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Labor Shortage Hits Stockholm Hardest

Published: 20 june 2018
79 925 jobs within the private sector in Sweden has not been able to be fulfilled during 2017. Stockholm is the one region with a record high of available jobs compared to its share of the Swedish population.
Published: 21 may 2018

The Stockholm Economy Falls To Its Lowest Level In Five Years

Especially hit by a lower growth is the IT and computer sector.
Published: 27 march 2018

Success For The Stockholm Chamber: Exit Tax Is Stopped

The Minister of Finance, Magdalena Andersson, confirms in Dagens Industri that they will no longer pursue the proposal of an exit tax. For the Stockholm Chamber, who has campaigned against the tax, the news is a major success.
Published: 23 february 2018

Serious Labor Shortage Puts The IT-sector In Decline

The economy in Stockholm remains strong albeit several sectors reporting declining growth and pessimistic times. The IT-sector, coupled with trade and the construction sector, falls behind.
Published: 23 february 2018

Boosting The Capital-prize Goes To A More Open And Inclusive Region

The Stockholm Chamber of Commerce is highlighting three initiatives that has contributed in making the capital region more innovative, inclusive, and outgoing. Ideas and projects that simply boosts Stockholm/Uppsala, our capital region.
Published: 23 february 2018

Teaching Effort, Automated Buses, and Justice Receives Prize

The Stockholm Chamber of Commerce is highlighting three initiatives that has contributed in making the capital region more innovative, inclusive, and outgoing. Ideas and projects that simply boosts Stockholm/Uppsala, our capital region.
Published: 23 february 2018

Direct flights, Culture Initiatives, and Programming Camp are prized

The Stockholm Chamber of Commerce is highlighting three initiatives that has contributed in making the capital region more innovative, inclusive, and outgoing. Ideas and projects that simply boosts Stockholm/Uppsala, our capital region.
Published: 23 february 2018

Innovation in education and fashion boosts the capital region

The Stockholm Chamber of Commerce is highlighting three initiatives that has contributed in making the capital region more innovative, inclusive, and outgoing. Ideas and projects that simply boosts Stockholm/Uppsala, our capital region.
Published: 2 february 2018

The Chamber met with Tayyab in Berlin

The Stockholm Chamber met with the programmer Tayyab Shabab in his new hometowe Berlin, who was deported from Sweden following a prior mishap from his previous employer. Hear the radio input here:
Published: 31 january 2018

The numbers confirm that Sweden fails to attract the highly educated

Skill shortage and recruitment difficulty is a growing concern for businesses. According to a study made by the ManPowerGroup, 36 percent of all employers in Sweden confirmed that they have difficulty in recruiting new workforce. Statistics from the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, confirms that seven out of every ten business in Sweden pursues growth, but is hindered due to lack of workforce. The World Bank states that difficulty recruiting constitutes the greatest challenge for Swedish businesses. Lack of workforce is especially noteworthy in the Stockholm county, and is registering its highest level in a decade. This is revealed in the latest economic barometer from the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, the Stockholm barometer.
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