Vacancy growth is at its lowest since early 2021, but employers still cannot find qualified staff – especially as wage growth continues, albeit more slowly.

According to REC and Lightcast, there were nearly 190,000 new job posts during the Easter holiday. However, industry and job type disparities emerge.

Britain's labour market showed signs of a slowing in the sharp pace of pay growth in March and a shortage of candidates eased for the first time in two years, according to a survey of recruiters published on Wednesday.

The total number of job adverts remains high as the UK government tries to entice individuals back to work with spring budget measures.

Britain's labour market showed further signs of cooling as permanent job placements fell for the fifth month in a row in February and pay growth slowed, reflecting employers' concerns about the economy, a survey published on Wednesday showed.

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt believes "being a technology superpower can change our country's destiny" and has plans to "unlock our national potential to be one of Europe's most exciting, most innovative and most prosperous economies".

Recruitment and Employment Confederation has responded to the government's announcement by the Secretary of State for Education, Gillian Keegan, regarding young people who will be able to use UCAS to search for apprenticeships.

British main opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer warned business bosses on Tuesday "the days of low pay and cheap labour" must end, putting him in line with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who has also rejected calls for looser immigration rules.

The number of people who have dropped out of Britain's job market since 2019 and who now cite a long-term illness or mental health problems has risen by half a million or about 25%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.

British employers cut their hiring of permanent staff via recruitment firms for the first time in nearly two years in October as the country's political upheaval added to concerns about the economy, a survey showed on Thursday.

British recruiters saw the weakest growth in hiring in more than a year and a half last month, as signs of an economic downturn made workers more wary about changing jobs and businesses more cautious about hiring, a survey showed on Friday.

British manufacturing firm Corbetts the Galvanizers used to rely on a stream of workers from Poland and Romania to fill its shop floor, where steel is dipped into a long vat of molten zinc at temperatures of around 450?C (842?F).

Some 6,300 new financial services roles were available in October, the lowest recorded since December last year.

Permanent staff placements rose at the slowest pace in five months in September, fresh survey suggests.

A third of employers polled by REC expect economic conditions to worsen.

Survey finds 'significant shortage' of candidates to fill blue collar jobs.

Employers growing increasingly concerned over the state of the economy, survey suggests.

A top headhunter has warned that London's financial sector is 'haemorrhaging talent'.

Availability of workers continued to fall in July, survey suggests.

One in six workers in London are European Union nationals.

A survey by REC and IHS Markit revealed that demand for workers reached 21-month high in May.

The Markit and Recruitment and Employment Confederation report showed steepest drop in candidate availability for 16 months.

Permanent job placements weaken slightly in March from February's one-year high.

Region-wise, all four English regions saw an increase in permanent placements.

Decline in candidate availability has led to upward pressure on pay.

Hiring continued at a brisk pace across the country in December, a fresh survey shows.

CBI-Pertemps survey shows 41% of firms across the country would increase their workforce in 2017.

Scotland was the only region in the UK to register a decline in permanent staff hiring.

Real wages are forecast to rise just 0.3% in 2017, down from the 1.9% increase seen in 2016.

Survey by IHS Markit and REC shows British businesses hired permanent staff at the fastest pace in 8 months in October.