This month the UK Government launched a new £2 billion Kickstart Scheme to create thousands of jobs for young people.
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This month the UK Government launched a new £2 billion Kickstart Scheme to create thousands of jobs for young people.
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Last year, when I was 32 I took the youngest member of my team to a client meeting and within 37 seconds Laurie made me feel eighty-four. On the desk in front of us was what Laurie described as a 3D printed “save icon”- It was in fact a floppy disk.
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The latest Quarterly Recruitment Outlook from the British Chambers of Commerce, in partnership with Totaljobs, finds that recruitment intentions strengthened in the second quarter of 2019, while difficulties finding suitable staff eased, but remain high by historic standards.
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New research by the British Chambers of Commerce, in partnership with global job site Indeed, reveals the increasing time it’s taking businesses to recruit the skills they need, emphasising the importance of removing blockers in the training system to develop a pipeline of talent.
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Your recruitment process could be hampering your business' progression in more ways than one. Of course, as we all know, it's a tough process to get it right. You can't always predict how candidates will perform once they're past the interview stage. And with new roles coming into fruition and widening the skills gap, talent can be thin on the ground.
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It’s understandable that the majority of the population associates job interviews with crippling nerves and feelings of fear and dread.
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The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has published its Quarterly Economic Survey – the UK’s largest and most authoritative private-sector business survey. Based on the responses of over 7,700 businesses in Q2 2017, the results for both sectors indicate that the UK economy grew at a subdued rate in the second quarter of 2017.
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The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) today publishes its Quarterly Economic Survey – the UK’s largest and most authoritative private sector business survey.
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How local people are benefitting from business investment.
Bedfordshire is on a roll at the moment. From the Airlander project at Cardington to progress in plans for a new stadium for the Hatters, there is a real sense of economic momentum across the region.
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The Government’s Regional Growth Fund will invest £300 million in 50 projects across the country to create tens of thousands of jobs and fuel business expansion, the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced today.
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Commenting on Prime Minister David Cameron's speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, John Longworth, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said:
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- In the three months to July 2013, unemployment fell 24,000, and employment rose 80,000, compared with the previous quarter
- In the three months to July 2013, the unemployment rate was 7.7%, down slightly from 7.8%
- Youth unemployment (16-24 year olds) rose 9,000 to 960,000, and the unemployment rate in this age group was 21%
- Between March and June 2013, public sector employment fell 34,000, and private sector employment rose 114,000
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The University of Bedfordshire's award winning Careers and Recruitment Services provides a professional agency style solution for business recruitment needs that enables you to recruit quality staff, free of charge!
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- In the three months to June 2013, unemployment fell by 4,000, and employment rose by 69,000, compared with the previous quarter
- Long term unemployment is up, with further increases in the number of those unemployed for more than one year and two years
- Youth unemployment has risen by 15,000 in the three months to June, and now stands at 973,000
- In July 2013 the claimant count fell by 29,200, compared with June
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The Local Enterprise Agency SEMLEP is recruiting for two posts: Business and Economic Analyst and Head of Business Development.
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Chamber member Acuigen, a specialist customer feedback service company, is recruiting for a Business Development Executive. The key purpose of the role is to initiate and build business relationships that secure business.
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Commenting on the labour market statistics, published today by the ONS, David Kern, Chief Economist at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said:
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Over the past couple of months Central Bedfordshire College has built up a strong relationship with Morrisons PLC and the Job Centre Plus. This has resulted in a worthwhile initiative to train and recruit local people to the new Morrisons store which will open shortly in Houghton Regis.