England's employers more optimistic over Brexit than elsewhere in UK

Companies in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland more pessimistic on hiring plans

Employers in England are more optimistic about being able to shrug off the impact of Brexit than anywhere else in the UK but a gloomy outlook across the rest of Britain has dragged overall hiring optimism to its lowest level in six years.

Revealing increasing divisions across the country, the latest snapshot from the jobs market by the employment agency ManpowerGroup comes less than 200 days before Britain is due to formally leave the EU.