Professional services firm EY is set to relocate 1,200 employees from its Birmingham office at One Colmore Square to a new site at Three Chamberlain Square in 2026. The new office, occupying 70,000 sq ft on the top three floors of a 10-storey building, is part of the Paradise Birmingham development, which is expected to…

Sir Keir Starmer is reportedly considering an agreement to allow 18 to 30-year-olds in the UK and EU to live, work and study in each other’s countries. A revamped youth visa scheme to allow greater freedom of movement for under-30s is likely a requirement for the UK to secure a “reset” in relations with Brussels….

CNBC reports that Google employees have launched a petition for “job security” as they prepare for more expected layoffs. The petition urges Google CEO Sundar Pichai to offer buyouts before conducting layoffs and to guarantee severance to employees that do get laid off. The petition has been signed by more than 1,250 employees. CNBC says…

A disabled lab worker who was sacked by an NHS trust has won a £70k payout after after she was accused of taking too many sick days because she had to wait more than seven months to get a specially-adapted desk. Victoria Ware, who has chronic fatigue syndrome (ME), successfully sued Frimley Health NHS Foundation…

Cybercriminals are impersonating remote tech-support workers on Microsoft Teams to infiltrate networks and deploy malicious software. The attack begins with an “email bomb,” sending up to 3,000 spam messages to a potential victim, followed by contact on Teams, where they pose as IT personnel. Once granted remote access, they install ransomware that locks the network…

A US lawsuit has accused LinkedInof sharing private messages with other companies to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. It is claimed that the networking website introduced a privacy setting that automatically opted users in to a programme that allowed third parties to use their personal data. The firm is also accused of later concealing its…