AI & Transformation
Skills Compact | Major finance firms join 'once in a generation' scheme to upskill 250,000+ employees on AI & more
Firms including HSBC, NatWest & Lloyds agree to upskilling staff, new talent development, and annual...
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Job security | Only 1 in 4 UK workers feel confident their job is safe from elimination
Workers who feel their jobs are secure are six times more likely to be fully engaged and twice as likely...
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'Policy, practice & culture' | How employers can keep progressing on disability inclusion in uncertain times
Business Disability Forum is urging employers not to let global uncertainty derail disability inclusion,...
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'Future ready' | London-based tobacco giant cuts 5,500 jobs as AI transformation gathers pace
British American Tobacco has cut 5,500 jobs as part of a global AI-led transformation, as new research...
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'Effective & competent' | HR professional wins first court case using AI lawyer
A freelance HR consultant has become the first person to win a court case in England with the support...
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'Practical & accessible' | Lloyds targets more than 1,000 new AI roles as it expands agentic AI capability
Lloyds Banking Group is recruiting for hundreds of agentic AI-related roles and developing apprentices...
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'Onboard & train them' | HR could become responsible for managing AI workers, Accenture boss suggests
As agentic AI begins to move from experimentation to deployment, HR leaders could find themselves playing...
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'Two-track labour market' | AI hiring & wages surge as demand outpace jobs market
Specialist AI job postings surged by 61% in the UK compared to last year...
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'Backing ambitious firms' | Visa costs reimbursed & 'concierge' support unveiled to help UK firms attract global talent
Government plans to reimburse visa costs and offer bespoke support to high-growth firms have been welcomed,...
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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 many young people...
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'Implementation gap' | AI acceptance on the rise, but workers remain overwhelmed and unsupported
Researchers say HR must play a critical role in closing the AI skills gap...
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Clarity & confidence | How employers can address 'fear of becoming obsolete' as AI reshapes the workplace
New insights show how a stronger employee experience can turn anxiety into confidence when it comes to...
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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, ex-offenders...
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Job cuts | Standard Chartered steps up AI use to 'replace lower-value human capital'
UK-based global bank Standard Chartered is set to cut thousands of roles over the next several years...
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ManpowerGroup 2026 | Clarity, culture, capabilities: How talent leaders can embrace uncertainty & change
Experts and talent leaders at ManpowerGroup's 2026 Conference spoke on the importance of leadership...
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'Copy/paste economy' | UK workers losing up to a day per week managing AI tools
Employees report spending growing amounts of time switching between systems, copying information into...
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'Making a bad system worse' | Half of UK jobseekers have faced an AI interview - but few want to get rid of it
Few jobseekers believe employers are using AI responsibly. But most don't want less AI - they simply...
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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 could boost...
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'Different directions' | Part-time roles fall as firms shift towards full-time hiring amid rising costs
New data reveals who is being squeezed out of the UK's changing jobs market...
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'Death by a thousand cuts' | BBC axing up to 2,000 jobs as broadcaster seeks £500m savings
BBC's interim Director-General warns “big and difficult choices” lie ahead...
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