Pip & Nut boss: My partner took nine months off to look after our baby. I want to normalise it Opinion When Pip & Nut CEO Pippa Murray had a baby, it was her husband who took nine months off. She says it’s time to rebalance parental leave.
Employers think Gen Z has forgotten how to work – are they right? Opinion Over half of UK employers are worried about Gen Z behaviour and professionalism. Here’s three things they can do, according to Eliza Filby ‘Why won’t our graduates just pick up the phone?’ is the most frequent complaint I hear from leaders. It may be the point of most frustration but it’s far from the most [...]
Services sector cuts jobs and hikes prices after Reeves’ tax raid Economics The UK’s services sector has turned to hiking prices and shedding workers in an effort to balance the books in the face of rising cost pressures from government policy. Businesses activity picked up for the tenth-consecutive month in February, according to the latest Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) from S&P, but came amid a “solid” amount [...]
City veteran Lord Rose: UK is ‘at the edge of a crisis’ September 9, 2025 Lord Stuart Rose has launched a scathing attack on the government’s economic strategy, claiming the UK is “at the edge of a crisis.” The City veteran told Times Radio: “I think we should all be worried about the state of Britain today. “Now, I am absolutely an optimist in my life. I’ve been working for [...]
Rachel Reeves told to ‘get out of the way’ ahead of Autumn Budget August 13, 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been told to “let businesses get on with it and get out of the way” ahead of delivering her second Autumn Budget in the coming months. A group of 1,500 private business leaders surveyed by KPMG said the Chancellor should focus on promoting higher wages and lower costs for companies. They [...]
The death of deep thinking: What generative AI is doing to your future team May 27, 2025 AI is reshaping education at a structural level, but the implications are beginning to show beyond lecture halls. Tools like ChatGPT become embedded in academic routines, students are increasingly outsourcing the work of ideation, synthesis and long-form writing to machines. What used to be learned slowly, through the hard graft of writing and revising, is [...]
The Debate: Should companies publish salaries on job ads? February 26, 2025 Is salary transparency an obvious help for jobseekers, or are there hidden downsides? Our writers to hash it out in this week’s Debate.
Autumn Budget 2024: Taxes rocket by £40bn as employers told to pay more October 30, 2024 Rachel Reeves has hiked employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) by 1.2 per cent, as she delivered the Labour government’s first Autumn Budget in office, which saw taxes rise by a record £40bn and government borrowing increase. The Chancellor unveiled the rise – which is set to see the levy hit 15 per cent for firms [...]
Reynolds refuses to rule out raising employer national insurance rate October 13, 2024 Jonathan Reynolds has refused to rule out raising employers’ National Insurance (NI) contributions in the Budget.
The jobs market is already in trouble – loading employers with new regulations won’t help September 25, 2024 Jobs postings have declined for the 26th month in a row. This isn't the time to disincentivise hiring, writes Reed CEO James Reed.