Business performance

Staff at the Student Loans Company received almost £2m in bonuses last year, figures have revealed.Student Loans Company admitted that...

General Motors’ head of operations in Europe is to meet the UK government and the union Unite to talk about...

A plan to give the financial watchdog new powers to tear up bank bonus contracts risks jeopardising the UK’s standing...

Budget hotel chain Travelodge has announced plans to open more sites next year, creating 250 new jobs.The firm will invest...

BT’s half-yearly profits have almost halved, partly due to the cost of making people redundant.The telecoms giant made a pre-tax...

The government has set out a new skills strategy which claims to “radically simplify” the way skills policy is delivered.Skills...

A strong public sector could help lift the UK out of recession, the TUC claims. In its Speaking up for...

The government should re-direct £4bn of public money used to fund Train to Gain and other basic skills training towards...

Newspaper group Trinity Mirror is to close its final salary pension scheme.The scheme’s deficit is said to have risen from...

Alan Sugar is said to be considering stepping down from his position as business tsar, after only five months in...

Frontline NHS staff must play a central role in the redesign of the health service, needed to deliver the government’s...

The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced it will cut 3,700 jobs at its branches. This represents 14% of the...

Unite union members at Fujitsu have voted in favour of striking in protest at planned cuts to jobs, pay and...

British Airways cabin crew could strike over Christmas, their union has warned.Representatives of BA’s 14,000 cabin crew are meeting Unite...

Conservative plans to end the civil service “job for life” culture could allow ministers to sack the senior officials who...