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Nearly eight out of 10 UK internal comms (IC) professionals are planning to take a new job in the next 12 months - or "potentially" looking to do so - as the economy improves, according to new research.

A survey of 500 IC professionals by recruitment firm VMA GROUP found 54 per cent were seeking or taking a new job in the next 12 months, and 25 per cent would potentially do the same.

Quoted in the new VMA GROUP report, Nicole Dempster, internal comms director at ITV, said: "Over the past few years, the economic climate has made some want to batten down the hatches and simply stay put in their jobs. Now that the economic climate is easing again, it’s no surprise people are starting to think about their next career move.

"But what is surprising is that a whopping 80 per cent of those surveyed say they’re planning to move in the next 12 months. That’s some shift."

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