Should we all be looking forward to three-day weeks as Bill Gates predicts AI will gift us? Or should we be preparing for a brave new world of unemployment? Katherine Steiner-Dicks opines on the options In this article, we cover: Bill Gates, the former purveyor of Microsoft operating systems-turned philanthropist, suggested in an interview that […]

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The chance that there could be a deep US recession in 2025 is growing. This news would cast a long shadow over the UK’s already strained economic prospects. With tightly interwoven economies, the UK is poised to feel the reverberations of any significant downturn across the Atlantic, particularly within its labour market. Here we look […]

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Hundreds of contractor jobs have been lost following Labour’s decision to scrap the controversial Rwanda asylum plan, highlighting how political agendas can directly impact contracting opportunities. According to an LBC report, 280 Home Office contractors hired to implement the deportation scheme have been made redundant. The plan, a key policy of the previous Conservative government, […]

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The UK job market continues to cool with job vacancies declining for the 27th consecutive period, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This sustained decrease marks a significant shift from the post-pandemic hiring boom and signals a more cautious approach from employers amidst economic uncertainty. The total number of […]

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