Feb 29
More UK brain drain evidence…removals…
Sir – Robert Winnett’s report “Brain drain from UK hits record levels” (February 21) reveals some startling trends.It costs a business 7,000 each time a staff member leaves. The Office for National Statistics has revealed that 600 people emigrated each day during 2007. This means British business footed a bill of more than 1?billion a year to counter the effects of that outbound flow. This is likely to rise at least 15 per cent in 2008.
As a removals company, we see first-hand that these numbers are increasing. In the second quarter of 2007, our overseas moves were up 24 per cent over the first quarter, and bookings for July to September were more than 75 per cent higher than the previous six months.
The ONS statistics quoted underline our own findings: that a combination of poor weather, fears about economic instability and personal security are driving more and more people from Britain. There needs to be a change in how companies can retain their people and block the brain drain.
Grant Bishop, Chessington, Surrey
From today’s DT letters page.
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