Skills

'KickStarter' | Sainsbury's launches work experience programme creating 10,000 opportunities

Fresh start | UK grocer Morrisons to provide 1000 apprenticeship opportunities by 2030

Hiring slowdown | Graduate job postings fall to lowest mid-year level since 2020

Energised workforce | National Grid launches £5m scheme to help 5,000 young people into work

Education overhaul | 'Businesses must step up' - HR reacts to Burnham's skills shake-up amid youth unemployment crisis

Pre-GPT | Workers are becoming nostalgic for life before generative AI

Capital gains | London workers are outpacing the rest of UK on AI skills

Slice of L&D | Pizza Hut delays restaurant openings for nationwide staff training

• Promoted by General Assembly

Skills Compact | Major finance firms join 'once in a generation' scheme to upskill 250,000+ employees on AI & more

Job security | Only 1 in 4 UK workers feel confident their job is safe from elimination

'Future ready' | London-based tobacco giant cuts 5,500 jobs as AI transformation gathers pace

'Practical & accessible' | Lloyds targets more than 1,000 new AI roles as it expands agentic AI capability

'Two-track labour market' | AI hiring & wages surge as demand outpace jobs market

'Backing ambitious firms' | Visa costs reimbursed & 'concierge' support unveiled to help UK firms attract global talent

'Left behind' | Government launches AI bootcamps & jobs 'alliance' to tackle youth unemployment, but digital access concerns remain

Burnout | 3 in 5 HR pros consider switching careers as workload pressures mount

'Not just any career' | M&S launches new leadership training scheme for 1,000 youngsters - with no degree required

• Promoted by General Assembly

'Implementation gap' | AI acceptance on the rise, but workers remain overwhelmed and unsupported

Clarity & confidence | How employers can address 'fear of becoming obsolete' as AI reshapes the workplace

L&D | Time pressure remains the biggest barrier to workplace learning