Skills shortages

A critical shortage of skilled workers is jeopardising the government’s pledge to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029.

The government needs to step up efforts to boost student enrolment and employer engagement with T-Levels if the qualification is to achieve its intended impact

Decision to cut Level 7 apprenticeship levy funding for those aged over 21 will cost employers around £214m in additional training costs.

Employees had a more a positive outlook on proposed plans to close the skills gap than business leaders, the O'Reilly research suggests.

Dentists from overseas are being forced to work in McDonald’s due to bureaucracy preventing them working in the UK.

We round up reaction from labour market commentators to chancellor Rachel Reeves' Spending Review, published today.

Migrant workers in IT and engineering professionals have a positive financial impact on the UK, finds MAC study.

The largest oil and gas field operator in the North Sea is cutting 250 jobs because of what it calls the ‘punitive’ fiscal regime in oil and gas.

More than a quarter of UK employers are struggling to recruit for sustainability-related roles, according to hiring platform Indeed.

'Army' of young people to be trained for green energy jobs and apprenticeships needed to deliver clean power by 2030. 

Today’s Spring statement did much to add cost and regulation to employers, and not enough to support growth and skills, observers say.

Schneider Electric will double the number of ex-military personnel it recruits in a bid to address a shortage of skills in the transition to green energy.

The AI Action Plan acknowledges the pressing need to train tens of thousands of AI professionals by 2030 to turn the government’s ambition into reality – but the UK is ill equipped to achieve this.

With surveys suggesting hiring confidence is at a low, Simon Fowler proposes a pragmatic and long-term approach to managing headcount.

Chris Chesterman explores how organisations are shifting focus from traditional job roles to a dynamic, skills-based approach.