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'KickStarter' | Sainsbury's launches work experience programme creating 10,000 opportunities
Sainsbury's has announced KickStarter, its latest work experience programme, which...
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Next generation | A-level results 2026: Why employers must protect the routes beyond university
Employers are being urged to look beyond grades and protect the apprenticeships,...
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Energised workforce | National Grid launches £5m scheme to help 5,000 young people into work
The energy company will fund training, qualifications and personalised employment...
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'A path for everyone' | What is the 'Dutch-style' employment support being rolled out across the UK?
Young people across Britain are to receive employment support modelled on the Netherlands'...
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Education overhaul | 'Businesses must step up' - HR reacts to Burnham's skills shake-up amid youth unemployment crisis
HR leaders have welcomed plans to expand technical education from the age of 14,...
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'Travesty' | Scrap employers' National Insurance for under-25s to tackle youth jobs crisis, MPs urge
Reducing hiring costs could bring 38,000 young people into work as the number outside...
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ONS latest | UK labour market steadies, but young workers continue to be left behind
The UK's labour market has shown fresh signs of stabilising, but persistently high...
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'Left behind' | Government launches AI bootcamps & jobs 'alliance' to tackle youth unemployment, but digital access concerns remain
Industry leaders have welcomed the plans, but warn that digital poverty could prevent...
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'Youth employment drought' | Young people locked out of work as starter jobs halve in a decade, new study warns
The UK is facing a growing youth employment crisis, with more than one million young...
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NEET crisis | Former M&S Chief Exec to spearhead government drive to help young people into work
A business leader with decades of experience at the most senior levels has been appointed...
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Greene King & more | Major firms unite to help care leavers and prison leavers into work
Leading UK businesses have joined forces with the Government to help more care leavers,...
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NEETs | Youth jobs crisis risks becoming 'perfect storm' for UK employers, warns Milburn review
Business leaders are warning of mounting hiring pressures after a major review into...
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'Hard choices' | UK's skills system is failing businesses & young people, CBI chair warns
Cressida Hogg says the UK's skills system is “not joining up” business needs...
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Jobs warning | Ex-PM Rishi Sunak warns AI is 'flattening' entry-level jobs market for young workers
Sunak has warned AI is already slowing entry-level hiring, but suggests tax changes...
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'Left behind' | Care leavers three times more likely to be 'locked out' of work opportunities
Young people who have experienced the care system in England are nearly three times...
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‘Unfair stereotypes’ | Be like McDonald's: Why employers must rethink their view on hiring young people
McDonald's UK&I employs over 100,000 people under 25, with one in three of its...
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‘Incredibly positive’ | JD Sports hosts 'blockbuster' careers event for 10,000 young people
The 'blockbuster event' will showcase career pathways across JD and the wider...
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'There are challenges' | Ministers weigh delay to increasing youth minimum wage
Ministers are considering slowing down plans to pay adults of all ages the same minimum...
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'A generation at risk' | Youth jobs slump creates fresh workforce challenge for HR
The UK's youth jobs market is sliding down the international rankings, with new...
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'Urgent challenge' | Nearly 1 million young people still not in work or learning as NEET rates remain high
The latest ONS figures show that the number of young people in the UK who are not...
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