by Dominic Murphy | 12th Nov, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Chancellor announced yesterday, 5 November, that the furlough scheme will be extended until 31 March 2021 to increase support for businesses and people across the UK. This support provides employees who cannot work their full hours due to coronavirus 80% of their...
by Dominic Murphy | 25th Sep, 2020 | News
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has today announced an emergency jobs scheme, as part of a wider winter economy plan. Sunak’s announcement revealed that the government and firms will continue to top up the wages of workers who have not been able to return to the workplace full...
by Dominic Murphy | 13th Aug, 2020 | Uncategorized
On 12th August 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that Britain had entered the deepest recession since records began. According to the Office for National Statistics, GDP fell in the second quarter by 20.4% compared with the previous three months – the biggest...
by Dominic Murphy | 11th Aug, 2020 | jobs, Uncategorized
Despite being in the early stages of what is predicted to be the worst recession in living memory, we are still witnessing incredible growth in the digital sector, across all areas of the UK economy. According to a report from the Department for Digital, Culture,...
by Dominic Murphy | 11th Jun, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s safe to safe that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the UK labour market. According to official figures, unemployment increased by 50,000 to 1.35 million in the first three months of 2020. In April, the number of people claiming unemployment...
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