Kate Underwood's Media Coverage

Rachel Reeves' last Budget to blame for 'deeply worrying'...

Today's jobs figures make troubling reading. Unemployment soared to 5 per cent in the three months to September, a high not seen since early 2021, and redundancies are on the rise. Wage growth is also...

Unemployment hits post-pandemic peak - HR Magazine

Unemployment in the UK rose to 5% in the three months to the end of September, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released yesterday (11 November).

Fury at BBC as latest scandal dubbed ‘the day its last...

Business owners have slammed the BBC after its top brass had to step down for doctoring footage of the US President.

‘Labour’s ‘working people’ spin shows just how out...

Labour claims to be the party of working people - but who among us fit into their narrow definition?

Amazon Web Services outage ‘exposes critical flaw’...

Barclays, Lloyds Bank, Halifax, and more banks experienced significant disruption due to the outage

Pizza Hut ‘stuck in the middle’ as UK dine-in arm collapses...

Pizza Hut’s UK dine-in restaurants enter administration amid rising costs and shifting consumer habits, with experts blaming a ‘brutal market squeeze’.

Small firms hire virtual staff to combat hike in National...

It comes as figures published today show the number of payrolled employees fell by 169,000 between June 2024 and June 2025.

JLR cuts hundreds of UK jobs: Lessons in handling voluntary...

Jaguar Land Rover’s plan to axe up to 500 management jobs in the UK should remind employers about their duties surrounding voluntary redundancies, HR commentators have said.

Lloyds, Halifax Outage: What Businesses Should Do -...

Another banking glitch has resulted in millions of UK workers being unable to access their finances on pay day.

Unemployment rate falls to 4% - but claims for DWP...

The rate of unemployment dropped to four per cent in the three month to August 2024, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Employment Rights Bill – what’s in the legislation?...

We take a look at Labour’s Employment Rights Bill and how the business community has reacted to the measures

Government’s IR35 consultation: what do employers need...

With HMRC considering more changes to off-payroll legislation, People Management asks legal and tax experts which issues this could solve and what will likely remain unaddressed

Should HR be lenient with staff who steal during the...

With data suggesting theft at work is on the rise, People Management asks the profession whether employees should be reprimanded amid the current economic downturn

Job market remains buoyant with 1.4 million active...

Latest REC figures could be indicative of ‘new year, new me’ Christmas rush, but recruiters warn it isn’t necessarily good news for employers

ONS labour market data: “Employers putting in place...

Following the ONS labour market data published this morning expert recruiters and HRs have commented: Louise Skittrall, founder of Swindon-based Robinson Grac

Firms try to get staff back to office as self isolation...

Boris Johnson has revealed his intention to scrap the duty to self-isolate if a person tests positive in England as he fights for his political life.

People stuck in jobs that don’t bring them joy should...

The Duke of Sussex told US business magazine Fast Company that ‘with self-awareness comes the need for change’ and that the many job resignations during the pandemic ‘aren’t all bad’.

The long-term impact of no praise or positive feedback...

Your self-esteem can take a hit, and so can the business.

Businesses reveal ‘pingdemic headache’ as their operations...

Nearly 900,000 alerts telling people to quarantine were issued in the first week of this month after contact with a coronavirus victim in the so-called ‘pingdemic’.

HR Magazine - Sickness absences fall to lowest rate...

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, UK sickness absence fell last year, sparking fears that employees are continuing to work while ill and working from home.

HR Magazine - UK falls short of ‘basic employment rights’...

Women want workplace period leave policies as they don’t believe UK employment law supports those who experience severe menstrual symptoms.

‘Your body just stops’: long Covid sufferers face new...

Nurses, teachers and shopworkers who have lost their health and their jobs talk about their struggle for support

Businesses hope for recovery after “massive” losses...

BUSINESSES have welcomed signs of a recovery after the “massive” loss inflicted by the Covid criss last year.

Businesses hope for recovery after “massive” losses...

BUSINESSES have welcomed signs of a recovery after the “massive” loss inflicted by the Covid criss last year.

Unemployment scarring: Who is at risk and what can...

What can employers do to aid people most vulnerable to unemployment scarring?