News stories from Learning News in 2025
From surplus to strategic: How learning can help companies ride the next wave of job redesign
Learning News | 29 Oct 2025
Amazon confirms major job cuts: with the tech giant shifting from a pandemic-era hiring spree to re-structuring for the AI age, learning teams must recalibrate from ‘training what we have’ to ‘building who we’ll need’.
Employers double down on global hiring as domestic pressures rise
Learning News | 21 Oct 2025
A new survey finds UK firms expanding global hiring fastest among major economies, with 85% planning to double overseas recruitment within two years as wage inflation and AI skills shortages bite.
City & Guilds sells commercial operations to focus on social impact
Learning News | 17 Oct 2025
City & Guilds of London Institute to sell its awarding and training businesses to PeopleCert, refocusing its mission on charitable impact through The City & Guilds Foundation.
Corporate training market to double by 2035 amid digital transformation
Learning News | 16 Oct 2025
Global corporate training market projected to reach $805.6 billion by 2035, driven by digital transformation and upskilling demand.
AI reshapes startup workforces with leaner, more productive teams
Learning News | 15 Oct 2025
Series A startups are raising twice as much per employee as in 2020, staying leaner as AI boosts productivity.
Leadership says learning is a priority, but workers aren’t feeling it
Learning News | 07 Oct 2025
New research shows a gap between leaders’ claims of a learning culture and workers’ experience of support for tech learning.
Gen Z and manager disengagement pose dual challenge for UK workplaces
Learning News | 02 Oct 2025
Workplace Engagement Report finds Gen Z hardest to engage, while managers face burnout and disengagement.
David Kelly joins Bluewater Learning as SVP of Strategy & Transformation
Learning News | 26 Sep 2025
Bluewater Learning has appointed David Kelly, one of the learning sector’s most recognised voices, as Senior Vice President of Strategy & Transformation.
Human-First Sales Transformation: Three Pain Points from the LPI’s Learning Live conference floor
Learning News | 19 Sep 2025
At Learning Live, KWC Global highlighted three sales capability challenges: embedding a sales culture beyond business development, enabling cross-selling through collaboration, and proving ROI of sales training. Their Rainmaker programme delivers measurable results, boosting engagement, revenue, and confidence, emphasising a human-first approach in an AI-driven world.
Workday to acquire Sana for $1.1 billion
Learning News | 16 Sep 2025
Workday is to acquire AI learning firm Sana in a $1.1bn deal, adding AI-driven learning and agents to strengthen workplace skills and employee experience.