Job creation and losses

The UK is staring down the barrel of a “serious and prolonged recession”, according to a gloomy report by the...

Insurance giant Axa yesterday announced it would cut 500 jobs as part of a move to save £80m over three...

Employment and welfare reform minister Stephen Timms has welcomed a hotel chain’s pledge to create hundreds of new jobs for...

Fast-food giant McDonald’s is to create 4,000 jobs across the UK in response to soaring demand.The company, which is serving...

Demand for permanent staff fell at the fastest rate for seven years in July, according to a monthly study of...

A stern warning has been issued to employers tempted to make mass redundancies during the credit crunch despite facing no financial...

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Unions legal experts warn organisations not to use the economic downturn as a...

More than half of UK employers will cut jobs over the next few months as they deal with the fall-out...

Employers now rank energy efficiency ahead of redundancies or cutting staff bonuses as a better way to save money, a...

The UK jobs market continues to be in good health despite a rise in unemployment, the Chartered Institute of Personnel...

A human capital consultancy has gloomily predicted that 100,000 HR professionals could lose their jobs in the forthcoming recession. Valuentis...

More than 4,000 jobs were cut by national home builders last week in what was described by analysts as the...

Electronics giant Siemens is to axe more than 16,000 jobs across the world as the credit crunch continues to bite.About...

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been slammed after hundreds of employees it transferred into a private-sector contractor were made...

Half of the UK’s employers have the “wrong strategy” for the economic slowdown, new research has revealed.A study from global...