Sam Forsdick
Staff Writer at Raconteur
Covering the latest business trends for @Raconteur // words for @NSBusinesshub @NewStatesman @PressGazette @gigsoup
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1 day ago |
raconteur.net | Sam Forsdick
Following a surge in support for Reform UK, which promotes anti-immigration policies, Labour has prioritised tightening rules on immigration. UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer pledged on Monday to overhaul the system to encourage companies to “back British workers”, rather than relying on overseas talent. The government has suggested that the proposals in its immigration white paper could reduce the number of low-skilled and care workers coming to the UK by 50,000.
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2 days ago |
raconteur.net | Sam Forsdick
Mark Snell’s experience in the hospitality industry first began at the age of 10 when he was tasked with collecting glasses at his parents’ pub. He was appointed CEO of Boxpark, the London-based group of street food, retail and entertainment pop-ups, in March 2025, having previously served as chief executive of the restaurant chain Gusto Italian. Since opening its first site in Shoreditch in 2011, Boxpark has expanded to six venues across the UK – five in London and one in Liverpool.
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3 days ago |
raconteur.net | Sam Forsdick
Retirement is typically envisioned as a period of leisure, hobbies and travel, following several decades of hard work. However, heightened living costs, longer life expectancy and a rising state-pension age threatens to disrupt this key part of the social contract. Financial challenges are already driving retirees to return to the workforce in a trend that has been dubbed unretirement.
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6 days ago |
raconteur.net | Sam Forsdick
The UK secured a trade agreement with the US on Thursday, becoming the first country to do so since the imposition of sweeping global tariffs by Donald Trump. Speaking from the Oval Office, the US president said he was “thrilled” to have reached a “breakthrough deal” with the UK, which includes tariff exemptions for UK automobile exports and imports of US beef and ethanol.
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1 week ago |
raconteur.net | Sam Forsdick
Generation Z is apparently devising new ways to avoid the critical eye of management. Shuffling around paperwork, hurriedly moving around the office or wearing AirPods all day to pretend to be on phone calls, are tell-tale signs of ‘task masking’, according to the Daily Mail, which claims that young people are taking to TikTok to share inventive ways to appear busy at work. But while the Mail has blamed zoomers for the phenomenon, task masking is not just a gen-Z problem.
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Think this is an interesting move from the Guardian... journalism can be far too focused on consumption and 'clicks', rather than engagement. This feels like a small step in the right direction!
We've just launched something very dear to my heart on the Guardian's home pages. Alongside 'Most viewed' we are now also showing 'Deeply read' - the pieces Guardian readers are spending time with. https://t.co/97K8nr8fg8
Adam Curtis is defo bookmarking this for his next documentary
Companies are shunning the usual alcohol-filled festive celebrations and turning to more inclusive alternatives instead 🎄🥂 My piece for @raconteur on why 2023 was the year Christmas parties ditched the booze https://t.co/ojhgQ7fGHY
