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Being age-friendly makes perfect sense for businesses – and the customers they serve

Being age-friendly makes perfect sense for businesses – and the customers they serve.

Ensuring more older workers see a future in hospitality key to sector’s future success

We often hear that age is just a number. Yet like the best clichés when it comes to working in the brewing and pub industry it’s built on rock solid truth.

Changing the language of our recruitment helped us to find the workforce we were looking for

Imperial London Hotels were seeking to add more older workers to their workforce but were still struggling to reach the right candidates.

Age-friendly Businesses

Sectors and businesses are vital components of local communities with a huge role to play in our day-to-day lives.

Reform needed to stop unpaid carers paying the price for their vital role

Unpaid carers’ reward for providing a secondary National Health Service is to be left substantially worse-off in employment and in retirement.

Closing employment gap for older workers would generate £9 billion a year for economy

Older workers currently get poorer opportunities and outcomes when it comes to finding work, receiving employment support, facing redundancy or receiving training.

“Awful. Panicky”: How work-related inequalities are impacting older women’s hopes for their futures

Gender, ethnicity and caring responsibilities can all impact working lives and heighten the risk of financial insecurity in later life.

Greater Manchester Employability Support Project

We’re working with Greater Manchester Combined Authority to improve support for those not engaging with existing employment and skills services.

Age-friendly employers infographics

Work is important financially and is also a major source of social connections. Good quality, fulfilling work is important financially, gives people a sense of purpose and is a major source of social connections.