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In what is traditionally a slow summer month for construction, August turned out to provide a welcoming boost for the construction industry, as the value of new contracts awarded reached £5.8 billion based on a three month moving average, resulting in a 7 per cent increase on the month and the highest recorded figure since March 2017.

Zero sum game? As official figures show a fall in zero hour contracts, more jobseekers are looking for zero hours jobs.

Grant Thornton, Ireland’s fastest growing professional services firm, has gone live in Ireland with Workday Human Capital Management (HCM), including Workday Recruiting, to help scale and drive business transformation.

According to new data released by the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library , fewer European workers are looking for jobs in the UK, as Brexit plans seem to be hitting EU candidate confidence hard.

Companies are hiring more students overall this year with apprenticeship growth outpacing that of graduate jobs.

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Ministers have vowed to end employment tribunal fees after the Supreme Court ruled they were ‘inconsistent with access to justice’. A significant increase in claims from employees, who would previously have decided against pursuing an action, is expected once the Government removes the fees.

As of today, the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) has been renamed as the Institute of Student Employers (ISE), reflecting a change in member needs since the organisation was formed nearly 50 years ago (1968).

NRG today announces the launch of its outsourced recruitment solutions business signifying the company’s commitment and desire to be the leading RPO provider in the UK.

s1jobs.com, Scotland’s most successful recruitment platform, has seen traffic soar to the highest level since January 2016, with over 70,000 visitors recorded on their site in just one day (Wednesday 13th September), following the launch of their new campaign ‘s1jobs gives you the horn’.

Leading law firm in the South, Coffin Mew, has appointed personnel expert Liz Cheaney as Director of HR and Communications.

From physical fitness to mental health, never before have employers been so aware of the benefits of wellbeing in the workplace.

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Kronos has today announced the results of new research revealing that 85% of Emergency Service workers are worried they will burnout on the job.

Employer confidence in the UK economy has dropped to the lowest level since the EU referendum, according to the latest JobsOutlook survey by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).