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East Midlands Labour Market Update

This bulletin covers sectors in the East Midlands where jobs are growing with local labour market

information including links to business / jobs news, employment trends, upcoming events.

Quick Links: Labour Market Information # Labour Insight # Job Search Resources

County Links: Derbyshire # Leicestershire # Lincolnshire # Nottinghamshire

Labour Market Information

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Email: lmi@futuresadvice.co.uk

ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey - second quarter 2018: Every quarter,

Manpower survey a representative sample of 2,102 UK employers, asking them how they

anticipate employment changes in their location over the next three months. The infographic

highlights the key takeaways from the Q2 2018 report, including a regional heat map of jobs

outlook.

UK employers report fair hiring prospects for the second quarter of 2018. With 8% of employers

forecasting an increase in staffing levels, 2% expecting a decrease and 89% anticipating no

change, the Net Employment Outlook is +6%.

Article: ManpowerGroup More Info: Full Report – can also be found on the LMI

section of the extranet under Sector Trends / Information – National LMI Trends

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Joblift analyses data protection vacancies in the UK in light of the upcoming GDPR: On

the 25th May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be enforced in the

United Kingdom, along with all other countries in the European Union. The new legislation will

mean that the presence of a Data Protection Officer will be mandatory in all companies that

meet select criteria, including public authorities, or those that carry out large scale systemic

monitoring of individuals. With this in mind, job search engine Joblift has analysed whether the

uptake of a Data Protection Officer has been a gradual process since the GDPR announcement in

April 2016, and what requirements employees are demanding in the role. The study shows that a

huge proportion of companies hiring an external Data Protection Officer appear to have left the

recruiting process until the last few months.

Article: OnRec

Hotels, restaurants and pubs plan hiring spree amid Brexit fears: Hotels, restaurants,

pubs and bars are preparing to hire at the fastest pace in a year, with many being forced to act

due to growing fears of an exodus of migrant workers as Britain leaves the European Union.

Despite a downturn in consumer spending forcing restaurant chains to close outlets en masse,

the hospitality sector is expecting a busier period for hiring staff than any other part of the

economy over the coming three months.

Article: Guardian

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RESEARCH / REPORTS

CLIENT GROUPS

Birkbeck and Sutton Trust report shows part-time learning in England under threat:

Major funding reforms in higher education have led to a huge decline in part-time learners in

England, with the number of entrants falling by more than half in five years, according to a new

report by Birkbeck, University of London and educational charity Sutton Trust.

Claire Callender, Professor of Higher Education at Birkbeck and UCL, Institute of Education co-

authored The Lost Part-timers with independent policy analyst John Thompson, which shows

increases in tuition fees for part-time study and the introduction of loans contributed to a fall in

student numbers from 216,000 in 2010 to just 106,000 in 2015.

Article: Birkbeck University

Government announces major programme to tackle inequalities in youth

unemployment: PM announces £90 million programme to help tackle inequalities in youth

unemployment highlighted by the Race Disparity Audit’s website. Figures from the Ethnicity

Facts and Figures website show that young people from ethnic minorities between the ages of 16

and 24 are almost twice as likely to be unemployed (23%) as their white peers (12%) – despite

having similar qualifications.

Article: Gov.UK

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Labour Insight

Attached to this edition of the bulletin is a document on sector trends, updated using data from

Labour Insight. There is one document for each area we cover (Central East and East Mids) and they

can be found on the LMI section of the extranet under Sector Trends / Information. Firstly I used

Labour Insight to look at the distribution of vacancies within different sectors, sorting the vacancies

using SIC codes (Standard industrial classification of economic activities). I then created some charts

which show how the vacancies captured by Labour Insight are distributed within these sectors, with

their UK wide proportions displayed alongside for some context.

I also had a look at vacancies using Labour Insights ability to categorise the vacancies it captures into

occupational families. The data in the table relates to the whole of 2017 and shows a breakdown for

each area, as well as showing the UK wide data on the right-hand side for further context. The

percentages show what proportion of vacancies, belong to which occupation group in a particular

area. The figures for each county were compared to each other using the colour coding below, green

having a higher proportion of vacancies in relation to other counties and red showing those

occupation families whose proportions are lower. The darker the shade of green the greater the

relative proportion of vacancies and the darker the red the lower.

