Almost half (46%) of UK employees are keen to undertake training to upskill for a potential recession, with over half (52%) willing to fund this themselves in their own time, shows research.
Outdated stereotypes and poor career advice are seen as the main barriers for women considering a career in the plumbing and heating industry, states a survey from a trade body.
A trade body has welcomed the government’s decision to launch an energy efficiency task force charged with driving investment in improving the performance of buildings.
The number of people not working and not looking for a job has increased by around 600,000 during the pandemic, growing Britain’s so-called economically inactive group to nine million working-age people, states a study.