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ICS.AI is offering universities wider governed student AI access nationwide. The company says the model removes a major cost barrier and extends enterprise-grade access once institutions deploy its staff platform.
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Flexible workspace demand is now rising beyond London, Orega argues. As it approaches 25 years in business, the operator says regional economies and mature hybrid-working strategies are driving demand for premium office space with shorter commitments.
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The UK jobs market may look flat, but the latest ONS data prompted a sharper message from employers and labour market specialists: hiring is getting harder, entry routes are narrowing, and younger workers are bearing the brunt.
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February’s UK SME pay rose, but reform costs are looming. Employment Hero’s latest data points to stronger wages and hiring, but also to new cost pressures that could blunt the effect on household finances.
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Utilities communicators are preparing to leave in unusually high numbers. Murray McIntosh’s latest survey suggests churn is building across a sector already under pressure on trust, transparency, sustainability, and public accountability.
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AI can lift valuations while quietly eroding confidence inside organisations. The emerging tension is no longer technological capability alone, but whether companies can promise productivity, faster growth, and leaner structures to markets without convincing employees that the gains will be financed by diminished security, thinner career paths, and weaker reciprocity.
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Energy apprenticeships are drawing unprecedented interest across the UK now. ScottishPower says applications for 150 roles topped 6,000, up 25%, as it expands hiring to support a £24bn clean energy and grid investment plan.
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Layoff language matters most when technology begins redrawing the contract. At Atlassian, the challenge is not only explaining fewer roles, but explaining why AI changes the skills mix, what retraining could not solve, and how leaders avoid sounding evasive when strategy, headcount, and empathy collide in one announcement to staff.
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Recruitment failures are worsening a talent shortage in communications roles. A new report warns that flawed hiring processes are accelerating staff departures across the UK’s strategic communications sector, with candidates increasingly disengaging from slow recruitment timelines, poor feedback, and unclear decision-making by employers.
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Nearly one in five job adverts promote legal rights as perks. New research analysing 9,646 UK job adverts finds statutory entitlements — including holiday allowances and basic workplace provisions — frequently presented as benefits, while nearly a third of listings still omit salary information entirely.