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Weak hiring and falling vacancies a result of higher wage costs, increased NI and businesses “using automation to avoid adding headcount” featured image

Dominic Hiatt/1 month ago

Weak hiring and falling vacancies a result of higher wage costs, increased NI and businesses “using automation to avoid adding headcount”

Unemployment remains at 5.2% in the UK but experts warn headcount could deteriorate in 2026 due to AI and rising inflation with “the worst yet to come” featured image

Douglas Patient/2 months ago

Unemployment remains at 5.2% in the UK but experts warn headcount could deteriorate in 2026 due to AI and rising inflation with “the worst yet to come”

Urging employers to publish how they are reducing their gender pay gap is a “step in the right direction” but “structural barriers remain” for women featured image

Douglas Patient/3 months ago

Urging employers to publish how they are reducing their gender pay gap is a “step in the right direction” but “structural barriers remain” for women

Seven million people got a new job in 2025 – but unemployment at 5.2% is the “elephant in the room” featured image

Douglas Patient/3 months ago

Seven million people got a new job in 2025 – but unemployment at 5.2% is the “elephant in the room”

Douglas Patient/6 days ago

Unemployment rate in the UK at 5% with lowest number of vacancies since 2021 as experts fear “the economy is stuck in first gear”

Unemployment rate in the UK at 5% with lowest number of vacancies since 2021 as experts fear “the economy is stuck in first gear” featured image

Rachel Reeves confirms the OBR has downgraded economic growth for this year to 1.1% in Spring Statement “highlighting a fragile UK economy” featured image

Douglas Patient/3 months ago

Rachel Reeves confirms the OBR has downgraded economic growth for this year to 1.1% in Spring Statement “highlighting a fragile UK economy”

Young people 16 to 24 not in education, employment or training (NEET) up to 12.8% in “quiet epidemic” featured image

Douglas Patient/3 months ago

Young people 16 to 24 not in education, employment or training (NEET) up to 12.8% in “quiet epidemic”

Jobs most at greatest risk from AI revealed by experts: “For millions, it’s already there” featured image

Douglas Patient/3 months ago

Jobs most at greatest risk from AI revealed by experts: “For millions, it’s already there”

Are Labour destroying labour? Experts warn of “economic neglect” as unemployment rate at four-year high featured image

Douglas Patient/3 months ago

Are Labour destroying labour? Experts warn of “economic neglect” as unemployment rate at four-year high

Unemployment at 5.2% in highest rate since 2021 as experts warn “confidence is quietly draining from the economy” featured image

Douglas Patient/3 months ago

Unemployment at 5.2% in highest rate since 2021 as experts warn “confidence is quietly draining from the economy”

Bittersweet PMI: business activity improves but firms not hiring in “longest period of job shedding for 16 years” featured image

Dominic Hiatt/4 months ago

Bittersweet PMI: business activity improves but firms not hiring in “longest period of job shedding for 16 years”

Public sector pay outpaces the private sector with 7.9% wage growth: “This imbalance is not sustainable” featured image

Douglas Patient/4 months ago

Public sector pay outpaces the private sector with 7.9% wage growth: “This imbalance is not sustainable”

Unemployment remains at four-year high of 5.1% as experts warn “we still carry the economic hangover of 2025” featured image

Douglas Patient/4 months ago

Unemployment remains at four-year high of 5.1% as experts warn “we still carry the economic hangover of 2025”

National Living Wage an illusion, says HR expert ahead of April increase, as many get paid far less in real world featured image

Dominic Hiatt/5 months ago

National Living Wage an illusion, says HR expert ahead of April increase, as many get paid far less in real world

Employee takes eight months off without seeing GP: “Businesses face a DIY fit note disaster” as day-one SSP approaches featured image

Douglas Patient/5 months ago

Employee takes eight months off without seeing GP: “Businesses face a DIY fit note disaster” as day-one SSP approaches

Unemployment rises to 5.1% as expert warns Labour: “You reap what you sow” featured image

Douglas Patient/5 months ago

Unemployment rises to 5.1% as expert warns Labour: “You reap what you sow”

HMRC issues warning to seasonal workers this Christmas: “Check your pay” featured image

Dominic Hiatt/5 months ago

HMRC issues warning to seasonal workers this Christmas: “Check your pay”