Unique Client Solutions Unconvinced by Unemployment Fall

Whilst Unique Client Solutions is encouraged by a slight fall in unemployment in Sheffield, the customer acquisitions company feels it hides deeper problems.

Unique Client Solutions has reported many times on the difficulties facing people in the job market today so when they read recently released figures that unemployment had fallen by 76 to 3,010 in Sheffield South East constituency, there has still been a 10 per cent overall increase over the last year.

Unique Client Solutions, a customer acquisitions company based in Sheffield, feels that though unemployment is starting to stabilise there is a very real concern where youth unemployment is concerned. Managing director Simon Tomlinson believes that there is still a lot more work to do to rectify the problem, “Youth unemployment is 200 per cent higher than it was at this time last year, that is a staggering figure. The government is pushing on with their drive to get young people into work but we feel much more needs to be done, by way of entry level positions, to ensure that this figure falls fast.”

It was announced yesterday that Britain had entered recession again after the economy shrunk for the second consecutive month. Mr Tomlinson believes that this will be an additional worry to job seekers. “In general things had appeared to be moving in the right direction and when businesses are confident that things are getting better they are more likely to hire. Now that it has been announced that the economy isn’t moving in the direction we would have liked, businesses are likely to show caution. When companies are cautious about who they take on, they are far more likely to take on someone with experience, than risk starting a graduate straight out of university with little experience.”

What advice would Unique Client Solutions give to job seekers? “For those individuals who are really intent on finding work, you need to apply for as many positions and opportunities as you can. It can be time consuming but your efforts will pay off. It is essential that you get some kind of experience if you want to progress. In this kind of jobs market you’re going to have to be aggressive.”

Unique Client Solutions Encouraged as UK Retail Sales Aid UK Economic Recovery.

Retail sales in the UK have had a welcome boost thanks to the unseasonably warm weather that the country experienced in March. Unique Client Solutions looks at the general recovery of the UK economy.

Like-for-like sales of the same period in 2011 saw an increase of 1.9 per cent according to the British Retail Consortium. They also released figures which showed that online, mail order and phone sales had increased by 13.9 per cent from a year ago, the best that have been seen since over the Christmas period in December 2011. However, Unique Client Solutions warns that though the figures are certainly encouraging, they are being compared to an “exceptionally weak” March 2011.

Unique Client Solutions was more encouraged by the news that the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) had announced that they believed that both the UK and other areas of Europe had reached a turning point in their recovery. The economists have said that both Britain and Germany are showing “signs of positive change in momentum.”

A spokesperson for the Sheffield customer acquisitions company said that both of these pieces of news suggest that the economic recovery of the UK is heading in the right direction. “Although there was the suggestion last month that we might head back into recession we were relieved to hear that it appears the UK has narrowly avoided it. To hear just a month later that we are finally turning the corner is very encouraging.”

Retail sales are normally a good indicator of recovery in the country. The fact that Easter was early this year would inevitably have aided the figures.

Unique Client Solutions is hopeful that recovery will also help the unemployment figures in the UK as well as small businesses. “The people that we have seen hardest hit are young job seekers and small local businesses. We’re reported several times that youth unemployment figures have been reaching record highs and that is incredibly discouraging for young people who are trying to get a foot onto the career ladder."

Government incentives to encourage businesses to take on younger people were launched last month and Unique Client Solutions are hopeful that this too will help to rectify the situation. 

BCC believes UK Will Avoid Double Dip Recession Unique Client Solutions Learns.

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) are hopeful that the UK will avoid a double dip recession but believe that growth will be lower than expected Unique Client Solutions understands.

The BCC has lowered its forecast for economic growth from the 0.8% it had originally estimated to 0.6%. The leading business group produces a quarterly economic report and in it they wrote that Britain still faced, “serious challenges”, that the country’s debt levels were too high and that unemployment was set to rise to almost 3 million by January 2013.

Unique Client Solutions was encouraged that the BCC noted that the Olympics in July and August could show unusually high growth figures in the summer. Simon Tomlinson, a manager at Unique Client Solutions said, “We’ve always believed that aside from hosting the Olympics being a real honour, they would also bring a huge amount of money and work into the UK .” Other encouraging news was that business investments and growth from exports would help to prevent Britain from falling back into another recession, which had been feared.

Mr. Tomlinson added, “One factor that is exceptionally worrying is that unemployment appears to have no sign of abating. The BCC predict that it will rise by 8.6% this year to almost 3 million and that at the start of 2013 youth unemployment will be at 23%.” This astronomically high figure is something that has been concerning Unique Client Solutions for some time. “Quite aside from the financial repercussions of young people being out of work, psychologically it is a very sad way to begin your working career and we believe that we’re going to see a huge group of young individuals who are lacking in confidence as a result.”

The BCC, like many other business groups, are urging the Chancellor to really focus on business, in particular smaller firms, and must do everything they can to help them “squeeze every last drop of growth” from the economy. The director general of the BCC, John Longworth said, “Businesses up and down the country are doing their utmost to find new markets and grow their firms, despite the difficult economic challenges they face. Only the private sector will drive recovery and help deliver public services, like education, healthcare and pensions.”

Unique Client Solutions, a customer acquisitions company based in Sheffield believes that the government must take the advice of the experts in the next budget. Mr. Tomlinson concludes, “Times are very tough for businesses, we’ve been fortunate that we’ve seen some fantastic growth over the last 2 years but we recognise that other businesses haven’t been so fortunate. The BCC know what they’re talking about, the government must listen before it’s too late.”