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Retailers’ increased costs restricts hiring, says BRC in response to ‘Young people and work’ report

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Nearly one million young people aged 16 to 24 in the United Kingdom are not in education, employment or training, according to the Alan Milburn ‘Young people and work’ interim report published today (28 May). Responding to the findings, Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the…

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