The South West of England’s tech sector is set to grow to almost £20bn gross value added (GVA) a year by 2026, creating over 125,000 new jobs, according to a new study from Whitecap Consulting.
The research, commissioned by Tech South West, reveals that the South West is rapidly becoming a global leader in environmental tech, with Devon an internationally recognised hub at the forefront of climate research. Devon's tech sector has 1,980 companies and a 598,400-strong workforce, generating £1,141m GVA in 2021.
The report showcases the world class tech firms, centres of...
In recognition of National Apprenticeships Week 2022, which runs from 7 – 13 February, South West law firm Stephens Scown LLP is celebrating the fact that in the last 12 months, the number of apprentices at the firm has doubled, including more legal apprentices than ever before.
The latest quarterly data from CV-Library reveals an increase in UK professionals registering their CV and looking for jobs, whilst applications to vacancies continues to decline.
Overall, the number of jobseekers registering their CV on the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library , were up 5% on the last quarter, however the top ten areas in the UK recorded some even big increases in candidates looking for work:
Amazon has announced it is hiring for 20,000 seasonal positions across its UK network of fulfilment centres, sortation centres and delivery stations during the festive season, including more than 80 in the Exeter delivery station.
Pay for Operations roles starts at a minimum of £10.00 p/h rising to £11.10 p/h in some parts of the UK for all full-time, part-time, temporary, or seasonal roles in Amazon’s fulfilment centres, sort centres and delivery stations.
“We prepare year-round for the festive season, and we’re excited to have more than 80 positions available this year...
If your business is struggling to fill roles or wants to find the very best candidates for the job you are hiring for, having a top-quality recruitment agency will give you a huge advantage.
Recruitment agencies can take care of all of the time-consuming aspects of advertising a new role and can guide you on how to write job ads that will attract the highest calibre of employees or fill a role that is frustratingly difficult to fill. If you are recruiting for a large volume of roles, using a recruitment company will help you to manage the campaign and the high volumes of...
Devon County Council and the NHS has issued 23,000 ‘thank you’s - one to every care worker working in the county council area – for going above and beyond to keep vulnerable people safe and well throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. But with the entire health and care system at full stretch the County Council says the situation is becoming unsustainable, and is calling for over 1,000 more people to join the care workforce, and for families and communities to do all they can help ease the pressure. “We all know that the whole health and care system is under tremendous pressure right now and it...
Travis Perkins, the UK’s largest supplier of building materials to the building and construction industry, has recruited 10 people from the surrounding area to fill part time and full-time roles ahead of opening its new branch in Exeter in August, bringing the total number of roles to 25.
The 10 new jobs that have been created include a branch apprentice, a Benchmarx kitchen designer, a yard manager, a tool hire driver and fitter, a HGV Driver and five yard sales positions.
Branch manager Dan Haggerty said “The increased demand for building supplies and the construction...
Devon Air Ambulance has recently signed up to an initiative which is eagerly approaching a number of charities to encourage them to show the salary on their job vacancy advertisements.
Show The Salary is an initiative that was born out of frustration at the lack of action being taken to address pay gaps and inequity in the charity sector. At the heart of the campaign is a commitment to fairness and equity, and to the people with lived experience of the impact of salary secrecy.
Where advertisers are seen to be keeping particular salaries a secret in their job ads, the...
Discrimination in the workplace is illegal in the UK under the Equality Act 2010, but a new survey suggests that UK employees believe there is still some way to go to improve equality in the workplace.
VBQ Speakers surveyed 1,000 UK adults who are currently employed in the UK to find out what they think about diversity in their workplace.
Half (50%) of those surveyed believed that women are under-represented in senior management roles. Women and men responded roughly the same to this question, with 51% and 47% respectively.
Exeter-based Workplace Innovation Europe CLG (WIE) has joined a partnership of organisations in a project to enhance the concept of ‘Decent Work’ in Lithuania.
WIE is a not-for-profit organisation collaborating with public and private sector enterprises, trade unions and policymakers to explore the future of work and organisations and to share good practice in the workplace.
The Lithuanian initiative is funded by Innovation Norway, the state development agency, as part of its programme aimed at reducing economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area. In...
