50 percent of companies in North-East UK to create further jobs in 2013

Around half of the mid-sized businesses in the North-East area plan to actually create more jobs over the next 12 months, a news report reveals.

The results are presented in the Barclays Job Creation Survey 2013, and point out that, while the numbers are still high, there are fewer companies actually planning to hire additional staff this year.

Brian Thorpe, head of corporate for Barclays North East, said: "While 50 per cent of North East businesses are planning to create jobs over the next 12 months there has been a marked decrease in the number of businesses that believe increased sales lead to job creation – with only 58 per cent of North East businesses believing this is the case. This is considerably lower than last year when 81 per cent of businesses acknowledged the link between sales and jobs and confirms that many business owners are operating more leanly in these challenging economic times."

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