Standard Life, the UK insurer, has cut 400 roles during the first half of the year, despite a 73% increase...
Job creation and losses
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The industrial relations agreement covering the 2012 Olympic Games construction project has been dismissed as a “load of waffle” by...
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Airport operator BAA is planning to cull up to 2,000 jobs as part of a cost reduction exercise, according to...
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Scottish Enterprise, the country’s main economic development agency, has launched a marine technologies training project to ensure there is no...
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Nearly 80 jobs are to go at an engineering firm in east Belfast.Scott ElectroMech Ltd, an electric motors manufacturer on...
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Tube maintenance staff will go on two three-day strikes this September, after unwelcome proposals for redundancies and outsourcing look set...
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Thousands of job cuts are expected in the UK’s financial sector as a result of the volatile equity and credit...
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Up to 1,800 jobs are under threat at high street entertainment retailer ChoicesUK, after a decision to go into administration....
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On the fast track: what skills does London need to ensure a successful 2012 Olympics?
by Ross Bentleyby Ross BentleyAccording to the chief executive of the British Olympic Association, Simon Clegg, the Great Britain team should be aiming for...
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Hundreds of HR jobs are under threat at British Gas after its owners announced plans to slash another 800 back-office...
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Dutch chemicals group Akzo Nobel has agreed an £8bn takeover of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), the maker of Dulux paint....
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HMV has announced it will buy seven Fopp stores, saving some 70 jobs, following the news that Fopp went into...
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210 IT jobs to move to India as Lloyds TSB axes permanent and contractor posts in UK
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherLloyds TSB is to offshore a further 210 UK jobs to India from October, it confirmed yesterday.
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Royal & Sun Alliance (R&SA) is to axe 700 jobs, including up to 500 posts in the UK, in a...
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Finance firm C&G, formerly Cheltenham and Gloucester Building Society, is to close 31 of its 195 branches in November, with...