BGTOCC Family Derbys % Leics % Lincs % Notts % UK %

Engineering 8.4% 7.0% 5.0% 5.7% 5.5%

For instance looking at the table above tells us that a high proportion of advertised vacancies in

Derbyshire & Leicestershire belong to the engineering occupational family, while Nottinghamshire &

Lincolnshire proportions that are closer to the national level. The numbers are of course relative to

the amount of vacancies captured by Labour Insight in a particular region and don’t necessarily

equate to a low volume of available positions, but they do help to show how each area compares to

others.

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Job Search Resources

Work the room: a psychologist's tips for the reluctant networker: Do you want to advance

your career or business and make more money? Silly question probably. Widening your network

might be the answer. A study led by North Carolina State University’s Jeffrey Pollack found a link

between entrepreneurs’ networking activities and how much money they brought in.

Many people understand that they should network, but at the same time hate the idea of it. It’s easy

to think of networking as a process of having to talk to complete strangers, schmoozing and

pretending to be something you’re not. But many individuals go from not feeling like they can

manage it to doing it very well indeed.

Article: Guardian

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Engineering

Follow: Openreach to hire 3,500 trainee FTTH engineers over the next year: Openreach UK, the

infrastructure division of BT, has announced plans to hire 3,500 trainee fibre-to-the-home (FTTH)

engineers over the next 12 months.

The new engineers will help the company to make 1Gbps-ready FTTH broadband available to

three million premises by 2020. The first phase of the project will be to hook up homes and

businesses in eight major UK cities to gigabit speeds.

Article: The Inquirer

Applications: Apply online at

https://www.btplc.com/Careercentre/careersatbt/openreach/Engineers/index.htm

Retail

Follow: Selco to create 400 new jobs in 2018: An ever-growing national builders merchant is creating

400 jobs across the UK this year. Selco Builders Warehouse is embarking on a major branch

expansion programme to enhance its presence over the country, with the ribbon set to be cut on

eight new outlets this year.

The builders merchant has already opened branches in Solihull, York and Milton Keynes in 2018,

with St Albans, Leicester, Chelmsford and second branches in Leeds and Bristol set to follow.

Each new branch opening creates 50 jobs.

Article: Builders Merchants Journal

Applications: Apply online at http://jobs.selcobw.com/

Retail

Follow: Volvo Car UK encourages 60 undecided school leavers to join its retailer apprenticeship

programme in 2018: During National Apprenticeship Week 2018, and as part of an ongoing

recruitment drive, Volvo Car UK is encouraging school and college leavers looking for career

opportunities to join the Volvo Cars Apprenticeship Programme and work with the ambitious

premium brand on the next stages of its journey. There are currently 60 spaces available in 2018.

Article: OnRec

Applications: Vacancies listed online at https://www.volvocars.com/uk/about/our-

innovations/apprenticeships

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Development

Follow: Amazon set to be £700m hub’s first tenant: Amazon will be the first tenant of a £700m

distribution hub near East Midlands Airport, Insider understands. The online retail giant has

agreed a deal to occupy a 500,000 sq ft unit at Segro Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway, next

to junction 24 of the M1, creating 3,500 jobs. Insider also understands that third party logistics

group XPO is close to signing a lease for a 700,000 sq ft building at the 700-acre site. It will

operate the facility on behalf of food group Nestlé, a move which will create thousands more

jobs. The Amazon site is expected to be completed by April 2019, while the XPO unit will be built

by mid-2019.

Article: Insider Media

Development

Follow: Announcement brings 17,000 East Midlands homes a step closer: Plans to unlock land for

17,000 homes in Derby, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire have moved a step

closer. Housing Secretary Sajid Javid has announced that 44 new areas across England have been

shortlisted for a slice of £4.1bn in Housing Infrastructure funding to provide infrastructure like

roads, bridges and new schools needed by new communities, linked to new HS2 growth zones.

Areas of development include Infinity Garden Village, Celanese Urban Village, Toton Innovation

Campus, the former Stanton Ironworks, Chetwynd Barracks, Chesterfield and Staveley Corridor.

Article: Business Desk

Sector Trends

Follow: East Mids tech sector growing at ‘remarkable rate’: The number of new tech companies

being set up in the East Midlands rose by 50 per cent in 2017 according to new figures from RSM.

In total, there were 337 software development and programming businesses incorporated in the

East Midlands region in 2017, a 50 per cent increase on the 225 companies set up in 2016.

