that are newly reopened, such as restaurants, and pubs and hotels. it also reflects good news in thejobs market, lower unemployment than expected. the number ofjobs nearly back up to where they were before the pandemic. but the issue around labour shortages is now a very real challenge for the recovery. 0n the streets here, the high street is returning to life, but not quite as normal these vacancy notices, signs of our times as employers struggle to keep up with demand returning, but without the same number of workers, after a combination of the pandemic and new post brexit restrictions on european workers. i think it s a perfect storm of lots of things, you know, we have had a pandemic, people have not been moving jobs, so people have been sticking where they are. so you have a lack of candidate movement, a lot of eu records that went home during the pandemic, and actually, it s really difficult to get back if you want to. and the skill shortages here, going back to a lack of appre
people have not been moving jobs, so people have been sticking where they are. so you have a lack of candidate movement, a lot of eu records that went home during the pandemic, and actually, it s really difficult to get back if you want to. and the skill shortages here, going back to a lack of apprenticeships from a long time ago that haven t been coming through, and it s almost like the pandemic has accelerated a problem that was already underlying. for now, not all the vacancies match where the jobless are nor their skills, but for those workers with in demand skills such as here in construction, wages are starting to rise. faisal islam, bbc news. our top story this evening. the taliban patrols the streets of kabul as its political leaders attempt to reassure the international community. coming up. britain s regulators say moderna s covid vaccine is safe for 12 17 year olds could it soon be approved for use? coming up in sportsday
0n the streets here, the high street is returning to life, but not quite as normal these vacancy notices, signs of our times as employers struggle to keep up with demand returning, but without the same number of workers, after a combination of the pandemic and new post brexit restrictions on european workers. so you have a lack of candidate movement, a lot of eu records that went home during the pandemic, and actually, it s really difficult to get back if you want to. and the skill shortages here, going back to a lack of apprenticeships from a long time ago that haven t been coming through, and it s almost like the pandemic has accelerated a problem that was already underlying. for now, not all the vacancies match where the jobless are nor their skills, but for those workers with in demand skills such as here in construction, wages are starting to rise. faisal islam, bbc news.
across the economy, vacancies are a fifth higher than before coronavirus and employers can t find the staff they need. i think it is a perfect storm of lots of things, we have had a pandemic, people have not been moving jobs, people have been sticking where they are, so you ve got a lack of candidate movement, we have had a lot of eu workers that have gone home during the pandemic and it is difficult to get back if you want to. and the skill shortages, you re going back to a lack of apprenticeships from a long time ago that have not been coming through. there are still about 1.9 million more people workless than there were before the pandemic, with more than 607,000 fully furloughed, nearly 850,000 partially furloughed, 201,000 fewer on employers payrolls and nearly 300,000 fewer in self employed work. slowest to recover from the pandemic s economic symptoms is london where there are still far fewerjobs to be done serving coffee and lunch to workers in the city, for example, many of w
the high street is returning to life but not quite as normal. these vacancy notices signs of our times as employers struggle to keep up with demand returning but without the same number of workers after a combination of the pandemic and new post brexit restrictions on european workers. i think it s a perfect storm of lots of things. you know, we ve had a pandemic, people have not been moving jobs so people have been kind of sticking where they are. so you ve got a lack of candidate movement. you ve got a lot of eu workers that went home during the pandemic and actually, it s really difficult to get back if you want to. and there are skill shortages, you know, you re going back to a lack of apprenticeships from a long time ago that haven t been coming through. and almost i think the pandemic has accelerated a problem that was already underlying. for now, not all the vacancies match where the jobless are, nor their skills. but for those workers with in demand skills, such as here in cons