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Increased labour costs pushing small businesses to the brink, FSB warns
20 Feb 2026 14:06 GMT
Higher employment costs and increased business … in 13 years as rising labour costs dampen business confidence, report … a result of these mounting employment costs, 35 per cent of … struggling to manage with higher employment costs. The British Retail Consortium …
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UK retailers plan hiring freeze as labour costs increase
20 Feb 2026 10:47 GMT
… financial officers shows employment costs have become one … Employment Rights Act.
Employment costs climb to top … cumulative impact of higher employment costs risks limiting opportunities, … labour cost inflation.
The findings highlight how rising employment costs …
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UK retailers to cut jobs and hours as labour costs surge
20 Feb 2026 08:44 GMT
… and head offices, as rising employment costs and weak economic confidence reshape … Executive of the BRC, said labour costs are now among the top …
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The Diverse Income Trust: Immigration and falling labour costs: The end of an era
19 Feb 2026 21:37 GMT
Immigration and a decline in labour costs may explain why global stock …
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Omnicom says talent will be the ‘differentiator,’ but plans $1bn in labor cost cuts
19 Feb 2026 17:26 GMT
… follows: $1bn from reductions in labor cost through the elimination of duplicative …
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Omnicom plans to reduce labor costs by $1B following IPG acquisition
19 Feb 2026 17:23 GMT
… generate savings, with reductions in labor costs making up the lion’s …
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Retail CFOs warn of labour cost crisis amid Employment Rights Act shakeup
19 Feb 2026 12:39 GMT
… the alarm over surging labour costs, warning that the … Labour Costs Top Concerns
The survey highlights that labour and employment costs … BRC calculates that retail employment costs rose by £5 … for Retail
With rising labour costs, inflationary pressures, and …
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BRC survey reveals UK retailers' labour cost fears
19 Feb 2026 11:44 GMT
… sharp increase in anxiety about labour costs over the next year.
The … financial officers ranked labour and employment costs in their top three concerns …
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$1b LNG terminal is the cost of Labour’s gas ban – Roger Partridge
18 Feb 2026 20:05 GMT
All of which rather misses the point.
The LNG terminal is not the Government’s preferred energy policy. It is the consequence of its predecessor’s.
In October 2018, I wrote about the gulf between virtue-signalling and virtue. The occasion was the release …
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Retail jobs threatened by increasing employment costs
19 Feb 2026 11:22 GMT
… , with 84% placing labour and employment costs among their top three risks …