The fallout from this year's Covid-19 pandemic has proved a major influence on recommendations from the UK government's Migration Advisory Committee for changes to the Shortage Occupation Lists (SOL).
An increasing number of professional vacancies in the UK is not being matched by the number of jobseekers applying for the posts, according to a report from leading jobs board CV-Library.
Productivity in UK companies is being restricted by a dire shortage of digital skills in their workforces, according to a survey by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).
Brexit and immigration uncertainty blamed as the manufacturing industry shows worst skills shortage since 1989. The British Chambers of Commerce and businesses frustrated as they can't attract the right skills.
A new report highlights the need for businesses to plan and invest in human skills to adapt to future automation whilst another indicates automation could fill a Brexit skills shortage.
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.
The vast majority of HR executives in financial services believe their companies are facing a tech skills shortage, according to a new report.
A new report from the House of Commons' science and technology committee sets out how schools can address a serious digital skills shortage in the UK.
An overhaul of the visa system is necessary if the UK is to attract the global talent it needs to overcome the current skills shortage, according to a new report.
Ukrainian immigrants offer the best solution to help solve the skills shortage in the UK
Given the ever-growing skills shortage across the globe, it is small wonder that many governments are scrambling to liberalise immigration policies – while adopting programmes aimed at upskilling indigenous populations – in a bid to solve the problem.
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.
The UK's largest business organisation is calling on the government to create an independent body with powers to decide what overseas skills should be on the nation's Shortage Occupation List.
Trade bodies in the UK have united to call for a continued flow of EU workers into the country after Brexit. Concerns over a skilled labour shortage coincide with a housing shortage in the UK.
A shortage of relevant technological skill is hampering the expansion of AI in the workplace, suggests new research. The poll also found that many do not feel AI threatens their jobs.
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.
The new Apprenticeship Levy, coming into force in April, aims to fund 3 million additional apprenticeships over the next five years, but is it the answer to the skills shortage and are businesses ready?
Employers are increasingly seeking job candidates with foreign language skills at a time when the number of UK school leavers with language qualifications is tumbling, according to a new report.
The persistent problem of a shortage of applicants for skilled vacancies in the UK has been eased somewhat by an increase in non-EU migrants arriving in the country, according to new research.
How to combat the UK skills shortage? Gerwyn Davies, Senior Labour Market Analyst at the CIPD, comments on the Migration Advisory Committee interim report on UK immigration.