Nationally, there were 10,016 technology businesses set up in 2017, with year-on-year rises

recorded in every region in the UK.

Article: Business Desk

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Chesterfield

Manufacturing

Follow:

Manufacturer moves into 43,000 sq ft Markham Vale unit: Manufacturer Grangers is set

to move into a 43,000 sq ft unit on Markham Vale. Henry Boot Developments and Derbyshire

County Council says the moves will allow Grangers to consolidate existing operations, while also

creating a “significant” number of jobs.

Established in 1937, Grangers develops, manufactures and distributes protection and cleaning

products for clothing and footwear.

Article: Business Desk

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Leicester

Health & Social Care

Follow: 20 jobs created as charity expands into Leicester: A charity which helps disabled and

disadvantaged people into employment and independent living is expanding into Leicester,

creating 20 jobs. The Shaw Trust aims to support more than 50,000 people a year to live

independent and inclusive lives across its 200 centres in the UK.

The charity will be moving into the recently redeveloped 5 Horsefair House, in Leicester city

centre, taking 3,785 sq ft of space, which will be used for the company’s work and health

programme, in a deal brokered by Innes England.

Article: Business Desk

Applications: Register for job alerts at https://www.shaw-trust.org.uk/en-GB/Careers

Development

Follow: New secondary school to be built next to the River Soar in Leicester city centre: A 1,200

capacity secondary school will be built next to the River Soar in Leicester city centre. Rushey

Mead Educational Trust has just announced the site of its new free school, which is expected to

open in September 2019.

Article: Leicester Mercury

Creative / Digital

Follow: Enderby creative agency set for major expansion: A Leicestershire-based design and

communications agency says it is on the cusp of significant growth after securing a number of

new client wins in the past twelve months.

Creative62, based in Enderby, saw a 30% growth in the last financial year with similar figures

forecast for the current year. With recent client wins in Glass production, Housing Development,

Car Interior Design and Installation, Garden Design, Home Interiors and the Beauty Sector, the

company’s sustained growth has given directors Mark Robinson and Andy Rudkin the confidence

to expand. The pair say they have plans to roll-out in-house digital marketing, social media and

public relations services in the coming months.

Article: Business Desk

Applications: Vacancies listed online at https://www.creative62.com/recruitment, send a CV,

PDF of your portfolio and a covering letter to enquiries@creative62.com

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Lincoln

Legal

Follow:

Nottingham’s Fraser Brown Solicitors creates more jobs by expanding to Lincoln: Law

firm Fraser Brown has announced plans to expand the business beyond its HQ in Nottingham.

The solicitors, which offers a full spectrum of commercial and private client services, has

confirmed that it will be opening an office in Lincoln in April which creates several new

employment opportunities in the area.

The firm is currently recruiting in Lincoln to expand the offering for its corporate, commercial

and residential property departments. The Lincoln team is currently made up of five full-time

legal experts with supporting teams, though the practice is hoping to continue to recruit new

staff over the next year and a half.

Article: Nottingham Post

Applications: E-mail your CV and covering letter to spoole@fraserbrown.com or send to: Sarah

Poole, Human Resources Officer, Fraser Brown, 84 Friar Lane, Nottingham NG1 6ED

Development

Follow:

Boutique cinema and roof-top restaurant tipped for Lincoln: The next stage of a £70m

regeneration project in Lincoln, which includes a new boutique cinema and rooftop restaurant, is

expected to be given the go-ahead today. (Thursday 22 March). City of Lincoln Council’s planning

committee has been recommended to approve the scheme by Lincolnshire Co-op for its Cornhill

Quarter regeneration project.

The latest stage features an Everyman cinema as part of the redevelopment of Sincil Street

which would be located opposite the newly refurbished Corn Exchange building, and will face

onto Exchange Square. More shops, restaurants and other leisure and financial services are also

slated to relocate to the building if approval is given. The development could be open by autumn

2019 if the councillors give the go-ahead today.

Article: Insider Media

Jobs Fair

Follow:

Need a new job? Visit the Lincolnshire Echo Jobs Fair this month: The Lincolnshire Echo

Jobs fair is coming to Lincoln this month offering you a unique opportunity to speak face to face

with potential employers. The Lincolnshire Echo Jobs Fair will take place on Tuesday, April 24 at

the Engine Shed on the University of Lincoln campus. The event will run from 9.30am to 2.30pm.

