Job creation and losses

Trade union leaders are set to meet Scotland’s first minister Alex Salmond today (Monday) in a bid to salvage thousands...

Older workers were the biggest losers from the worst set of job figures for a decade, according to figures by...

The HR director for XL Leisure Group, which went into administration last week leaving thousands of holidaymakers stranded overseas, has...

HR staff at Lloyds TSB and HBOS face the axe after initial details of the £12.2bn takeover were revealed.According to...

The CIPD seems to be taking business lessons from toothsome Sixties musical legend Tommy Steele.

Job vacancies and recruitment activity in the City have plummeted, further adding to the gloom in London’s financial services market,...

Unemployment in the UK has risen again with the number of people in work and the number of vacancies both...

A scheme to help the long-term unemployed back to work has “serious flaws” that could cause contractors to back off,...

Homeless charities have set themselves a new target of recruiting at least 10% of their workforces from ex-homeless people.The government-backed...

The UK’s largest recruitment company reported “better-than-expected” annual earnings despite a 10% slide in second-half operations, but warned it would...

As many as two-thirds of employers will be cutting jobs in the coming months as the credit crunch continues to...

The number of people unemployed, the unemployment rate, and the claimant count, all increased over the three months to June...

More than one in 10 workers fear they will lose their jobs in the next year, according to a survey...

Marks & Spencer looks set to slash redundancy benefits for its 60,000 staff by up to 25% within the next...

Investment bank Merrill Lynch is continuing its cost-cutting programme with a freeze on staff recruitment that will cost further jobs...