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April 2025

Labour Market Statistics, April 2025

This briefing sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published this morning.

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30 Apr 2025

How to start Strategic Workforce Planning: build a complex database and produce a detailed report, right?

Dan Lucy reflects on recent IES Strategic Workforce Planning research and offers insights and practical guidance on how to broker a more forward-looking approach to planning the shape of the workforce, and reaping all the potential benefits it can bring.

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14 Apr 2025

The future for DEI and ESG: removal, reform or values-based revolution?

Are you concerned about the impact of the US U-turn on DEI and climate initiatives? Dr Duncan Brown sets out reasons to be cautiously optimistic.

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