Jobs boost as firms poised to hire again

BRITAIN’S jobs market is ready to “bounce back” now the Budget is out of the way, recruitment experts have predicted.

- BY GRAHAM HISCOTT Business & Consumer Editor

Research out today suggests firms are poised to start hiring again after a six-month “paralysis”.

The findings in a survey from recruitment giant ManpowerGroup are a lift to the Labour government and Chancellor Rachel Reeves, given the need to boost the economy against the backdrop of rising unemployment and falling vacancies.