Organisational & Employee Development
Hybrid working damaging for young workers, says IOSH
48% of 18 to 24-year-olds said that remote and hybrid working made it harder to build relationships with colleagues and managers.
Organisational & Employee Development
Opinion
Build, Buy, Borrow, Bot: Reframing the talent equation in the learning era
Ciara Harrington, chief people officer at Skillsoft, discusses how organisations can tackle tech skills gaps using the 'Build, Buy, Borrow, Bot' framework.
News
E.ON-backed nBS Foundation provides £2.8m for Midlands and Yorkshire jobs
The funding focused on economic and employment opportunities, alongside diversity, supporting vulnerable people, families, young people, and environmental projects.
Education & Training
SIA to introduce mandatory refresher training for close protection operatives from 2026
The new qualification, which updates safety-critical skills, will be available from 1st October 2025 and will become mandatory for all renewals from 1st April 2026.
Education & Training
TUC unveils “worker first” plan to put jobs and unions at the centre of AI future
The move comes as new polling by Survation revealed that over half of the public (51%) were concerned about the impact of AI on their jobs.
News
58% of employees hide skill gaps at work, study reveals
The study from Attensi found that 46% said they had pretended to understand tasks they did not.
News
42% of Brits expect to retrain or switch careers as longer lives reshape work patterns – Canada Life
The research showed that 24% of Brits had switched industries, 20% had changed professions, 11% had gone back to education to support a career shift.
Featured
Acas launches five-year plan to modernise workplace dispute resolution
The strategy comes as Acas faces increased demand for its services, with 117,000 individual disputes handled in 2024–25, the highest number since the pandemic.
News
Moray Council sets out digital strategy to boost digital skills and services for staff
Councillor Donald Gatt said: “By using digital tools in smarter ways, we can improve services, support our staff, and make the best use of our resources.”
Education & Training
Government proposes training levy to secure thousands of skilled offshore wind jobs
Workers in industrial regions could see greater job security under new government proposals designed to ensure the UK’s clean energy transition delivers high-quality employment.
Compensation & Benefits
Nearly 1,800 new accommodation spaces to be built for service personnel
Service personnel are set to benefit from nearly 1,800 new single living accommodation (SLA) spaces as the Ministry of Defence begins the first phase of its new 10-year housing programme.
Compensation & Benefits
Unite urges Government to protect jobs as Liberty Steel placed into administration
Unite, which represents workers at the firm, said long-term guarantees are needed to protect employment and secure the company’s role in the UK’s critical national infrastructure.