Job vacancies fall as small firms cut back on recruitment

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UK job vacancies experienced their sharpest drop since the start of the year as small businesses scaled back hiring, according to official figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Open positions fell by 21,000 in the three months to September to 691,000, reaching their lowest point in more than five years, with the construction sector

Job vacancies fall as small firms cut back on recruitment

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