Recruitment
This coverage examines recruitment trends and challenges in the UK retail sector, focusing on hiring strategies, talent shortages, workforce planning, and employer branding. Reporting highlights how retailers attract and retain staff while adapting to market pressures and evolving employee expectations — offering insight for executives, HR managers, and professionals managing retail staffing.
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Mar- 2022 -15 MarchSupermarkets
Aldi offers employment to refugees from Ukraine
Aldi has announced it is welcoming applications from Ukrainian refugees with over 8,000 roles available, subject to their eligibility for UK employment. The vacancies span a range of roles including assistant store manager, store assistant, stock assistant, selector, logistics assistant, as well as other office-based administration roles. Overall, Aldi has…
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Feb- 2022 -24 FebruaryComment
Why retail sector leaders need to adopt a transformational mindset
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused untold disruption to the business world, turning it completely on its head. It has changed long-established working practices, the fortunes of entire industries and even deeply embedded mindsets. With all the uncertainty that began in early 2020, some retail leaders have, quite understandably, lost a…
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14 FebruaryNews
Employers set to award record pay rises in 2022
Employers have reported that the median basic pay increase in their organisation (excluding bonuses) in the 12 months to December 2022 will be 3%, the highest figure recorded in the last 10 years of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD) reporting. The CIPD’s latest quarterly Labour Market Outlook,…
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9 FebruaryNews
Aldi to create 200 apprenticeship roles in 2022
Aldi has announced it is looking to recruit 200 new apprentices across the UK in 2022. It revealed applications are now open for one of the UK’s largest supermarket’s apprenticeship schemes, with opportunities across store, logistics and HGV driver roles. Store apprentices at the retailer can earn £198 per week…
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3 FebruaryDIY
Ikea to recruit 150 tech roles with new recruitment campaign
Ikea has announced a new data and technology recruitment campaign to recruit over 150 technology and innovation roles across Europe this year. As part of the ‘Taste the Future’ campaign, the company will use a 3D printer during the interview process so candidates can design experimental plant-based meatballs, in a…
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3 FebruaryPeople Moves
Retail CEO appointments halve in 2021
The number of newly appointed retail CEOs fell significantly in the UK in 2021, according to new figures from Korn Ferry, which found that only 18 retail CEOs were appointed in the UK last year, down by 54% from 33 in 2020. The report analysed UK retail companies with annual…
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2 FebruaryOnline & Digital
Amazon to create 1,500 UK apprenticeships in 2022
Amazon is set to create 1,500 new apprenticeship roles across the UK in 2022. The online giant will create 40 apprenticeship schemes that include areas such as publishing, retailing, marketing, environmental, social and corporate governance, engineering and health and safety. The schemes will also include more than 200 apprenticeships which…
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1 FebruaryOnline & Digital
Asos invests £14m in Belfast tech hub
Asos has announced it is investing £14m into a new tech hub in Belfast over the next three years as it continues to scale its investment in technology, creating 184 new jobs with eight permanent staff already on board. As part of the investment, Asos has announced the opening of…
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Dec- 2021 -17 DecemberComment
Why 2022 will be a defining year for UK retail
Retailers are coming out of what has been another challenging year but are undoubtedly now optimistic and looking forward to a prosperous festive season. Early reports paint a positive picture with ONS data showing an 0.8% rise in total sales volume in October, and GfK revealing that consumer confidence is…
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Nov- 2021 -11 NovemberLuxury Goods
Burberry recovers as revenues return to pre-covid levels
Burberry has reported operating profits of £196m, an increase of nearly four times the figure of the same time last year for the 26 week period ending 25 September. The luxury retailer said it is “comfortable” with current year market expectations after seeing its revenues for the first half of…
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