Job creation and losses

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...

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,...