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New UK review into how visa system affects students

A review has been launched into how the UK's post-Brexit, points-based immigration system is impacting on the appeal of British universities to overseas students.

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Expats making the most of pandemic relocations

Covid-19 might have taken a heavy toll on global mobility over the past 18 months, but most expatriates already abroad remain optimistic about the prospects for the coming year, according to a new survey.

Former chief reporter at The Times and news editor and New York correspondent for The Telegraph among other journals, David Sapsted writes sharply observed news for Relocate.

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UK legal services prove immune to pandemic

Despite the ravages of the global pandemic, the continuing health of the UK's legal and accounting sectors is reflected in the latest report from the financial services trade body, TheCityUK.

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Low-carbon UK attracts billions more FDI

New foreign direct investment worth almost £10 billion is to be made in low-carbon sectors of the UK economy, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Tuesday.

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Report highlights UK staff shortage woes

More than three-quarters of British companies that attempted to recruit staff in the third quarter of the year reported difficulties in finding candidates with the right skills, according to a new survey.

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Call to UK government to encourage immigration

The UK government has been accused of getting its priorities completely wrong over its immigration policies.

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Hybrid working fears "affect young most"

Many more young professionals and students in the UK worry about the effects remote working might have on their futures than older counterparts, according to a new survey.

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'Easier visas' call as UK vacancies hit record

Business leaders call for a relaxation of post-Brexit immigration system, as demand for employees outstrips available workers. Find out what the UK businesses are asking for - and how the government has responded.

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UK banking vacancies at record levels despite Brexit

Vacancies in the UK's financial services sector reached record levels over the summer, according to a new report, suggesting that vacancies are likely to grow even more amid continued growth, despite the effects of Brexit and the pandemic.

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Report unveils pros and cons of hybrid working

The upsides and downsides of hybrid working have been revealed in a new report looking at the pandemic-induced evolution of the workplace and the changing attitudes of employees.

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SMEs focus on staff increases in coming year

More than a third of the UK's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) expect to increase the size of their workforce by more than 10% over the coming year, according to a new survey.

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'No relaxation of visa system' says PM

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is holding firm in the face of growing calls for a relaxation of the UK's post-Brexit visa system, saying there will be no return to what he calls "uncontrolled immigration".

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High-skilled visa reforms demanded in UK

The UK talent pool in financial services will run dry without a more relaxed immigration system, William Russell, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, has warned.

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New York, London Top Global Financial Rankings

Despite the effects of Brexit and the pandemic, London remains second only to New York in the latest rankings of more than a hundred global financial centres.

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Businesses Brand Visa Easing 'Inadequate'

British business leaders remain deeply unimpressed with the government's latest measures to temporarily ease visa restrictions on some foreign workers, saying a far more comprehensive overhaul of the post-Brexit immigration system is needed.

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HR increasingly turning to tech to recruit

Tackling recruitment problems now rank as one of the top three business priorities among firms across Europe, according to a new survey.

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UK unveils new flexible work plan

Business leaders in the UK have welcomed government proposals that will allow employees the right to request flexible working on the first day they start work.

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UK firms climate aware... but taking no action

The UK might be about to host the COP26 climate change conference at the beginning of November but a survey has shown that almost two-thirds of British businesses have no environmental sustainability policies in place.

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Covid-19 leaves Oxbridge with a headache

For the first time, neither Oxford nor Cambridge occupies the top spot in a national league table of UK universities. And the pandemic is to blame.

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US, UK, Australia in "landmark" defence deal

The fast-growing importance of the Indo-Pacific region to the governments in both London and Washington have been demonstrated by the "landmark" defence partnership announced by the UK, Australia and US.

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Most Britons favour keeping hybrid working

The vast majority of Britons do not believe working full-time from offices will ever again become the norm in the wake of the introduction of home and hybrid working during pandemic lockdowns, according to a new poll.

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London mayor joins call for easier visas

Pressure on the government to relax its post-Brexit immigration rules has increased following a call from Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, for the creation of of a 'Covid Recovery Visa' to address the nation's acute labour shortages.

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More UK staff back at work but vacancies soar

Business leaders united on Tuesday to call for a relaxation of the UK's post-Brexit immigration system after official figures showed vacancies at an all-time high.

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EU workers slowly return to UK job searches

The end of lockdown restrictions in the UK has prompted an increase in the number of Europeans looking for work in the country, according to a new report.

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'New work' becomes the norm for expats

An insight into the way the Covid-19 pandemic has transformed the working lives of expatriates across the world has been revealed in a global survey published on Tuesday.

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Staff shortages begin to affect growth

Official figures on Friday showed that the UK economy grew for the sixth month in a row in July, although the increase was much lower than in the previous month.

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Call to ease taxes, visas for UK finance

The UK must increase tax incentives and make it easier for overseas talent to come to the country if it is to regain its reputation as the world's premier financial centre, according to the sector's lobby group.

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UK house prices hit new record high

Average house prices across the UK reached a record high in August, even though the annual rate of price inflation slowed slightly, according to the latest property index from lenders Halifax.

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UK visa system 'unresponsive to skills shortages'

The UK's largest business organisation is calling for immediate government action - including the introduction of a more responsive immigration system - to tackle the nation's growing skills shortage.

