Small Businesses are urging the government to create 5,000 graduate internships at Britain's small and medium-sized enterprises as the job market for those leaving universities worsens dramatically. The call, from the Federation of Small Businesses, comes after official figures published last week showed a 281,000 rise in unemployment, the largest quarterly rise on record, with the burden falling disproportionately on the young. It is projected that between 35,000 and 40,000 graduates will be unemployed this year as major firms reduce job placements by 28%.
The Guardian