Job creation and losses

Inflation targets set by prime minister Gordon Brown would force 60,000 jobs to be lost, according to a study released...

Royal Mail’s HR director has predicted that the current economic downturn will be good for the organisation’s retention levels.Dermot Toberty,...

Northern Rock, the nationalised mortgage lender has begun consultations with unions and staff over plans to shed 2,000 jobs.Up to...

British Energy chief executive Bill Coley has placed his HR team at the heart of the company’s bid to provide...

About half of the migrants who came to the UK from the countries that joined the European Union in May...

Nurses spend more than a million hours every week on paperwork which prevents them from frontline care, research has revealed.A...

The trial of automated facial recognition technology in airports in the summer has raised concern for passport officer job losses.Airline...

Police HR professionals face a daunting few months as controversial plans to merge forces in England and Wales are set...

Outsourcing firm LogicaCMG will shed 1,300 jobs, including 500 of its UK workforce, in an effort to cut administrative costs.Logica...

Workers at the Fujitsu plant in Birmingham are to be balloted on strike action after the electronics firm announced plans to...

The effect of the credit crunch is beginning to have a real impact on the headcount of firms outside the...

The Met Police will shed 300 HR jobs as part of a major shake-up of the function aimed at freeing...

The majority of students graduating from university this year fear that a potential recession would hit their job prospects, according...

Retailer JJB Sports is to close 72 of its 416 stores at a cost of 800 jobs after reporting a...

The UK’s 10th biggest mortgage lender, GMAC-RFC, is set to axe 280 staff as part of a cost-saving exercise that...