The hybrid working gap: The young, broke and single prefer the office May 24, 2021 Older workers are more likely to prefer hybrid working models than younger people. Half of employees aged 18 to 24-years-old want to return to the office full time, compared to just 29 per cent of over 55s, according to a survey carried out by Totem, an employee engagement and culture app The survey showed that 66 [...]
Young Londoners moved house more than anyone else during the pandemic June 9, 2021 Nearly two-in-five (39%) young Londoners moved house during the pandemic in the hope of securing a better quality of life. Employees in London were keener to move than employees elsewhere in the country, according to research by Close Brothers. More than a third (36%) of those aged 18 to 34 moved house during the pandemic, [...]
In this recession, it’s the tail end set of kids starting work who aren’t alright February 1, 2023 People who started work during lockdowns escaped the fate of those entering the labour market in 2008, but it’s the young people still at university we need to be worried about, writes Sascha O’Sullivan.
Britain’s forty-something-year-olds are in the sweet spot of working adults January 17, 2023 As young workers struggle with low pay and high rent, and over-50s jump out of the workforce en masse, those in the sweet spot of work in the UK seem to be those in their forties, writes Elena Siniscalco
Young people hit disproportionately by Covid jobs crisis April 20, 2021 Those aged under 35 disproportionately lost their jobs as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, as sectors like hospitality and retail were hit particularly hard by the crisis. In the year to March, nearly 635,000 under-35s saw payroll job losses in the UK, making up 80 per cent of the total payroll jobs lost during [...]
Promising Young Woman is a dark, brilliant Oscar contender April 14, 2021 Tearing its way through awards season is Promising Young Woman, the drama that has had film fans abuzz ever since the trailer first appeared in 2019. Just over a year and a pandemic later, the film has picked up two BAFTAs (Outstanding British Film and Best Original Screenplay), and is vying for five Oscars at [...]
Watchdog gives UHY Hacker Young a slap on the wrist for shoddy audit May 13, 2021 The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has given what it described as a “severe reprimand” to UHY Hacker Young for its audit of a Malaysia-based rubber manufacturer. The FRC declared UHY Hacker Young’s 2016 audit of Inch Kenneth Kajang Rubber (IKKR) was unsatisfactory, and as a result told the accountancy firm to give staff involved in [...]
Pensions ‘perfect storm’ could lead to young people dropping out, warns watchdog June 11, 2021 A pensions perfect storm could lead to younger generations dropping out and having inadequate incomes in later life, a spending watchdog has warned. The Treasury has also done little to identify and manage the stark differences in average pensions between genders and other groups, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said in its [...]
Older workers planning to work from home permanently are selfishly risking the development of young people June 23, 2021 My Twitter timeline has been overrun with people arguing about whether they are for or against a return to the office. The ones shouting the loudest is normally to be the anti-office group. They are typically older, more well-established in their careers and keen to share how pleased they are to have finally ditched the [...]
Marks & Spencer chair: More young faces are needed on company boards May 1, 2021 Archie Norman, chairman of Marks & Spencer, has said company boards are “made up of old people”, and as a result are not able to keep pace with disruptive, smarter and faster technological advances. Norman, who is also chairman of Signal AI, an artificial intelligence-powered public relations platform, and special advisor to Lazard Bank, said [...]