UK employers add jobs in December as unemployment falls British employers added a record 184,000 staff to their payrolls in December, showing little impact from the Omicron variant of coronavirus, while job vacancies hit ... Business • 18 Jan
UK jobs rise again after furlough scheme British employers added more workers to their payrolls in October after the government's job-protecting furlough scheme ended. Business • 16 Nov 21
UK jobs hit record high ahead of ending of subsidies UK employers added 207,000 staff in September, taking their payrolls to a record high shortly before the end of the government's wage subsidies programme, figures ... Business • 12 Oct 21
UK employee numbers surge above pre-pandemic level British employers added a record 241,000 staff to their payrolls last month, lifting the total number of payrolled employees just above the level they were ... Business • 14 Sep 21
UK payrolled employees surge by 197,000 in May The number of employees on British company payrolls surged by a record 197,000 in May as COVID restrictions eased and pubs and restaurants resumed indoor ... Business • 15 Jun 21
UK unemployment rate unexpectedly falls in Q1 The UK unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 4.8% in the three months from January to March, a time which the country spent under a tight ... Business • 18 May 21
UK jobless rate unexpectedly falls again The UK unemployment rate unexpectedly fell for a second month in a row to 4.9% in the months from December to February, most of which ... Business • 20 Apr 21
UK jobless rate unexpectedly drops to 5% - ONS The UK's jobless rate unexpectedly fell to 5% in the three months to January, when the country entered a new Covid lockdown, official figures showed ... Business • 23 Mar 21
UK jobless rate hits 5.1% as Sunak readies more support Britain's jobless rate rose to 5.1% in the last three months of 2020, its highest in nearly five years. Business • 23 Feb 21
UK jobless rate rises to highest level since 2016 Britain's unemployment rate rose to 5%, its highest since 2016, as the coronavirus pandemic continued to take its toll on the economy, official figures showed ... Business • 26 Jan 21
UK jobless rate rises by less than expected to 4.9% The UK jobless rate rose again in the three months to October and the number of redundancies hit a record high as companies prepared for ... Business • 15 Dec 20
UK jobless rate rises to 4.8%, redundancies hit record Britain's unemployment rate rose in the three months to September to 4.8%, as expected, while redundancies also hit their highest level on record. Business • 10 Nov 20
UK jobless rate rises by more than expected to 4.5% Britain's unemployment rate rose by more than expected to 4.5% in the three months to August, up from 4.1% in the three months to July, ... Business • 13 Oct 20
Sunak offers job bonuses, cuts taxes to head off crisis The UK government will seek to head off an unemployment crisis by paying bonuses to employers to bring workers back to their jobs from the ... Business • 08 Jul 20
More than 600,000 lose work in UK as Covid-19 hits The number of people on British company payrolls fell by more than 600,000 in April and May as the coronavirus lockdown hit the labour market, ... Business • 16 Jun 20
UK jobless claims jump to highest since 1996 A measure of the number of people claiming unemployment benefits in Britain soared to its highest level since 1996 in April, the first full month ... Business • 19 May 20
UK employment growth slowed in March as Covid-19 hits The number of people in jobs in Britain grew more slowly in March than in February, official figures showed today in an early sign of ... Business • 21 Apr 20
UK jobs growth resumes, unemployment near 45-year low The number of people in work in Britain unexpectedly rose in the three months before the missed October 31 deadline for Brexit, according to data ... Business • 17 Dec 19
UK jobs see biggest drop in over four years UK employers cut the most jobs in over four years between July and Septemmber, according to official data which highlighted how the labour market is ... Business • 12 Nov 19
UK jobs boom cools ahead of Brexit as employment falls Britain's jobs boom weakened in the three months to August as the approach of Brexit led to the biggest fall in employment in over four ... Business • 15 Oct 19
UK pay growth hits 4% for first time since 2008 Britain's workers received their biggest pay rises in more than 11 years this summer as the unemployment rate fell back to its lowest since the ... Business • 10 Sep 19
UK pay data beats forecasts, employment growth slows UK wages in the three months to April grew faster than expected and hiring slowed less sharply, as the jobless rate held at its lowest ... Business • 11 Jun 19
UK jobless rate falls as employers hire ahead of Brexit The UK unemployment rate fell to its lowest since the mid-1970s in early 2019 as employers hired in the run-up to the original date for ... Business • 14 May 19
UK wage growth at new decade high - ONS UK workers' pay grew at its joint fastest pace in over a decade, fuelled by further job creation, new figures show today. Business • 16 Apr 19
UK jobs growth surges as labour market defies Brexit UK employers increased their hiring at the fastest pace in more than three years in the three months to January as the country's labour market ... Business • 19 Mar 19
