Mixed Picture For The Uk’s Economic Recovery, Despite Positive July Jobs Numbers
Multiple reports in recent days have pointed to a potentially unsteady resurgence in the UK economy in the months ahead. The Guardian , for instance, has cited a business trends report from a professional services firm, indicating that worker shortages related to the COVID-19 crisis and Brexit could effectively hold back the national recovery. This is despite an encouraging picture for employment, the report finding that the jobs market improved during July as lockdown restrictions were lifted and firms hired. What else are we learning about job-market developments during July? Last month was a key one in the UK’s ongoing recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, and certainly for many businesses calling upon payroll services in Plymouth and Wellington like those of Britebooks. Sure enough, the professional services firm referenced by the newspaper observed that July saw a scramble for workers, with this in turn exerting upward press...