Making the jump to self-employment could damage your pension savings June 11, 2026 Employees making the leap into self-employment could put their retirement at risk, with many unlikely to continue saving into a pension upon leaving auto-enrolment. Roughly one in five self-employed workers save into a private pension, compared with around four in five employees, leaving those working for themselves at greater risk of having insufficient savings upon [...]
‘AI is not killing all these jobs’: LinkedIn boss on UK hiring slump June 10, 2026 Hiring in the capital is down 32 per cent from January 2019, a steeper fall than in any other region tracked by LinkedIn, as higher interest rates and corporate cost-cutting weigh on firms that dominate London’s labour market. Across the UK, hiring has slowed by 24 per cent on pre-pandemic levels and 10 per cent [...]
More than 80 retail bosses urge Starmer to tackle youth unemployment crisis June 10, 2026 More than 80 retail bosses have called on the Prime Minister to set out urgent measures to tackle youth unemployment, warning that the “ladder of opportunity for young people is wobbling”. The chiefs of leading retailers including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and John Lewis have called on Sir Keir Starmer to safeguard the position of retail as [...]
KBRA Releases Global ABS 2026 Conference: Day 1 Recap June 10, 2026 KBRA releases its Day 1 recap of the Global ABS 2026 conference, held from 9-11 June. Global ABS 2026 opened in Barcelona with record attendance, as the conference’s 30th anniversary edition attracted more than 5,570 on-site attendees, surpassing last year’s high-water mark. Participation was broad, with representation from issuers, investors, and attendees from more than [...]
Motive Brings AI Coach to the UK: Organisations Can Deliver Personalised Driver Coaching Automatically with Custom Avatars June 10, 2026 The new solution uses Motive’s accurate AI to deliver high-impact, personalised video feedback at scale, dynamically tailoring each script to the driver’s needs UK organisations with fleets can reduce coaching workloads by up to 100% while improving safety and performance with fast, consistent guidance for every driver
Fuller’s slams ‘unprecedented government interference’ in pub sector June 10, 2026 The boss of Fuller’s has slammed Labour for “unprecedented government interference” into the pub sector, which he says is to blame for 5,800 pubs closing in a decade. Simon Emeny, executive chairman of Fuller, Smith and Turner, has launched a broadside against the government’s hikes to business rates, national insurance contributions and alcohol duty. “When [...]
Let’s help London’s £53.5bn airport investment opportunity take off June 10, 2026 The report highlights how London’s global success has been underpinned by its connectivity. Yet those connections are straining through a combination of a Byzantine planning system, regulatory hurdles and rising, policy-driven, operating costs. If London can’t get airport investment off the ground, it’ll be left on the tarmac while other country’s growth flies, says John [...]
Oxford St vs the Square Mile: a tale of two cities June 10, 2026 The Square Mile has reinvented itself in recent years, but West End politicians must stop blocking common sense if Oxford Street has a chance of mimicking the City’s success, says Andrew Teacher Back when Netflix was still posting DVDs through letterboxes, the £6m Marble Arch Mound would have handed the writers of Brass Eye and [...]
The Debate: Should we build a data centre on Brick Lane? June 10, 2026 It may be better known for bagels, but times they are a changing. Should we put a data centre on Brick Lane? We hear the case for and against.
Real estate firms going bust at record rate as property market slumps June 10, 2026 Real estate companies are going bust at the fastest rate seen in a decade, City AM can reveal, in a further sign that the UK’s property market is taking a battering. As many as 762 real estate-related businesses have become insolvent in the UK since the start of the year, a City AM analysis of [...]