Strikes by doctors in England will go ahead this week after they rejected a last-ditch offer from health secretary Wes Streeting to avert a stoppage in the run-up to Christmas. The British Medical Association said 83% of its members, on a turnout of 65%, had voted to continue with the walkout in an online poll…

PwC is introducing resilience and communication training for its graduate recruits to strengthen confidence and the human skills needed for management consulting. Chief people officer Phillippa O’Connor said that while graduates meet academic and cognitive standards, many lack resilience and the ability to handle pressure, feedback and challenging work situations – an issue she links…

HSBC’s “International Manager” programme, a legacy scheme set up to develop the next generation of the bank’s executives, has been closed to new recruits in a cost-cutting effort.

Starbucks workers and union supporters in 10 countries, including the UK, Germany, and Australia, staged coordinated protests yesterday in solidarity with 3,000 striking US baristas. The US workers, represented by Starbucks Workers United, are calling for better pay, staffing, and resolution of hundreds of labour disputes. While Starbucks says the strike has had minimal business…

Justice Secretary David Lammy has committed to addressing spurious lawsuits aimed at silencing whistleblowers and journalists, otherwise known as Slapps – strategic lawsuits against public participation. At the launch of the government’s anti-corruption strategy, Lammy outlined plans to enact provisions from the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 to combat these lawsuits. He said:…

Schools across the UK have introduced temporary closures and other measures to contain a highly infectious mutated influenza A (H3N2) strain, known as “subclade K.” Several schools, including St Martin’s in Caerphilly and Congleton High in Cheshire, shut for deep cleaning, while others reduced activities such as singing assemblies to limit transmission. The outbreak has…