Making all the right moves

摘要

This month's IHS Markit report on jobs shows permanent placements in July fell at the sharpest rate since May 2009 with many participants citing uncertainty caused by Brexit. Quite the opposite can be said of our permanent recruitment businesses operating across local and devolved government, in particular across social care and health sectors. We are seeing a noticeable increase in demand across all senior roles. There will be little surprise that some parts of the private sector have put investment decisions on hold until the immediate impact of Brexit becomes clearer. There is a direct relationship between recruitment patterns and business investment and confidence. While both the Treasury and Bank of England have recently moved to stabilise the markets some estimates suggest 250,000 private sector jobs are likely to be lost as a result of Brexit.