City Job Vacancies Drop After Brexit Vote: Study
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published August 10, 2016 | 11:38 PM
LONDON, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th August, 2016) : Vacancies in the City of London finance hub sank 12 percent in July from the previous month following the shock Brexit vote, a study by consultancy Morgan McKinley showed Wednesday. The number of available City jobs fell to 7,980 in July, compared with 9,060 in June, according to Morgan McKinley. The impact was however less than expected after the June 23 referendum to leave the European Union, which has triggered deep economic uncertainty. Hakan Enver, operations director at Morgan McKinley, said in a statement that the fall was "a modest decline given the gravity of the referendum". "Hiring slowed as institutions found themselves in a post-Brexit limbo but the impact of the referendum was not as aggressive as we expected," he noted.
The consultancy added that available City jobs sank by about 27 percent in July, when compared with the same month a year earlier. The study also highlighted a 14-percent drop in the number of job seekers in July from June, which Enver said could be explained in part by seasonal variations during a relatively quiet period for financial markets. Around a million people are estimated to work in Britain's financial industry. Pro-EU campaigners have argued that many jobs could be put at risk if companies choose to relocate to the EU in case of Brexit.
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