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09/08/2026

Hidden NEETs: The 300,000 Young Workers UK Hiring Teams Cannot See

A cohort of roughly 300,000 young people aged 18 to 24 sits entirely outside the UK welfare system: no benefit claim, no Jobcentre Plus contact, and no route into the government's flagship employment support schemes. According to the Institute ...

08/18/2026

8 min

1.25m young UK workers could be jobless or out of school by 2030

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated that 1.012 million people aged 16 to 24 were not in education, employment or training (NEET) between January and March 2026, a rise of 89,000 year on year. New modelling from The Coders Guild, a ...

07/27/2026

7 min

CSCS Alliance data: UK construction's under-25 pipeline grows, but CITB and retention hold the key

Between 2023 and 2025, CSCS cards issued to workers under 25 rose 8.8%, from 86,798 to 94,444, according to figures released by the CSCS Alliance in July 2026. Under-25s now account for 19% of all CSCS-logoed cards in circulation - roughly one in ...

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

5 min

AI-generated CVs: CIPD-era hiring shifts the rules for UK candidates

You spent a weekend on your CV. Someone else spent ninety seconds pasting the same job advert into a chatbot and got back a document that looks equally sharp - same keywords mirrored, same crisp bullet points, same tidy formatting. Multiply that ...

07/06/2026

7 min

Keep Britain Working Vanguard: your Equality Act 2010 rights explained

Living with a long-term health condition while holding down a job can feel like a constant negotiation - with your body, your manager, and your own sense of how much to disclose. The government's Keep Britain Working programme, which now counts ...

07/05/2026

4 min

UK bosses urged to flex hours after England's 1am World Cup match

England kick off against Mexico at 1am UK time on Monday morning in the World Cup last 16, and if the tie goes to penalties the final whistle could land close to 4am. That leaves millions of workers across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern ...

06/29/2026

6 min

58% of UK workers say their industry is outpacing them

A survey of 2,000 UK employees conducted by Arden University found that 58 percent believe their industry is changing faster than they can keep up with. Only around half of those same respondents are actively developing new skills to match the ...

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