Jobs News & Updates
Businesses across the region are being encouraged to play a more active role in shaping the future workforce, as national policy places renewed emphasis on high-quality work experience for young people.
The Midlands was the only English region to experience increases in permanent and temporary job placements during December, new data reveals.
- 8th January 2026
Most workplace conflict looks like a disagreement on the surface. Different views, strong opinions, a tense meeting. But many of these situations aren’t really about the work at all — and that’s why they don’t move forward.
- 19th December 2025
West Midlands Railway is recruiting for a new intake of trainee drivers.
- 11th December 2025
End of year reviews give employers and employees a valuable chance to reflect, recognise achievements and plan for growth. Thoughtful conversations boost engagement, clarify expectations and strengthen performance
- 5th December 2025
A long-standing Midlands-based recruitment company has relaunched its executive level search and selection service to help firms find a new style of leader for an era of disruption and uncertainty.
- 5th December 2025
New research from law firm Lime Solicitors has found that this year’s Autumn Budget has intensified concerns about job security, with workers in the West Midlands expressing higher levels of anxiety than the national average.
- 26th November 2025
Midlands-based KeyTracker, the UK’s leading designer and supplier of secure key and asset management systems, has expanded its team with the appointment of four new local apprentices.
A labour market report produced by Pertemps and CBI have revealed that firms are running out of options to fund pay rises without productivity growth with the current climate of rising costs making it difficult.
Employers across the West Midlands have pledged more than 16,000 work experience, training and apprenticeship opportunities as part of Mayor Richard Parker’s drive to get young people into good careers.