15-09-2026 12:00 via ft.com

Young workers trade the ladder for the lily pad

Job hopping has been rebranded as a strategy to rapidly acquire new skills in a tough market
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British retail sales rose 0.5% in August as hot weather boosted spending
The QT endgame at the BoE
FirstFT: Merz fights for survival
Iran switches from ships to trucks to evade US blockade
Japan’s central bank matches Fed with rate rise
Bank of Japan raises rates to 31-year high after Fed move
UK losing £1.3mn a day on nationalised steelworks
Thames Water should be temporarily placed under public ownership, MPs warn
Healey to urge Brussels to include UK in ‘Made in Europe’ policy
Sun, stats and suspicious productivity
Addison Lee founder loses £20mn tax battle over ‘non-dom’ status
Carney is playing a bad hand well
Workers at Diageo’s largest distillery to go on strike as demand slumps
After Warsh’s strong start, how high will rates need to go?
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