Jobs News & Updates
The talent pool across Birmingham and the West Midlands should provide businesses with optimism – despite well-documented challenges around skills and recruitment.
City residents are being invited to discover more about apprenticeships during National Apprenticeship Week (February 9-15) to kickstart their career or start a new chapter.
Local employers are invited to join a high‑value, free online event designed to help organisations understand and embrace the fast‑evolving world of artificial intelligence and automation.
- 3rd February 2026
From April 2026, Statutory Sick Pay will apply from day one and to more employees, making consistent absence management more important than ever.
- 31st January 2026
Multifleet Vehicle Management has become an official supporter of Sport for Life UK, a charity that helps young people into jobs through mentoring, employability guidance and sports sessions.
AM People Consulting has partnered with the West Midlands Business Festival to deliver a practical workshop designed to help high-growth businesses strengthen the people foundations that underpin long-term success.
- 28th January 2026
The Employment Rights Act 2025 (“ERA 2025”), which received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025, marks the most significant overhaul of UK employment law in a generation.
- 26th January 2026
A training leader who has spent more than 30 years helping people progress careers through apprenticeships has been nominated for a national apprenticeship award.
Marketing agency WAA Chosen is celebrating its 40-year anniversary by becoming an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).
HS2 has exceeded its target of creating 2,000 apprenticeships on Britain’s high-speed rail project – helping workers build new careers and delivering a multi-million-pound boost to the economy.