Boost for recruitment but jobs market still awaits boom

Four in 10 UK employers are planning to recruit more staff in the next quarter, according to a survey.

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and consultancy KPMG’s latest Labour Market Outlook report shows London and the East Midlands as the most buoyant areas with 49% of employers looking to recruit.

Recruitment intentions across the UK have improved slightly since last year, with 42% of organisations planning to recruit in the next three months, compared with 35% in autumn 2005.

But employment prospects in the North East look bleak, with one in three companies planning to make redundancies in the next quarter.

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Michael Carter, people services partner at KPMG, said: “The survey findings show that, while recruitment intentions have improved since last year – especially in London and the South – this trend is not repeated across the country.

“Some areas, particularly the North and the West Midlands, are experiencing more recruitment pessimism.”