Keir Starmer was battling for his future a week ago. After the retreat of his main Labour rival and his decision to take the gloves off against populist rival Nigel Farage, the U.K. prime minister’s shored up his standing. His party’s annual conference in Liverpool had threatened to be a pressure cooker of discontent with…
Staff meanwhile no longer value loyalty to their employer, the company said. Hays, which is one of Europe’s biggest recruitment agencies, has recently been warning over weaknesses in the world’s jobs market. But it said there were several specific challenges facing the UK that was making it a less competitive place for work. Tom Way,…
Data from the Institute of Directors (IoD) showed that firms said higher labour costs has been the biggest contributor to growing pessimism about the economy. The industry group’s monthly economic confidence index, which measures business leader optimism about the prospects of the UK economy, posted a minus 74 reading for September. It marked a significant…