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Employers gain new incentives for hiring long-term unemployed young people. The Youth Jobs Grant offers £3,000 for eligible hires aged 18 to 24 who have been on Universal Credit and looking for work for six months.
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BAT cuts jobs as AI reshapes global tobacco operating model. The Fit2Win transformation programme is expected to reduce about 5,500 roles globally and move a further 3,500 roles to strategic partners.
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Volkswagen’s restructuring pressure is now a test of industrial governance. Management has told employee representatives current job cuts are insufficient, sharpening tensions around factories, labour power, and Europe’s automotive transition.
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Burnham’s devolution pitch has drawn cautious support from business leaders. Entrepreneurs and technology executives welcomed his focus on business rates, skills, and regional growth, but warned that delivery will depend on practical policy, local capacity, and digital infrastructure.
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Business travel planning is becoming a resilience issue for employers. Sophie Fleming, Global Head of Trainline Business, argues that rail should be embedded into everyday decision-making, not kept as a fallback when disruption hits.
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France has turned fast fashion into a regulatory test case. New restrictions on advertising, influencer promotion, and product-level penalties will test ecommerce models built on speed, scale, and low-cost consumer acquisition.
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Imperial Brands faces scrutiny over football-linked marketing before tighter regulation. A Rizla fashion collaboration has placed regulated-product adjacency, youth culture, and tournament marketing risk back in focus.
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Channel 4 is deepening targeted advertising capabilities across streaming inventory. Its CACI partnership adds postcode-level planning, consumer segmentation, and catchment-area targeting at a time when broadcasters are defending premium TV advertising.
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The UK skills gap is widening as workplaces change faster. Arden University research and Acas dispute data point to a labour market under pressure from technology, retraining gaps, and weak conflict-resolution capability.
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Remote working has become a retention issue for UK employers. King’s College London research finds fathers increasingly view home working as part of family infrastructure, despite continuing career penalties around visibility.