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thecanary.cobusiness11 days ago
UK Businesses Pause Investment and Hiring Plans Over Iran Conflict
Surveys show more than half of medium-sized UK firms cite higher energy and fuel costs as their main challenge. Vacancies fell 7.7 percent in April to 711,733.
Forbesfinance15 days agoDeveloping
OECD Launches Tool to Help Companies Assess Preparedness for Ageing Workforces
The OECD and AARP unveiled the free online diagnostic on May 11, 2026 in Paris. The tool benchmarks employers across four domains against peers in more than 30 countries and takes under 30 minutes to complete. It arrives as OECD economies face sharp slowdowns in GDP per capita gr…