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German dilemma highlights Europe skills gap

Germany needs to attract at least 400,000 skilled immigrants annually if it is to retain its position as Europe's largest economy, according to the head of the nation's Federal Labour Agency.

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UK visas plummet amid pandemic travel bans

Pandemic travel lockdowns across the world saw the number of visas granted by the UK slump by 61 per cent during the year ending in June, according to official figures.

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Expat pay falls in many asian locations

Japan has overtaken the UK as the world's most expensive location in which to base expatriate workers, according to a new report.

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Soaring demand for financial services skills

The UK's financial services are facing a "huge" shortage of talent, exacerbated by a boom in demand in the wake of the pandemic, according to a new survey.

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Boom in HR vacancies in wake of pandemic

The UK's record number of job vacancies as pandemic restrictions ease has led to unprecedented demand for human resources (HR) specialists, according to a new survey.

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UK inflation dips - but not for property

The UK's annual inflation rate unexpectedly fell back to just two per cent in July, but house prices rose at their fastest rate in almost 17 years, according to official data.

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UK skills gap: relax visa rules, says bosses

The record number of job vacancies in the UK is leading to mounting pressure from business leaders for a relaxation of post-Brexit immigration regulations to enable more foreign workers to enter the country.

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Job vacancies in UK at all-time high

Job vacancies in the UK have hit record levels as the nation's economy rebounds from the crippling effects of lockdowns prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Security laws spark Hong Kong exodus

Hong Kong has experienced a record exodus of its population in the year since strict new national security laws were introduced.

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Climate report a 'final wake-up call' to businesses

Business leaders in the UK have accepted that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) damning report on humans' role in global warming represents "a final wake-up call" over the need for decisive action.

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UK's low carbon economy high on expectations

The UK’s low carbon economy is now worth more almost four times more that the nation's traditional manufacturing sector, according to new analysis.

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Smaller UK firms face climate change 'barriers'

On the day a major report by UN scientists warned that emissions could have could have a catastrophic effect on the climate in little more than a decade, a major survey of British firms found that their carbon footprint remained "a mystery" to most of them.

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UK faces dilemma over oilfield project

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has signalled that a controversial oil and gas field off Scotland will go ahead despite environmental campaigners saying its development would make a mockery of the UK's "ambitious" plans for the Cop26 climate change conference it is hosting.

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Skills shortages temper manufacturing boom

A record growth in manufacturing activity among the UK's small and medium-sized enterprises is being accompanied by mounting concerns over skills shortage, according to a new survey.

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Pandemic prompts expats to eye homes at home

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a wave of expatriates seeking to buy properties in their home countries, according to a report in Mansion Global, a news website focusing on the worldwide estate market.

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Wellbeing support boosts productivity, survey finds

Almost a quarter of UK manufacturing companies that have invested in workforce wellbeing since the onset of the pandemic have seen productivity increases, according to a new survey.

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Businesses applaud opening up of UK to US/EU travel

Business leaders have welcomed the government's decision that travellers from the US and Europe will no longer have to go into ten days of isolation after arriving in Britain.

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Vaccine disparities hurting global growth, says IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that vastly different Covid-19 vaccination rates across the world are splitting the global economic recovery into two.

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Pressure grows on companies over climate change

Global asset managers Fidelity International has said it will hold company directors to account next year if they fail to deliver on issues of climate change and boardroom gender diversity, according to a report in the Financial Times.

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Vacancies jump as jobseeker numbers drop again

Businesses in the UK are confronting a "critical dearth of talent", according to the latest analysis of jobs statistics by Broadbean Technology, the world’s largest network of job boards.

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Firms told: accept hybrid working or lose staff

Companies in the UK that fail to offer continuing opportunities for flexible working have been warned they do so "at their peril" because they could end up losing valued staff.

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Boom in UK tech investment from Asia, Middle East

Investment this year in UK tech startups from Asia and the Middle East appears on course to reach a new high, according to a new report.

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'Urgent' need to change workers 'isolation rules'

The English economy became free of most pandemic restrictions on Monday but business leaders warned that the government must do more if the recovery was to regain momentum after 16 months of lockdowns.

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Leap in Indian applications to UK universities

The number of Indian students applying to British universities this year has seen a 30 per cent jump on the 2020 total.

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UK businesses call for visa easing as vacancies soar

Job vacancies in the UK in the second quarter of the year surged past the total available before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, according to official figures published on Thursday.

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Prime property prices rising globally

Prime real estate markets in cities across the globe are on course to see price rises over the course of this year, according to international estate agents Astons.

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UK firms expanding hiring, spending plans

Amid surging confidence as lockdown restrictions come to an end, major British companies are pushing ahead with ambitious investment, acquisition and hiring plans, according to a new survey.

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Business boom in UK financial services

Business volumes in the UK's financial services grew at their fastest pace for four years in the second quarter of this year, according to the sector's latest survey.

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Call to ease visa rules to tackle skills shortage

One of the UK's largest business organisations is calling for a more flexible and affordable immigration system after a survey found companies are facing mounting problems hiring the skills they need.

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Digital leads global rush in M&A deals

The global record for mergers and acquisitions was smashed in the first half of this year as the business world began to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to data from financial intelligence firm Refinitiv.

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