There has been a 10 per cent increase in the number of girls taking GCSE computing, rising for the second year in a row, which follows a number of consecutive years of uptake declining as they outperform their male peers at all grade levels. The number of girls taking computing has grown from 17,264 last year, to 19,061 this year, showing an increase of 1,797 (around 10 per cent) while …

New data has revealed a huge surge in demand for roles that come with 4-day working weeks – a flexible working benefit which effectively offers staff “year-round bank holidays”.  The research was conducted by Flexa – the platform where every flexible company gets discovered – who analysed the role preferences of over 25,441 job seekers between June 2022 and July 2023.  The platform has seen a surge in demand for …

A gap on your CV would often be viewed as a negative for a candidate keen to make themselves stand out from the crowd in the ever-competitive job market – as a result, people would have been previously reluctant to take a career break, or a sabbatical. No longer. One person’s career break is another person’s ‘grown-up gap year’ and, owing to a change in attitudes to professionals pausing their …

Sentiment around commuting has become even more negative since train fares increased by a whopping 6 percent in March – the biggest increase in a decade.

New data highlights growing financial hardships among employed individuals.

New data from Flexa reveals growing demand for 4-day work weeks, sparking a flexible work revolution.