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11/03/2026

UK CEO pay leads Europe at 80:1: what FRC governance rules now demand from remuneration committees

UK chief executives at STOXX Europe 600-listed companies now sit at the top of the European pay table, with median total remuneration rising 68% since 2016 to €6.07m (about £5.19m at 2026-05-25 rates), according to the latest CEO Remuneration Rep...

11/03/2026

7 min

AI saves UK workers up to 8 hours a week, survey finds

Two thirds of UK workers are now using artificial intelligence tools as a standard part of their working day, yet the headline adoption figure conceals a fault line that matters far more to HR teams. Research commissioned by Adobe Acrobat and ...

11/03/2026

7 min

Workplace wellbeing: 43% of UK full-time workers feel drained

Britain's full-time workforce is not short of wellbeing programmes. It is short of knowing they exist. The Mental Wealth Index 2026, conducted by YouGov for Wisdom Wellbeing across 4,249 GB adults including approximately 1,767 full-time workers ...

11/03/2026

7 min

3 in 4 UK recruiters say AI is writing most CVs

You spent an evening tailoring your CV to the job advert, checked every bullet point, and sent it off. The reply, when it arrives, is not an interview invitation. It is a link to a skills test or a job simulation to complete before anyone will ...

11/03/2026

7 min

AI-assisted grievances surge as 94% of UK employers lack guidance

Research conducted by HR data and intelligence provider Brightmine in July 2026 found that 87% of UK organisations have seen an increase in grievances drafted with AI assistance over the past year. The documents now arriving in HR inboxes are ...

10/27/2026

9 min

AI at work: 84% of UK bosses confident, only 41% of staff agree

A Microsoft survey of 5,000 UK employees and 1,000 senior business leaders has exposed a 41-percentage-point confidence gap that sits at the heart of the UK's AI moment. Nine in ten leaders expect AI to benefit British society within five years; ...

10/06/2026

6 min

Remote work career penalty hits men harder than women, study finds

Your contract says hybrid is fine. Your manager approved two days a week at home. But when a colleague sits down to rate your performance or weigh you for promotion, does that flexibility quietly count against you? Research from King's Business ...

10/06/2026

6 min

DWP neurodiversity report: Universal Design raises the bar for UK employers

The employment gap facing autistic people in the UK remains stubborn. In 2024/25, only 34% of disabled people with autism were in work, compared with 55% of disabled people overall. A new report from the government's Expert Academic Panel on ...

10/06/2026

5 min

Nearly half of UK adults admit lying on a CV, survey finds

A survey of 1,004 UK adults carried out by StandOut CV in July 2026 found that nearly half admitted to some form of dishonesty on a CV: 26.4% said they had done it once, and 19.9% said they had done so more than once, giving a combined figure of ...

10/05/2026

7 min

Employment Rights Act 2025: ACAS gives workers a stronger hand on flexible working

A short email saying no, with barely a sentence of explanation, has been the experience of many workers who have asked their employer for a different start time or a couple of days working from home each week. From autumn 2027, that will no ...

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