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UK Employers Offer Smaller Pay Rises at Start of 2024, XpertHR Survey Shows
Date: February 21, 2024
UK employers offer smaller pay rises at start of 2024, XpertHR survey shows LONDON (Reuters) – British employers scaled back the annual pay settlements they offered to staff at the start of 2024, a survey showed on Wednesday, in a move likely to reassure the Bank of England that underlying inflation pressures are starting to...

UK Property Prices Show First Annual Rise Since August – Rightmove
Date: February 19, 2024
UK property prices show first annual rise since August – Rightmove LONDON (Reuters) – The prices of homes being put up for sale in Britain have risen in annual terms for the first time in six months as demand from buyers strengthened, according to an industry survey that added to signs of stabilisation in the...

UK Employers Plan Smaller Pay Rises for 2024: Cipd
Date: February 12, 2024
UK employers plan smaller pay rises for 2024: CIPD By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British employers plan smaller pay rises over the coming year than they did three months ago, the first such drop in nearly four years, reflecting less willingness to tolerate higher labour costs, a major survey showed on Monday. The figures...

Less Than Two-Thirds of Banking Leaders Consider Their People When Making Organisational Changes
Date: February 6, 2024
Less than two-thirds of banking leaders consider their people when making organisational changes Traditional change management practices fail to prioritise employees Organisational changes are commonplace, from changes in management structure and departmental responsibilities through to implementing a new organisation-wide IT platform. However, latest research from O.C. Tanner reveals that just 64 per cent of banking...

Lack of Orders Weighs on German Economy – Ifo
Date: February 5, 2024
Lack of orders weighs on German economy – Ifo BERLIN (Reuters) – The lack of orders in manufacturing is increasingly becoming a burden on the German economy, the Ifo Institute said on Monday. In January, 36.9% of manufacturing companies reported a lack of orders, up from 36.0% in October, according to Ifo’s surveys. A year...

Factories Deliver Mixed Performance Globally in January
Date: February 1, 2024
Factories deliver mixed performance globally in January By Lucia Mutikani and Jonathan Cable WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) -Global factories delivered a largely patchy performance at the start of 2024, surveys showed on Thursday, as new orders spurred momentum in the United States, but soft Chinese demand left Asia’s economies on a shaky footing and disruption to Red...
