By Nicole Goodwin

As the UK Government sharpens its focus on getting young people back into work amid warnings that unemployment could reach an 11-year high, one vital group continues to be overlooked - midlife women.

At AllBright everywoman, which is focused on supporting professional women in their careers, we see daily how this experienced and highly productive cohort is being lost from the workforce. Addressing this loss is one of the fastest and most cost-effective ways to tackle the UK’s productivity challenge.

Midlife women are often at the height of their professional expertise and they bring decades of experience and strong leadership capability. Retaining them is far cheaper than recruiting and training new hires, yet too many quietly exit the workforce altogether. In a labour market facing skills shortages and leadership gaps, this is talent the UK cannot afford to waste.

Off the back of our recent Power Years campaign, reframing midlife as a time of strength and unapologetic self-investment, we saw a........

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