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UK Labour Market – Unemployment continues to fall

22nd February 2019

New ONS figures on the UK Labour Market see 100,000 fewer people with the status ‘not in work but seeking and available to work’ than a year previously, highlighting the limited number of candidates currently available to organisations currently. Commenting on the latest statistics, Gi Group UK’s...

GI GROUP BECOMES APPROVED DRIVER CPC TRAINING CENTRE

21st February 2019

Gi Group UK has become an approved driver CPC training centre to help those working towards gaining or renewing driver CPC qualifications and support clients in developing their drivers’ careers. Initially Gi Group Driving Division will offer Driver Hours, RTR and Road Risks, with the intention o...

Gi Group Sponsors Star Women In Business Awards

12th February 2019

We are pleased to announce that the Gi Group Scarborough team are sponsoring this year’s Star Women in Business Awards. The purpose of the event is to celebrate the accomplishments of a women in and around Scarborough and will signify the biggest gathering of female business achievers in the area...

Gi Group teams up with SpaceUp For Innovation

31st January 2019

Gi Group teams up with SpaceUp For Innovation Funded by the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovationv(Horizon 2020), SpaceUp aims to provide Europe’s innovative start-ups in the space sector the opportunity to scale up and become world leading companies. SpaceUp, with 10 consortiu...

UK Labour Market – Record high numbers in employment

26th January 2019

Latest UK Employment statistics released by ONS show the level of employment in the UK increased by 141,000 to a record high of 32.54 million in the three months to November 2018. Also a record high, and with 39,000 more than a year earlier, there were 853,000 job vacancies available in the perio...

UK Labour Market – Women in the workplace decreases

20th November 2018

This month’s ONS employment figures showed the number of employed men increased and the number of employed women decreased. Gi Group UK’s CEO, Bev White considers the implications this may have on the skills shortage and the measures businesses can take to redress this balance: “The number ...

GI GROUP ACQUIRES MARKS SATTIN STRENGTHENING SERVICE OFFERING

9th November 2018

Chesterfield, November 7, 2018 – Nationwide recruiter Gi Group has purchased the specialist financial recruitment firm to extend its offering into this new sector and enhance its presence in key strategic cities across the UK & Ireland. With offices in Birmingham, Dublin, Leeds, London,...

Gi GROUP UK OPENS MAJOR BRISTOL OFFICE

31st October 2018

Gi Group UK has opened a new office in Bristol as the focal point of its South West operations. The new office – located at 1 Buckingham Court, Beaufort Park in the Bradley Stoke area of the city – will see Gi Group UK recruit for several internal positions on site as well a significant [&h...

UK Labour Market – Youth unemployment declines

24th October 2018

In the latest Labour Force Survey released by the Office for National Statistics it was announced that the number of unemployed young people (aged 16 to 24 years) fell by 60,000 to 464,000 for the period June to August 2018. This represents the lowest figure since comparable records for unemploym...

Gi Group UK Opens New Scunthorpe Office

17th October 2018

Gi Group Scunthorpe has moved its business just a small distance but to larger premises at 165 High Street in the town centre. The move will create one new role at Gi Group but offer up to 120 new jobs for candidates over the coming months. On opening there will be 40 live job opportunities, with...