improve job prospects but need careers advice more than ever before

Unite, the union representing staff at Barclays Bank has branded the decision to cut around 1,700 staff from customer - facing branch - based roles as a “colossal mistake”, warning that customer service could suffer as a result