The tech sector was forced to reorganise twice, at first due to higher demand and then because of inflation, leaving over 55,000 unfilled positions.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to get rid of the mindset that says it is "OK to be bad at math." The Prime Minister wants to make it compulsory for students to study some form of math until the age of 18.

Britain's labour market showed signs of a slowing in the sharp pace of pay growth in March and a shortage of candidates eased for the first time in two years, according to a survey of recruiters published on Wednesday.

Many UK employees are willing to return to their pre-covid employers. However, managers are reluctant to rehire former staff in the current labour crisis.

A new report by NetApp highlights the financial costs and environmental problems created by surplus data stored by UK firms.

As the UK grapples with economic instability and a widening skill gap across various sectors, companies are taking a closer look at their hiring strategies and favouring the employment of temporary staff.

The increasing importance of data analysis is changing the priorities of finance teams, with 81 per cent of senior decision-makers saying they needed access to better quality data to support the running of their finance function.

IT departments are vulnerable to increasing cyber-attacks, with specific concerns around the interests of China. They now face possible fines from the Information Commissioners Office, if they fail to keep their data safe.

The total number of job adverts remains high as the UK government tries to entice individuals back to work with spring budget measures.

A recent study by Lenovo and FT Longitude has identified data security, data analytics and data management as the three essential data pillars responsible for success at top global firms.

The Business Name Generator team has provided five tips for family businesses as research shows four in five UK businesses struggle to find talent.

British finance minister Jeremy Hunt will announce on Wednesday how he will try to speed up the world's sixth-biggest economy after the shocks of Brexit, a heavy COVID-19 hit and double-digit inflation have left it lagging behind its peers.

Frustrated with England's education system, Simon Biltcliffe spends a lot of time training new hires at his marketing firm in the "soft skills" he and many employers say the country's sluggish economy badly needs.

In their fifties and deciding there was more to life than work, Liz and Ian Woodbridge quit stressful jobs during the pandemic - part of a cohort of British early retirees now resisting a government call to return, despite rising living costs.

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt believes "being a technology superpower can change our country's destiny" and has plans to "unlock our national potential to be one of Europe's most exciting, most innovative and most prosperous economies".

Ben Harrison suggests long-term investments and reforms for the UK's employment services, as the nation's economic challenges continue to haunt employers and employees alike.

The UK environment secretary, Thérèse Coffey, is again trending on Twitter after she managed to offend people.

Costa Rican Alex Madrigal, a trained economist, had his visa approved in May last year in just six hours, although that was just the beginning of the hurdles he faced in settling in Germany, despite the country's chronic skills shortage.

The global CEO of Infosys Consulting, Andrew Duncan, has commented on the possibility that the UK could transform its tech industry into the new Silicon Valley.

Recruitment firm, Robert Half, has cautioned that the UK could face the same skills challenge in the next few years without an overhaul of skills development.

New trending workplace phenomenon, 'Quiet Hiring', describes the practice of companies filling vacancies - without doing any actual hiring.

Recent survey reveals almost a quarter (22%) of those working in financial services have said there are no measures in their workplace to support female employees undergoing menopause.

Chefs have not returned to work in the same numbers post-pandemic, leaving the hospitality industry grappling with an acute staffing crisis at a time when operators are also struggling with the soaring costs of doing business.

In Canada's western oil patch, controversy is raging over federal government legislation intended to help the fossil fuel labour force transition to a greener economy.

The UK government is planning to make it compulsory for students to study some form of math until the age of 18.

The UK has forecast its economy to shrink 1.4 percent next year, hit additionally by fallout from Brexit which has resulted in foreign workers returning home.

Companies of all sizes need rigorous cybersecurity protocols these days. There is no shortage of best-in-class tools out there.

According to analysis by the Climate Change Committee, the average cost of retrofitting a single home to net zero standard is £26,000.

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Quebec's plans to attract more French-speaking newcomers are unnerving some business owners who say they need immigrants from varied backgrounds to address a tight labor market in the Canadian province.