A poll of 2,000 working-age adults found London is the UK’s top city for nepotism, with half of respondents saying connections gave them a job compared with 42% of British workers overall.

?Government has announced it will create an “Office for Talent” to encourage scientists and researchers to come and work or study in the UK.

Every year, organisations waste £500 billion on training that has no impact on the way that people work. Putting aside the notion that training has many purposes, only one of which is to improve...