{"id":1024,"date":"2014-05-27T14:53:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T14:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/blog\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2014-05-27T14:53:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T14:53:47","slug":"firms-taking-on-more-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Firms taking on more employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said that businesses are taking on more people and optimism is at its highest level since 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Its survey of 151 firms said consumer and professional services are increasingly happy about the economic situation. However, businesses are still finding it hard to attract staff with the right skills.<\/p>\n<p>Consumer services saw levels of business that were &#8220;comfortably above normal&#8221;, while professional services companies told the CBI that their business levels were above normal for the first time since November 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Firms in the services sector said they were taking on extra staff and increasing spend on training and technology.<\/p>\n<p>Source: The Times, Business, Page 36<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said that businesses are taking on more people and optimism is at its highest level since 1998. Its survey of 151 firms said consumer and professional services are increasingly happy about the economic situation. However, businesses are still finding it hard to attract staff with the right skills.&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Firms taking on more employees<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Firms taking on more employees - Manchester Chartered Accountants<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said that businesses are taking on more people and optimism is at its highest level since 1998. Its survey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Firms taking on more employees - Manchester Chartered Accountants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said that businesses are taking on more people and optimism is at its highest level since 1998. Its survey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Manchester Chartered Accountants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jackrosstax\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-05-27T14:53:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Umar Memon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Umar Memon\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Umar Memon\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/person\/890f768e5ff3e5664eda31546d21b6e8\"},\"headline\":\"Firms taking on more employees\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-27T14:53:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-05-27T14:53:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/\"},\"wordCount\":113,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Tax\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/\",\"name\":\"Firms taking on more employees - Manchester Chartered Accountants\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-27T14:53:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-05-27T14:53:47+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said that businesses are taking on more people and optimism is at its highest level since 1998. Its survey\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Firms taking on more employees\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/\",\"name\":\"Jack Ross Chartered Accountants Manchester\",\"description\":\"Manchester Accountants &amp; Manchester Xero Accountants\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Jack Ross Chartered Accountants\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jack-Ross-Chartered-Accountants-Logo-Main.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jack-Ross-Chartered-Accountants-Logo-Main.jpg\",\"width\":776,\"height\":889,\"caption\":\"Jack Ross Chartered Accountants\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jackrosstax\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackRossTax\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/person\/890f768e5ff3e5664eda31546d21b6e8\",\"name\":\"Umar Memon\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5430569879b99458cabfb580b2d9ad11?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5430569879b99458cabfb580b2d9ad11?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Umar Memon\"},\"url\":\"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/author\/umar\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Firms taking on more employees - Manchester Chartered Accountants","description":"The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said that businesses are taking on more people and optimism is at its highest level since 1998. Its survey","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Firms taking on more employees - Manchester Chartered Accountants","og_description":"The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said that businesses are taking on more people and optimism is at its highest level since 1998. Its survey","og_url":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/","og_site_name":"Manchester Chartered Accountants","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jackrosstax","article_published_time":"2014-05-27T14:53:47+00:00","author":"Umar Memon","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Umar Memon","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/"},"author":{"name":"Umar Memon","@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/person\/890f768e5ff3e5664eda31546d21b6e8"},"headline":"Firms taking on more employees","datePublished":"2014-05-27T14:53:47+00:00","dateModified":"2014-05-27T14:53:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/"},"wordCount":113,"publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Tax"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/","url":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/","name":"Firms taking on more employees - Manchester Chartered Accountants","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-05-27T14:53:47+00:00","dateModified":"2014-05-27T14:53:47+00:00","description":"The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said that businesses are taking on more people and optimism is at its highest level since 1998. Its survey","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/firms-taking-on-more-employees\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Firms taking on more employees"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#website","url":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/","name":"Jack Ross Chartered Accountants Manchester","description":"Manchester Accountants &amp; Manchester Xero Accountants","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#organization","name":"Jack Ross Chartered Accountants","url":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jack-Ross-Chartered-Accountants-Logo-Main.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jack-Ross-Chartered-Accountants-Logo-Main.jpg","width":776,"height":889,"caption":"Jack Ross Chartered Accountants"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jackrosstax","https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackRossTax"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/person\/890f768e5ff3e5664eda31546d21b6e8","name":"Umar Memon","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5430569879b99458cabfb580b2d9ad11?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5430569879b99458cabfb580b2d9ad11?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Umar Memon"},"url":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/author\/umar\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}