Plans for a 20p charge on bottles and cans, the UK’s losing talent, and more trending news

Britain has taken a step towards a “polluter pays” model for drink bottle recycling, by putting the onus on drink manufacturers and retailers to recycle. A deposit return scheme will be proposed today, which would add a deposit charge of about 20p to every drink bottle and can, to be refunded when the customer returned the container. As part of the deal, reverse vending machines would be installed to refund the money. Environment Minister Michael Gove was expected to release more information about the plan today.

The UK lost more talent than it gained in February, LinkedIn’s UK Workforce Report shows. The data from LinkedIn’s 24m members of the UK workforce showed seven of the UK’s 12 nations and regions lost more talent to other countries than they gained in February. London experienced a net loss of international talent for the first time since this report began five months ago. The report also found UK hiring was down slightly in February after a strong start to 2018. The seasonally adjusted month-on-month hiring rate decreased 2.5%, reversing an increase in January. However, the year-on-year national hiring rate was still up by 11% on February 2017.

Jaguar is creating an upmarket self-driving car despite recent tragedies in other trials. Britain’s biggest carmaker announced it was working with Google parent company Alphabet to equip its electric I-Pace 4x4 with self-driving technology. Google’s project Waymo will include up to 20,000 Jaguar vehicles in upcoming autonomous fleet tests. A woman was killed when a self-driving car owned by Uber struck her in Arizona this month, leading the state Governor to order Uber to suspend testing on public roads.

People are still too scared to switch jobs lest they end up unemployed. Think tank Resolution Foundation found the share of people voluntarily moving jobs remained 14% below the average set before the financial crisis. The group’s research showed the proportion of people moving jobs steadily increased between 2012 and 201, but the rate dropped off after that. Senior analyst Stephen Clarke said younger workers that entered the labour market during the financial crisis were “permanently scarred” and lacked confidence to move jobs.

British businesses say they like EU migrants because they have a better work ethic and are more reliable. That’s one of the findings from a government report into more than 400 businesses employing people in low-skill areas like agriculture and the food industry. Employers described EU workers as having a “consistently strong work ethic”, “lower absenteeism” and were “often better-qualified than the UK-born for the jobs they do”. A full report will be released in September as the government prepares for an immigration overhaul after Brexit.

Idea of the Day: Doing the right thing can feel simple when life is calm. But GM’s Mary Barra reminds us that our true test of character, and leadership ability, comes when we find ourselves in rougher waters.

" It’s really easy to live your values when things are going well; it's more difficult when the going gets tough. It's important for colleagues and employees to trust that you will make the right decision, no matter the circumstance."

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