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Called To Serve: How Two World Wars Rewrote British Recruitment
In the space of 30 years, Britain went from recruiting by poster and patriotic speech to running one of the most tightly managed labour markets in the world. As Remembrance approaches, we look at how the First and Second World Wars changed the way this country finds, selects and treats its workers, and why so much of modern hiring still carries their mark.
Partnership, Not Relationship: A Better Way To Think About Hiring
Businesses talk about client relationships, candidate relationships and working relationships, yet the word quietly assumes someone holds the upper hand. Partnership asks for something more balanced. Here is why that shift matters in hiring, and how Hier is built to support it from the first application through to an employee’s early months.
Hier App: The Story, Purpose And Future Of A Better Way To Hire
Hier is more than a recruitment platform. It is a practical response to the way hiring has become fragmented, impersonal and unnecessarily difficult. This is the story behind Hier, what it is designed to change and why it matters to growing UK businesses.
Hier: From A Better Idea To A Better Operating Model
Hier is designed around a practical question: what changes when a business can see its work, decisions and opportunities more clearly? This is the story of the operating model behind the idea, and the evidence that makes it relevant now.
AI Is Reshaping How Britain Hires
Artificial intelligence is now embedded in how UK employers source, screen and select candidates. Here is what that means for hiring quality, fairness and the human judgement that still decides who gets the job.
The New UK Growth Agenda: Building A More Productive Business In 2026
The conditions facing British businesses have changed again. This evidence led guide explains where productivity, skills, technology and disciplined investment can create durable growth in the year ahead.
The Rise Of Skills Based Hiring
More UK employers are dropping degree requirements and hiring for what people can actually do. Skills based hiring widens the talent pool and improves retention, but only when the whole process is redesigned around it.
Why Candidate Experience Now Decides Who You Hire
In a candidate led market, how you treat people during hiring is no longer a courtesy, it is a competitive advantage. Slow, silent or clumsy processes lose the best applicants before an offer is ever made.
The UK Talent Shortage: What The 2026 Data Tells Us
Skills shortages remain one of the biggest constraints on UK business growth. We look at what is driving the squeeze and the practical moves employers can make when the right people are simply hard to find.
Beyond The Counteroffer: Building Retention That Lasts
When a valued employee resigns, a counteroffer feels like the obvious fix. The evidence says otherwise. Real retention is built long before anyone hands in their notice.
Flexible Workforces And The New Rules Of Contract Hiring
Contract, temporary and flexible workers are now a core part of how UK businesses resource themselves. Used deliberately, a blended workforce adds agility, but only if the commercial and compliance basics are handled well.
The Four Day Week: What Britain’s Trials Actually Found
The largest four day week pilot in the world ran in Britain, and the results surprised even the researchers who designed it. Here is what the data actually shows, and where the model still struggles to work.
Why Most Digital Transformation Projects Fail
The majority of digital transformation initiatives fail to meet their objectives, and the reasons are strikingly consistent. Here is what the research says actually separates the businesses that succeed from those that do not.
Cash Flow Is King: Managing Working Capital Through Uncertainty
More profitable UK businesses fail from a shortage of cash than from a shortage of profit. Here is what the data says about why working capital breaks down, and the practical disciplines that keep a growing business solvent.
The Apprenticeship Levy: Turning A Cost Into A Talent Pipeline
Most UK employers still treat the apprenticeship levy as a tax to be endured rather than a fund to be used. The businesses building genuine talent pipelines from it are proving there is a better way.
Supply Chain Diversification After Years Of Disruption
Pandemic shocks, shipping disruption and geopolitical tension have forced a rethink of how UK businesses source. The data shows a clear shift towards resilience, but not always in the direction most executives expected.
Middle Managers Are Burning Out, And Businesses Are Paying For It
Squeezed between senior leadership expectations and frontline staff needs, UK middle managers report burnout at rates that should worry any board. The cost shows up in retention, performance and the pipeline of future leaders.
Small Business, Big Data: Making Analytics Work Without An Analytics Team
You do not need a data science department to make better decisions with data. Here is what the evidence shows about where smaller UK businesses get the most value from analytics, and how to start without overengineering it.
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