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16:51Story 2: The UK's NEET crisis and unemploymentAl Elliott: There's a term in the UK which is called NEET, N-E-E-T, and it stands for Not in Education, Employment, or Training. Not sure, we'll ask you in a second about what it's like in the US, whether you've got a siEP 312 · 23 Jun 2026·news roundup· 16:51–24:172:23Introducing Louise Hill and Ruth Handcock OBEAl Elliott: And to explore that, we're joined by 2 of the most influential and disruptive leaders in the UK finance industry. First of all, Louise Hill, founder of GoHenry. GoHenry is that financial education platform anEP 272 · 3 Feb 2026·intro· 2:23–4:180:01Can the government really Keep Britain Working?Al Elliott: Coming up in This Week in Work. Leanne Elliott: A major new government report tackles one of the UK's biggest workforce challenges: why half a million more people have left work due to long-term sickness sincEP 250 · 18 Nov 2025·news roundup· 0:01–14:2146:33Story 6: 200 UK companies go four-day week permanentlyAl Elliott: Okay, let me find it. So, uh, number 1. So more than 200 UK companies have permanently adopted a 4-day working week with no pay loss, and this affects over 5,000 workers. 2 years after participating in a grouEP 226 · 26 Aug 2025·other· 46:33–52:272:03Story 1: 200 UK Companies Commit to Permanent 4-Day Work WeekLeanne Elliott: 200 companies in the UK have committed to a 4-day work week. Yay! Al Elliott: That's good news Leanne Elliott: It really is. According to a report I saw in The Guardian, 200 companies across the UK have nEP 168 · 4 Feb 2025·news roundup· 2:03–7:1611:44Why young professionals are leaving the UKLeanne Elliott: Yes, and it's another one that's right up your street, Al. I think you'll like this one. So according to an article in The Telegraph, there is a growing trend of young professionals leaving Britain for suEP 154 · 17 Dec 2024·news roundup· 11:44–19:006:38Tesco's fire and rehire failAl Elliott: All right, so I saw an article, um, about Tesco. Now, if you're not from the UK, then Tesco's like a very large supermarket, so they sell everything. They also do things like insurance, phones, all that kind EP 130 · 24 Sept 2024·news roundup· 6:38–12:179:37Quiet quitting in the UKLeanne Elliott: Um, I can't imagine the Prime Minister will be in power very long with ideas like that, Al Al Elliott: Well, I don't know, if he's working an extra day a week, then perhaps he's got more time to get thingEP 111 · 2 Jul 2024·news roundup· 9:37–16:379:54The BPS and HCPC — who regulates whatLeanne Elliott: In the UK, there are two main organizations that represent psychologists and assess levels of practice. They are the British Psychological Society, or the BPS, and the Association for Business Psychology,EP 110 · 27 Jun 2024·panel interview· 9:54–11:236:12The Legal Industry's Archaic CultureLeanne Elliott: Certainly in the UK, and I think in many other countries around the world as well, the legal industry and profession has a few major problems. I mean, first of all, it is quite archaic. The structure is oEP 73 · 11 Jan 2024·interview· 6:12–7:5115:06Why isn't the NHS the solution?Leanne Elliott: You may think that we're lucky in the UK, and to a large extent we are. We do have free healthcare through the NHS, the National Health Service. But it's not quite that simple. So why is the NHS not able EP 58 · 28 Sept 2023·other· 15:06–20:23
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