Survey paints mixed picture for labour market in Sheffield City Region Magazine

The labour market inside the Sheffield City Region performed well from the first 3 months of the year, as per the eating habits study the Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) for your first quarter of 2016.

More businesses in the manufacturing and repair sectors increased their workforce than reduced it and can keep boost their workforce over the next 90 days, with many firms seeking full-time, permanent positions.

The survey, run by way of the region’s Local Enterprise Partnership and four Chambers of Commerce, and Sheffield University Business School, established that both sectors had experienced difficulty in recruiting within the last three months, even though the situation had improved in the past year. Manufacturing businesses continued to enjoy difficulties in recruiting skilled and technical staff, but on balance fewer most likely to get training in comparison to in 2009. Nearly 50% of companies inside sectors had no offers to recruit apprentices around ahead, while using the majority claiming not to need one.

With improvement the nation’s Living Wage, the majority of businesses in both sectors awarded pay rises corresponding to or over inflation, although a tremendous number could not.

Doncaster Chamber CEO, Dan Fell, said: “It is positive news that Sheffield City Region corporations are growing and committing to their workforces with a lot more jobs and training opportunities being planned.

“The results reflect the national picture of the manufacturing sector, which appears to be less buoyant laptop or computer was this occassion recently. The SCR Quarterly Economic Survey is a vital chance businesses in the region to talk about their businesses to the LEP and Chambers to offer the right business services and lobby local and national Government and key decision-makers to assist shape business policy and support.”

The SCR Quarterly Economic Survey sponsored by RBS South Yorkshire & North Derbyshire is really a potential for businesses in your community to share their business concerns for that LEP and Chambers to get the right business services and lobby local and national government and decision-makers to aid shape business policy and support.