UK - Shortages of Skilled Staff Holding Back East Midlands Business

 According to Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, the  UK’s leading employment specialist, a shortage of skilled staff is holding the East Midlands labor market back.

Greg Hollis, Manpower’s operations manager for the East Midlands said: “If you look at the manufacturing sector, for example, hiring activity is currently quite strong, especially in niche companies, but a lack of CAD technicians and skilled industrial workers are preventing companies from expanding to their full potential.”

The shortage of workers appears as well in other industry sectors, for example, in sales, IT, as well as personal assistants and legal secretaries. This is the result of inflation problem, which attracts more people to industries with higher pay.

Even in the sectors not experiencing shortage of skilled professionals, such as the High Street, and others, feel the great importance of recruiting to ensure finding and retain the best staff.

The finance and business sector leads British business as the strongest industry. Employers in the manufacturing mining, utilities transport and sectors all report hiring intentions above or around the national average, whereas employers in the community and social, hotels and retail, construction and agriculture sectors are all below