There was a marginal increase in permanent appointments last month ANDY BUCHANAN/GETTY IMAGESPay pressures have eased as the Scottish labour market grew only moderately in the final weeks of the year. The Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs, which is published today, found there was a marginal increase in permanent appointments in December but temporary roles declined. Those disappointing headline numbers may have been factors in the month’s poorer wage growth. The report said the 50.3 reading for permanent job wage growth was the softest since 2013. The December reading for temporary wages was 52.6, the weakest result in…

Source: The Times January 10, 2020 00:00 UTC