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H&M named one of the UK’s best employers, according to report

At a moment when the UK retail sector is still grappling with labour shortages, subdued growth and the long tail of Brexit, H&M, has been recognised as one of the country’s most attractive employers. The Swedish fashion group has been named to the Financial Times UK’s Best Employers 2026 list for the second consecutive year, a distinction that...

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UK retail loses 70,000 jobs in final months of 2018

Last year proved difficult for the struggling UK high street, with new figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) revealing that some 70,000 jobs were lost in the UK retail sector in the final months of 2018, with the busy winter months doing little to help a decline in staff demand. The number of employees working in retail was down 2.2...