Editorial

07/29/2026

Survey: cost control, not AI, is squeezing UK graduate hiring in 2026

The Deloitte CFO Survey for Q2 2026, drawn from finance leaders at FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies and conducted in early July 2026, puts a precise number on what many graduates have been sensing: a net 64% of chief financial officers cite cost ...

07/29/2026

7 min

Working Time Regulations leave UK's always-on gap unaddressed, data shows

More than half of UK employees work outside their contracted hours every single day, according to a MyPerfectCV report on UK working habits published in mid-2026. That figure - 55% - is nearly double the European average of 29% and sits alongside ...

07/28/2026

7 min

CIPD-tracked AI skills are quietly reshaping UK promotion and pay criteria

A quiet reordering is taking place in how UK employers decide who progresses and who stays put. According to a HiBob survey reported by Personnel Today, 77% of organisations expect to treat AI skills as standard across all roles, including ...

07/22/2026

8 min

Make UK and the Work and Pensions Committee on the NI cliff shaping under-25 hiring

For anyone under 25 entering the UK labour market in 2026, the wage floor designed to protect them is also the subject of an increasingly fraught political argument. Make UK, the manufacturers' body, and a cross-party group of MPs on the Work and ...

07/22/2026

9 min

ONS figures put youth unemployment at 16.4%, an 11-year high

Youth unemployment in the United Kingdom has reached 16.4%, its highest level in 11 years, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures published on 21 July 2026. Around one in six young people aged 16 to 24 who want work cannot find ...

07/09/2026

7 min

ERA 1996's compensatory cap ends in 2027: what UK employees and HR teams face

On 1 January 2027, a number that has quietly shaped every dismissal negotiation in England, Scotland and Wales for decades will cease to exist. The compensatory award cap for ordinary unfair dismissal, fixed under Employment Rights Act 1996 ...

07/07/2026

6 min

Drapers' buyers pay survey: what UK fashion retail HR leaders should benchmark now

Drapers, the UK fashion trade's principal industry title, has published its inaugural buyers and merchandisers salary survey, and the headline finding carries direct implications for HR and reward teams across British apparel retail: the ...

07/06/2026

7 min

Five-year leadership trust collapse signals retention risk across UK organisations

Seven in ten HR leaders in the United Kingdom now report that trust between employees and senior leadership has deteriorated over the past five years, according to INTOO's annual Future World of Work report, a survey of more than 1,000 UK HR ...

07/06/2026

6 min

UK construction pipeline: what the May 2026 data means for CITB cohorts and HR strategy

The May 2026 Construction News CN Intelligence dataset lands as a strategic inflection point for HR and workforce planning leads inside UK contractors and specialist subcontractors. Infrastructure main contract awards fell 55% year-on-year to ...

06/30/2026

7 min

Fashion retail's 2026 collapse: ERA 1996 redundancy rights for displaced workers

Six fashion chains collapsed between January and June 2026, and if you worked at Russell & Bromley, LK Bennett, Claire's, Radley, BrandAlley or Quiz, the practical fallout is the same regardless of which brand it was: a P45, an uncertain ...

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