Spring has quietly (M)arched in on us, but the headwinds of change have not been so gentle. This month the the team at the Resolution Foundation has been busy examining data on pay volatility, health and incapacity benefits, and changes to the minimum wage, culminating in our overnight analysis of the Chancellor’s Spring Statement. Read … Continued

This month we continue our explorations into AI adoption in the workforce, this time looking at a study from Anthropic, the company behind the large language model Claude. Before you ask, this is not a study simply asking the likelihood of job replacements, but instead dives deeper, and reports on the depth and scale of … Continued

Welcome to 2025! We kick off the new year with forecasts from the Resolution Foundation that look at how fiscal and policy decisions taken at the end of last year might affect living standards through this one. However, stories from the year just gone by linger on, as reports emerge of high street retailers having used questionable employment … Continued

As some of us wrap up the last full working week of the year, we do so against a background of continual change, transformation and hopeful progress. Our portfolio companies have seen all the above throughout this eventful year, so in this newsletter, we take some time to celebrate the milestones seen by our incredible … Continued

November is often considered a month of reflection and gratitude. This may be because you’re amongst our American friends celebrating Thanksgiving this week or because you (like us) are struck by how quickly this year has gone by and can’t help but look back on all the changes this year has seen. This month in particular … Continued

This month’s newsletter brings you a world-first. We’ve been working with our friends at Bethnal Green Ventures to create the first market map of WorkerTech innovation in the UK. The State of WorkerTech in the UK report is an in-depth reflection of the social investment activity in the space and a taxonomy of the ventures … Continued

Resolution Ventures made its maiden WorkerTech investment in 2019, on what then was the start of much-needed innovation in the world of work.   The following year, we created the WorkerTech Partnership, the UK’s first programme of social investment directed towards improving the lives of those in low-paid and precarious jobs. At the center of the … Continued

I’m Aish, Resolution Ventures’ Ventures Manager and the new author of this monthly newsletter. Here in the UK, nothing says Autumn quite like unpredictable weather, train cancellations and party conferences. As headlines from respective political talks begin to appear in the news cycle, we’re keeping an eye out for announcements and legislation to do with … Continued

In August, we were delighted to welcome Aish Moothan, our new Ventures Manager, to the Resolution Ventures team. You’ll be hearing more from her in future months. We are also celebrating the first exit from the Workertech portfolio, as Breakroom have been acquired by U.S. company ZipRecruiter. More on that below, along with some great … Continued

We’re now a whole [counts on fingers] 25 days into the new Government in the UK, and there has been a flurry of announcements being broadcast from Westminster (as well as Leeds and Barnsley). So this month’s newsletter explores what we’ve heard so far – and what might come next. If you’re working on a tech-for-good … Continued

  The Resolution Foundation team has been very hard at work in recent weeks preparing a series of excellent pre-election briefings ahead of the general election on the 4th July – see below for some examples. But what might this election mean for the future of work? The team have helpfully summarised the key issues, … Continued

I am bringing you this month’s newsletter, as Emma Selinger has now left the Resolution Ventures team and has headed off to join the brilliant folks at Fair4All Finance. We wish her well! We’re also heading into a General Election, which means my colleagues at the Resolution Foundation are working hard to bring you lots … Continued