Job creation and losses

The first year of the UK's new post-Brexit immigration system has seen a large increase in the number of visas issued to non-EU migrants.

Boris Johnson is reported to have told ministers at an away day that they must return civil servant numbers to those of 2016, reducing overall headcount by a fifth overall.

The Green Jobs Delivery Group, with business, industry, union and academia involvement, has been tasked with supporting the delivery of up to 480,000 skilled green jobs by 2030.

Convenience store chain McColl’s is urgently seeking a rescue deal that would save 16,000 jobs.

The number of active job advertisements across the UK has risen steadily since late March 2022 but the lower level of new job ads suggests gathering fears over the economy.

The Home Office tells French multinational Teleperformance to hire more staff in a bid to tackle Passport Office backlog.

Unemployed workers face more job opportunities that match their skills now than they did pre-pandemic, according to labour market research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Asda’s parent company EG Group has announced the creation of 32,000 jobs globally over the next five years, with most positions in the UK.

Employers are feeling less confident about their ability to hire, as national insurance contributions rise and companies come under pressure to increase pay.

Insolvency Service data on planned redundancies record large jump in February 2022.

Pressure from investors over the cost of living has prompted Sainsbury’s to raise wages for the second time this year.

Job vacancies posted in the UK fell to their lowest since mid-January, suggesting that the hiring spree seen since last summer has diminished.

French, Dutch and Irish crews retained as questions grow over legality of P&O Ferries’ decision to axe 800 crews.

UK ferry operator P&O Ferries has sacked about 800 crew across its fleet with no notice after stopping all its sailings on Thursday 17 March.

In the last week of February there were around 1.82 million active job adverts in the UK – up by 8.6% from the previous week and by 41.5% from a month earlier.