AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoUS hiring cools: Employers cut 23,000 jobs in July and revised earlier gains sharply, keeping unemployment at 4.1% and raising fresh questions about the pace of hiring. UK retail shake-up: Whitbread plans to close 18 restaurants in Scotland and cut about 3,800 jobs across the UK and Ireland as it shifts toward Premier Inn. Workforce transparency: A union warns proposed changes to child-safety reporting could hide officers’ real caseloads, reducing visibility into staffing strain. Training-to-jobs pipeline: Wales’ Job Centre Plus building in Tredegar is set to be converted into a vocational construction skills training centre, with five staff proposed. Hiring support roles: Flourish of Cullman is recruiting job coaches to help people with differing abilities get and keep competitive work. Manufacturing investment: Georgia’s Siemens project will add 1,400+ jobs in a new Pendergrass facility. Immigration rule pressure: The US is considering ending the 60-day job-loss grace period for H-1B workers, tightening options after layoffs. Skills mismatch abroad: A World Bank report says over 4 in 10 Moroccan graduates work in jobs below their qualifications, signaling a growing gap between education and available skilled roles.
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