Workforce & Skills Correspondent, British Business Review
James Holloway covers employment, skills and workforce change across British technology and industry.
His reporting focuses on hiring, occupational shortages, productivity and regional labour markets, using ONS data, government skills research and employer evidence rather than treating company headcount announcements as a proxy for the whole labour market.
James approaches general business stories as research problems. He is particularly attentive to definitions, reporting periods and the denominator behind rankings or comparisons, because a useful industry piece depends on comparing like with like rather than collecting the largest available numbers.
His byline is therefore a natural fit for explainers that connect production, trade, employment and company activity. He looks for the structural story behind a data release and for the point at which a national trend begins to look different across industries or regions, while keeping forecasts and reported outcomes clearly separated.
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