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May 6, 2026

Staff Retention in the UK: A 2026 Guide for SME Employers

If you’re running a small or medium-sized enterprise in the UK, there’s a good chance that your people are your biggest asset, and your largest expense. Losing them costs more than most employers grasp. Oxford Economics puts the average cost of employee turnover for a mid-level role at around £30,000 once you factor in recruitment […]

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May 6, 2026

What’s Employer Branding (And Why It Matters When You’re Hiring in a Tight Market)

The UK is facing a well-documented talent shortage, according to the Open University’s 2023 Business Barometer, 78% of UK organisations reported difficulty finding candidates with the right skills, and the picture has not improved much since. In a candidate-driven market, where skilled professionals often have multiple offers on the table, the companies that win are […]

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May 6, 2026

Hybrid Working Policies: How to Get Them Right in 2026 and Beyond

The way we work has changed. That much is obvious. But formalising these changes into a hybrid working policy that actually delivers, for the employer and the employee alike, is where most businesses stumble. At CMD Recruitment, we’re seeing first-hand how candidate expectations around flexible working arrangements have shifted since 2020. According to ONS hybrid […]

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May 5, 2026

Why Salary Transparency Is No Longer Optional When Hiring

If you’ve advertised a role recently and been disappointed by the response, the problem might not be the role itself. It might be what you’re leaving out. Candidates in 2025 and 2026 are making faster decisions about which roles to apply for, and one of the first things they scrutinise is pay. If your advert […]

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May 5, 2026

More Candidates Are Available in 2026 — So Why Is Hiring Still Difficult?

The UK labour market in 2026 looks sharply different to where it stood even 18 months ago. Candidate availability is up, permanent placements have slowed. The KPMG REC Report on Jobs for April 2026 confirmed what many employers have been sensing for months, there are more people in the market than there have been in […]

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May 1, 2026

Indeed’s Free Posts Are Gone. Here’s Your Next Move.

MARKET UPDATE · MAY 2026 · Written by the CMD Recruitment team CMD Recruitment has placed permanent, temporary, and contract staff across Wiltshire and the South West since 2004. Our consultants hold combined experience of over 150 years across industrial, commercial, technical, and professional recruitment.   March 2026. Indeed capped free job postings at three […]

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April 16, 2026

KPMG – UK Jobs Report March

UK hiring activity continued to decline slightly in March, but the downturn is easing and showing signs of stabilisation. Demand for workers is still falling, though at a slower pace, while candidate availability is rising quickly due to redundancies and fewer job opportunities. Pay growth has softened, with starting salaries and temp wages increasing only […]

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