Job vacancies surge past one million in new record
Official figures show the number of vacancies top one million for the first time since records began in 2001. …
“We advertised locally for 70 fruit-pickers and we had nine applications. On follow-up, only one was still available… in terms of recruiting locally, we failed completely,” says Ali Capper, the owner of Stocks Farm in Suckley and chair of British Apples and Pears.