Job creation and losses

UK recruiters have reported the weakest job market for permanent employees since October 2001.Based on a poll of more than...

The number of employers seeking help with making redundancies has risen by almost one third, the Chartered Institute of Personnel...

Workplace conflicts are set to increase as the economic downturn deepens, costing businesses billions of pounds a year, experts have...

A swathe of job cuts have been announced this week across industries at several high-profile companies, including online auction giant...

Hundreds more jobs are set to go across the UK as the global economy continues to slide.All 600 workers at...

TUC general secretary Brendan Barber has called on controversial new business secretary Peter Mandelson to focus on protecting jobs.Mandelson, who...

Half a million jobs could be lost in the UK by the end of next year as a result of...

Axed Lehman Brothers’ staff do not need career coaching or CV surgeries, the administrator has insisted.PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) last week announced...

Argos has launched its Christmas recruitment drive with the aim of hiring 15,000 temporary staff for the retailer’s peak period.Through...

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has warned ITV that it risks industrial action after the broadcaster announced plans to...

Tesco is set to create 30,000 jobs this year – including 6,000 in the UK – it revealed in a...

Bradford & Bingley is facing “many more” job losses after it was nationalised today, MPs have claimed.George Mudie, Leeds East...

Council jobs have been put at risk by a joint union decision to refer the local government pay dispute to...

Global bank HSBC has axed 500 jobs in London as the credit crunch continues.
The redundancies are part of a...

Bradford & Bingley (B&B) is to axe 370 jobs, with more redundancies in the pipeline under plans to streamline its...