1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (381+ words) The Knightsbridge store recorded a pre-tax loss of just over £34 million in the previous year, driven by difficult market conditions and £62.5 million in compensation paid to victims of Al Fayed’s abuse. Turnover rose 1.2 per cent to £1.1 billion in the latest…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (462+ words) The latest ONS figures put the number at 1,012,000, up 89,000 in a year, with 13.5 per cent of all 16 to 24 year olds now NEET. As Mayor of Greater Manchester you showed you understand this agenda, championing technical education and real pathways into…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (827+ words) Fresh analysis from the IFS, published ahead of the latest Office for National Statistics labour market release, shows the share of 16- to 24-year-olds on a UK payroll has fallen by 4.3 percentage points since December 2022, a drop of roughly 330,000 young people....

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (643+ words) Just shy of a million workers aged 50 and above are currently locked out of the labour market, the latest Labour Force Survey data shows, with the age group consistently registering the highest rates of redundancy across the workforce. Some 917,000 people…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (514+ words) Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in the three months to December 2025, the unemployment rate among 16 to 24-year-olds climbed to 16.1 per cent. That equates to nearly 740,000 young people out of work, an increase of around 120,000 in under…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (504+ words) And the fact that this notion is being flirted with seriously in political circles tells you everything you need to know about how out of touch this country’s Westminster bubble has become. And yet here we are, in 2026, watching the…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (404+ words) The interview took place at Spaces Liverpool Street in the City, a recently refurbished location where corporate suits and start-up hoodies share communal tables. Dixon, 66, is softly spoken rather than bombastic, but unequivocal in his beliefs. “The key problem with…...

7+ mon, 3+ day ago   (397+ words) Applications are open for the second round of the fund, which is available to businesses with up to 250 employees that sell products online. The funding can be used for any government-accredited apprenticeship, spanning areas from industry-specific roles to digital marketing,…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (610+ words) Research by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) shows that 707,000 graduates are now claiming benefits, a 46 per cent increase since 2019. Of those, around 240,000 cited health problems as the main reason they were unable to work in 2025, up from 117,000 before the…...

10+ mon, 2+ day ago   (640+ words) Nearly one million people aged 16 to 24 in the UK are currently not in education, employment or training (Neets) — a figure that has alarmed ministers and policymakers. Milburn’s review will explore how to prevent young people from becoming trapped outside work…...