LONDON: UK companies posted more than one million new job vacancies for the first time as loosening coronavirus rules led to an unprecedented scramble for staff.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures also show evidence of inflation pressures from rising wages, with average earnings in the three months through June surging a record 8.8% from a year earlier.
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