London Business News

Discover the latest ONS jobs data and insights on the UK labour market. Dive into the numbers and trends shaping employment.

Not Ltd

A growing wave of UK olderpreneurs are launching businesses after 50, proving experience, confidence and networks can be a powerful competitive advantage.

The Times

From a bookshop to a beeswax-based skincare brand, we meet the women who prove it’s never too late to start your own business

London Loves Business

According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, 8.6 million people are currently not working – around one in five working adults.

Daily Mail

The new cap announced by Ofgem today will come into effect for around 24million households in England, Scotland and Wales on default energy tariffs on October 1.

YOU Magazine

Got a great idea for a startup but feel you’re too old to launch it? Think again, says Polly Dunbar, business begins at 50.

IFA Magazine

This morning the Office for National Statistics published a report entitled, Over 50s Lifestyle Study: Attitudes and reasons for workers over 50 leaving employm

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The founder of several UK start-ups tells Candice Krieger why the pandemic has triggered an increase in the numbers of over-50s who are setting up their own businesses

Bournemouth Echo

A START-UP school is opening in Dorset for ‘olderpreneurs’ in a bid to help over-50s create new businesses.

Business Matters

The UK economy grew by 0.4% in August as more people dined out, went on holiday and attended music festivals.

Daily Mail

Industry chiefs warned that the burden of higher wages will hit consumers as the government dug its heels in despite rising alarm that supply chain chaos could continue for months.

The Sun

ARE you a goal-driven oldie? Figures show older workers are having to fight hardest to get back into the workplace. While the employment rate for people aged 25 to 49 is back to pre-Covid levels, t…

workingwise.co.uk

At 60, Suzanne Noble has had a lifetime of changing directions and taking the odd risk, many of which have paid off. Stepping out of university in the early eighties, she headed straight for the bright...

The Telegraph

Research says older workers are likely to be hardest hit by unemployment, but a free training course is helping them set up new businesses

Daily Mail

Industry chiefs warned that the burden of higher wages will hit consumers as the government dug its heels in despite rising alarm that supply chain chaos could continue for months.

CityAM

City A.M. sought the views of six recruitment, HR and financial experts on why, over the past year, older people have been exiting the workforce earlier.

CityAM

City A.M. sought the views of six recruitment, HR and financial experts on why, over the past year, older people have been exiting the workforce earlier.

acton notebook

Could the over-50s be the new business start-up generation? Faced with poor job prospects but years of knowledge, contacts and skills, many are deciding to going it alone. In the UK, over-50s account for...

The Fintech Times

Banks struggle to retain consumer trust, leaders think the finance industry is being greenwashed and the Startup School for Seniors launches

Freelance Informer

Max Wallace (pictured) started his community fitness company, Health Defence, in 2020 out of survival. Max’s story is a familiar one for people aged 50 and over who were made redundant or during the pandemic....

The Scotsman

An online course named Startup School for Seniors has launched to help people aged 50 and above to start their own business.

MyLondon

A number of Londoners over the age of 50 changed careers during lockdown

STOPageism

Startup School for Seniors is a free eight week eLearning course for unemployed people provided by Advantages of Age. Whilst not exclusively for those over 50, our course is designed […]

Atlas of the Future

Silver Sharers is a sharing scheme with a heart that matches homeowners over-50 in London with flatmates, providing long-term and affordable accommodation. “What makes it different from existing flat sharing...

Startup School for Seniors - brilliant lessons & insights from Suzanne Noble

Today’s guest is Suzanne Noble who is a serial entrepreneur currently working on a solution to help homeowners over 50 ‘age in place’ and reduce social isolation by matching them with compatible long-term...

Age UK London Blog

I suspect that, like many others aged over 50, COVID-19 has created its own unique challenges, especially around work. The latest statistics regarding unemployment and the over 50s are shocking with the...

The Guardian

Obstacles litter the career path for older workers either looking, or having to, start again. But help is at hand