Article: Lincolnshire Live

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Gainsborough

Lincolnshire

Heritage

Follow:

£585k lottery grant to fund Lincolnshire heritage skills placements: The Historic

Environment Skills project has been awarded a grant of £585,600 from the Heritage Lottery

Fund. The project will offer training to those who wish to gain traditional and specialist skills, but

may not currently have relevant experience or qualifications.

Delivered through a partnership between Lincolnshire County Council’s Heritage Skills Centre,

Heritage Trust Lincolnshire and Lincoln Cathedral, it will provide 21 bursaries over four years

across the East Midlands with a focus in Lincolnshire. The bursaries will enable 21 trainees to

learn a range of skills that relate to the historic environment and the heritage sector.

Article: Lincolnshire Business

Applications: Anyone interested in the project should contact Amy Knychala at the Heritage

Skills Centre via HES@Lincolnshire.gov.uk

Engineering

Follow:

Made in Gainsborough: Engineering apprenticeship vacancies now open: Apprenticeship

vacancies to work for some of Europe’s leading engineering companies in Gainsborough are now

open for applicants. Eight leading engineering firms have joined forces to form Made in

Gainsborough, an initiative to promote the benefits of apprenticeships within the industry.

Whether you are interested in a career in design, manufacturing, welding or a general

engineering apprenticeship, there are a number of employment opportunities to apply for.

Local employers looking for applicants include:

A.M.P Rose

Eminox

Regal Manufacturing Ltd

Wefco

Trepko (UK) Ltd

Hooton Engineering Ltd

Clean Tech

A Schulman Gainsborough Ltd

Article: Lincolnshire Business

Applications: Vacancies can be found online at https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship

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Nottinghamshire

Nottingham

Development

Follow: Notts County Council unveils plans for ‘significant economic growth’: Nottinghamshire

County Council says it is bringing forward a number of major infrastructure projects aimed at

kick-starting “significant economic growth” across the county.

The Council says the proposals – affecting Mansfield, Bassetlaw, Newark and Sherwood, Arnold

and West Bridgford – are at different stages of development, but all have the potential to create

new jobs, attract inward investment and opportunities for businesses to grow.

They include improvements to the county’s digital infrastructure, hundreds of new homes, the

redevelopment of a former Council office site and bringing an iconic Nottinghamshire building

back into commercial use.

Article: Business Desk

Business Admin / Digital Follow:

PR firm to double workforce after Nottingham office: Nottingham-based digital PR agency

Tank is set to move into larger offices and create jobs after buying 5 Kayes Walk in the Lace

Market. Bosses say the 4,500 sq ft, three storey building will enable the business to double its

20-strong team.

Article: Business Desk

Applications: Vacancies listed online at https://www.tankpr.co.uk/careers/, enquiries by e-mail

to info@tankpr.co.uk

Customer Service

Follow: 10 new jobs at Nottingham IT company Retail Assist: IT business Retail Assist has

announced plans to recruit 10 new employees as part of its global expansion plans. The

Nottingham-based software and services company is creating the new help desk roles after

winning contracts with three new retail customers. Applicants who can speak French, German

and Spanish are particularly encouraged to apply as the company works with brands across the

globe. The business is also looking for those with experience in retail and hospitality - whether

that be in High Street fashion stores or coffee shops.

Article: Nottingham Post

Applications: Vacancies listed online at https://retail-assist.co.uk/careers/, to apply contact

Human Resources on 0115 904 2777 or email careers@retail-assist.co.uk

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Nottingham

Employability

Follow: Princes Trust - Get Into Hospital Services with The Prince’s Trust in partnership with Nottingham University Hospitals: Get Into Hospital Service is a 4 week employability programme offering training and work experience, with the NHS. If you are aged 16 - 30 and unemployed, join our free training programme where you can:

Gain valuable work experience in various roles; Laundry/Linen, Logistics, Patient Escort, Food Production, Patient Catering, Estates, Cleaning, Admin, Switchboard and Helpdesk

Improve skills in problem solving, working as a team, communication, time management, organisation and customer services

Participate in an end of programme celebration event Receive up to 6 months support from a Princes Trust Mentor after completing the

programme All participants on the programme will be subject to a DBS check

Contact us for more information and to gain a place on the Taster day 2nd May 2018. The

programme runs from 14th May – 8th June 2018.

To join the course or find out more: apply on line at www.princes-trust.org.uk, or call for free on

0800 842 842.