Job vacancies across the UK have fallen for the eighth month in a row as firms hold back on hiring amid woes in the wider economy, official figures have shown.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed a 51,000 drop in the number of vacancies to 1.12 million in the three months to February, while the redundancy rate edged higher.

Job vacancies across the UK have fallen for the eighth month in a row as firms hold back on hiring amid woes in the wider economy, official figures have shown.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed a 51,000 drop in the number of vacancies to 1.12 million in the three months to February, while the redundancy rate edged higher.