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Retail CEOs call for urgent action on youth unemployment crisis
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (535+ words) By Tony Corbin in Featured, Industry News 10th June 2026 Over 80 of Britain's biggest retail chief executives have told the prime minister that government policies are making it harder to hire young people. Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium…...
Retailers' increased costs restricts hiring, says BRC in response to 'Young people and work" report
1+ week, 5+ day ago (313+ words) By Tony Corbin in Featured, Industry News 28th May 2026 Nearly one million young people aged 16 to 24 in the United Kingdom are not in education, employment or training, according to the Alan Milburn "Young people and work" interim report published today (28 May)....
Employment Rights Act risks backfiring for young workers, retail body warns
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (554+ words) By Tony Corbin in Featured, Industry News 12th March 2026 Opportunities for young people in retail risk being narrowed if poor implementation of reforms aimed at strengthening worker security end up reducing the availability of flexible, entry-level roles, the British Retail Consortium…...
Soreen launches "Wordplay" with Susie Dent
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (389+ words) By Johanna Thomson in Biscuits & Cakes 21st January 2026 Malt loaf brand Soreen has teamed up with lexicographer and broadcaster Susie Dent to launch Wordplay, a new initiative designed to boost vocabulary. As part of the campaign, new research was commissioned that…...