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Human Resources News 

LCCI CHIEF KARIM FATEHI OBE BACKS MILBURN REVIEW CALL FOR URGENT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ACTION

May 28, 2026May 28, 2026 NewsDesk Apprenticeship Levy, apprenticeships, business investment, business news, economic growth, economic inactivity, education and skills, employment crisis, Karim Fatehi, labour market, LCCI, Local Skills Improvement Plans, London business, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, London skills shortages, NEETs, Productivity, recruitment crisis, SMEs, UK Economy, UK growth, UK labour shortages, workforce development, workforce shortages, Youth unemployment

London Chamber of Commerce and Industry has warned that growing labour shortages and rising youth economic inactivity risk undermining London’s

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Human Resources News 

AI AND HIRING FRICTION: UK JOBSEEKERS FRUSTRATED BY LENGTHY APPLICATIONS AND POOR COMMUNICATION

April 28, 2026April 28, 2026 NewsDesk AI hiring, AI job applications, AI recruitment UK, candidate experience hiring, candidate experience UK, careers UK, employment trends, flexible working UK jobs, hiring challenges UK, hiring inefficiencies, hiring process, hiring process UK, job application process, job application process UK, job search, jobs UK, jobseekers frustration UK, labour market UK 2026, London, Omni RMS research, recruitment technology UK, recruitment trends, recruitment trends UK, talent acquisition UK, UK labour market 2026, UK recruitment, UK recruitment frustration

The UK recruitment market is facing a growing disconnect between employers and candidates, as new data points to rising frustration

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Agriculture Entrepreneurship Human Resources 

IRELAND WORKFORCE TRANSFORMATION REVEALS SHIFT FROM AGRICULTURE TO GLOBAL ECONOMY

April 27, 2026 NewsDesk agriculture decline, Chief HR Officer and Co-Founder Agility EOR, economic analysis, employment trends, future of work, global workforce, hybrid work, Ireland business, Ireland economy, Ireland statistics, Irish census, labour market trends, multinational companies, remote working, Scott Winter, services economy, workforce transformation

Ireland workforce transformation over the past century underscores one of the most significant structural economic shifts in Europe, as newly

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Awards Hospitality Human Resources 

TRAINING, TRUST AND TALENT DRIVE CLERMONT HOTEL GROUP UP UK BEST WORKPLACES LIST

March 16, 2026 NewsDesk Benedict Gautrey Managing Director Great Place To Work UK, best companies to work for UK, employee engagement hospitality, Great Place To Work UK, Heather Harris Group HR Director Clermont Hotel Group, hospitality industry careers, hospitality talent development, hospitality training programmes, hotel workplace culture UK, Institute of Hospitality membership, The Academy Clermont Hotel Group, UK best workplaces 2026, UK hospitality employers, WordPress SEO Tags: Clermont Hotel Group, workplace culture UK hotels

Clermont Hotel Group has been named among the UK’s Best Workplaces for 2026, climbing sharply in the national rankings after

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Human Resources News Women in Business 

UK EMPLOYERS WARNED: SAFETY RISKS RISE AS OFFICE ATTENDANCE SURGES

February 13, 2026February 13, 2026 NewsDesk business risk management, corporate governance UK, duty of care employers, employee safety UK, employee wellbeing strategy, HSBC office attendance, hybrid working risks, office safety policies, PwC return to office, Sarah Schofield, sexual harassment reporting UK, The Safe Woman, UK return to office, workplace harassment statistics, workplace safety 2026

UK RETURN-TO-OFFICE DRIVE RAISES FRESH QUESTIONS OVER EMPLOYEE SAFETY As major employers accelerate plans for a full return to the

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Health Human Resources 

RESEARCH SUGGESTS PURPOSEFUL HOBBIES CAN BOOST PERFORMANCE AT WORK

February 6, 2026 NewsDesk employee engagement, employee wellbeing, erasmus university rotterdam, hobbies and work performance, human relations journal, leisure crafting, older workers productivity, organisational psychology, personal development at work, productivity research, university of east anglia research, work-life balance, workplace creativity, workplace innovation, workplace meaning

As millions of Britons set New Year resolutions focused on health, learning and self-improvement, new academic research suggests that how

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Employment Human Resources Legal News 

UK EMPLOYERS URGED TO PREPARE FOR BIGGEST EMPLOYMENT LAW SHAKE-UP IN A DECADE

January 5, 2026 NewsDesk employee rights UK, employer legal risk, employment disputes UK, Employment Law Expert at Smith Partnership, employment legislation UK, Employment Rights Act 2025, HR compliance UK, HR policy updates, Katie Bullimore, labour law reform, probationary periods UK, Rebecca Reid, settlement agreements, statutory sick pay changes, UK business regulation, UK employment law changes, unfair dismissal six months, workplace law reform

UK employers and employees are being urged to prepare for what employment specialists describe as the most far-reaching overhaul of

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Appointments Employment Human Resources News 

CBS STRENGTHENS LEADERSHIP TEAM WITH CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER APPOINTMENT

December 18, 2025 NewsDesk background screening provider, CBS screening, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Product Officer, Complete Background Screening, Complete Background Screening Rachel Bedgood, data integrity recruitment, DBS checks UK, employment checks UK, employment compliance UK, fraud prevention hiring, hiring risk management, HR compliance UK, pre-employment screening UK, product leadership appointment, regulatory compliance hiring, Samantha Vaughan, screening technology UK, UK business appointments, workforce screening services

Complete Background Screening (CBS), one of the UK’s longest-established providers of pre-employment screening and DBS checks, has appointed Samantha Vaughan

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Health Human Resources 

IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID STRESS – BUT HERE’S HOW LEADERS CAN MANAGE IT BETTER

November 10, 2025November 10, 2025 NewsDesk burnout prevention, business coaching, Drew Povey, employee wellbeing, International Stress Awareness Week, leadership coaching, leadership development, managing pressure, mental health at work, mental resilience, recovery and performance, resilience at work, stress awareness, stress management, stress reduction tips, team resilience, wellbeing in business, workplace culture, workplace performance, workplace stress

A leadership expert has explained why stress is something people can use to build resilience in the workplace rather than

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Human Resources News Technology 

WORKPLACE INTERRUPTIONS NOW COSTING UK BUSINESSES £488 BILLION A YEAR

October 31, 2025 NewsDesk agentic AI, AI automation UK, AI workplace tools, artificial intelligence in business, Ash Ward, business productivity loss, Chief Technology Officer, Comms Capability Lead, digital transformation UK, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Microsoft Work Trend Index, Nasstar, Nasstar Ash Ward, office technology trends, Sean Morris, UK economy productivity, workplace interruptions, workplace productivity UK

Workplace interruptions are costing the British economy £488 billion a year; could agentic AI be the cure? Workplace trends data

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