U.K.'s Booming Jobs Market Leaves Firms Struggling to Fill Posts
- Employment growth ‘continues to confound expectations:’ REC
- Worker demand shows U.K. needs access to pool of EU labor
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Britain’s job market is booming, but concern is increasing about where companies are going to keep finding workers.
The number of permanent jobs grew at the fastest rate in more than two years in July, while the availability of workers fell sharply, according to a report by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation published Tuesday. It said that helped boost a measure of starting salaries to the highest in 20 months.