UK digital skills shortage risks Covid recovery as young people shun IT courses theguardian.com Exclusive: Employers fear growing mismatch between rising demand for skills and falling supply of trained recruits...

£1bn catch-up tutoring fund for England's pupils bbc.com Head teachers welcome the move but want more details as some children face six months out of school....

UK universities predict record student dropout rate theguardian.com Fears that young people have ‘lost the discipline of learning’ add to student’s money worries as part-time jobs dry up...

UK DIY sales soar but clothing stores fall behind bbc.com The amount of retail sales continued to climb in August, but some sectors are still struggling....

Four-day week – how it could boost your small business smallbusiness.co.uk As the debate heats up again, we explore the good and bad in the four-day week – and chat to businesses who have trialled it themselves...