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The only way is up: Employer hiring confidence hits rock bottom Employment confidence has plummeted across all sectors in the UK, with the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey showing a

The Only Way is Up – UK Labour Market Hits Rock Bottom Employment confidence has plummeted across all sectors in the UK, with the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey showing

Hiring challenges in the UK may have slightly eased compared to 2024, but 76% of businesses are still struggling to fill roles.

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) find themselves walking a precarious tightrope. On one side looms the ever-present specter of cybersecurity threats; on the other, the pressing demand to drive innovation and digital transformation. How are today’s technology leaders managing this delicate balance?

The finance sector – on the one hand seen as a high-stakes world of wealth and risk, on the other as a driving force in creating prosperity and stability, is facing a wave of change! Disruptive forces are altering the global landscape.

After five years of hybrid teams, fully remote crews and old-school office die-hards coexisting in the cocktail of workplace models that followed the pandemic, 2025 headlines are being flooded with talk of return-to-office mandates.

For too long, we've framed cybersecurity and innovation as competing priorities - strengthen your security posture or accelerate your digital transformation, but never both. This supposed tension has forced technology leaders into an impossible balancing act, making tradeoffs that ultimately compromise both objectives.

Technology may be universal, but how organisations implement and prioritise it varies dramatically across regions. Our "Future Forward: CIO 2025 Outlook" research reveals fascinating differences in how technology leaders approach seemingly common challenges.

UK Social Care: Important Trends for Providers in 2025 2025 is shaping up to be one of the most challenging years yet for UK social care. With rising demand, critical

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) find themselves walking a precarious tightrope.

The latest Manpower UK Engineering Employment Outlook finds 40% of employers in the engineering space plan no changes to their headcount levels in Q2 (April – June) 2025. Where employers do plan to increase headcount, just 10% intend to add more than 100 workers.

The latest Experis Tech Talent Outlook reveals 35% of IT organisations plan no headcount changes in Q2 (April – June) 2025. For employers who are planning changes, average hiring volume in the IT sector is set to decrease by -57% compared with hiring levels reported last quarter.