By John Glenday

A new initiative geared toward encouraging British businesses to employ more people aged 50 and above has won high-powered support with brands such as Aviva, Barclays, Boots and the Co-op all committing to do more.

In a joint announcement, the firms committed to increasing the proportion of their total workforce drawn from this older cohort by 12% by 2022, in addition to publishing regular updates to allow people to gauge how well they are progressing toward these goals.

Such moves aren’t being driven by altruism however as a growing skills gap in the economy Read full story ›

Source: The Drum