Business performance

The Home Office has hired American comedian Ruby Wax as an adviser to its staff, prompting claims that it is...

Some of the country’s brightest women students are deciding against careers in the City, seeing it as unethical and offering...

 The “relentless flow” of complex employment law is stifling UK competitiveness and risks future job creation, the British Chambers of...

The new owner of Gatwick airport has told 120 staff they could lose their jobs as the company seeks to...

Morrisons has pledged to open more small stores. The supermarket giant reported a 30% rise in full year pre-tax profits...

JD Wetherspoon looks set to continue its programme of expansion after reporting first half-profits of £36.2m. The pubs operator announced...

Unite has welcomed Northern Rock’s decision to pay out staff bonuses despite the fact that the mortgage lender failed to...

Fresh fears of a “jobless recovery” resurfaced today as a labour market survey forecast slim recruitment intentions for the second...

The UK’s only recruitment agency review site has noted a trend in the days that employees are likely to pull...

The number of people placed into permanent jobs saw the greatest increase in two-and-a-half years last month, research has revealed.The...

Kirsty Ayre, partner at Pinsent Masons, comments on the contractual position on pay freezes and pay reviews.
More than half...

HSBC and Standard Chartered banks’ chief executives have pledged to give their bonuses, totalling about £6m, to charity.Michael Geoghegan, boss...

The government is today due to publish a 10-point plan for councils to help them cut spending while protecting frontline...

National recruitment and business services group, HR GO plc, asked just this question via a web survey in which almost 670...

RBS has reported a pre-tax loss of £3.6bn for the past financial year, but is still set to pay out...