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    Sector skills council Skillsmart Retail presses for management training investment despite workforce decline

    by Gareth Vorster 6 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 6 Feb 2008

    Skillsmart Retail has called for employers to invest in management training to stay competitive, following suggestions that the number of...

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    Royal Mail loses another human resources director as Kevin Green walks

    by Mike Berry 5 Feb 2008
    by Mike Berry 5 Feb 2008

    Royal Mail has lost its second high-profile human resources (HR) director in a matter of weeks with Kevin Green’s surprise...

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    Whole families to get ’employability audits’ in bid to get long-term unemployed back to work

    by Greg Pitcher 4 Feb 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 4 Feb 2008

    Entire families on benefits could be hauled in for employability ‘makeovers’ by private firms as the UK welfare reforms kick...

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    UK on course for graduate jobs boom despite economic uncertainty

    by Mike Berry 31 Jan 2008
    by Mike Berry 31 Jan 2008

    Graduate vacancies are set to increase for the fifth year running, in spite of uncertainties regarding the UK’s current economic...

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    Littlewoods takeover of Empire stores will not include its 850 staff

    by Gareth Vorster 30 Jan 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 30 Jan 2008

    The immediate future of 850 employees at mail order firm Empire Stores is uncertain. High street retailer Littlewoods has announced...

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    Union warns Lloyds TSB human resources cuts will hit staff

    by Gareth Vorster 28 Jan 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 28 Jan 2008

    The union representing staff at Lloyds TSB has raised concerns over the future level of support to managers after the...

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    Peter Hain steps down as police are called in to investigate legality of campaign donations

    by Mike Berry 24 Jan 2008
    by Mike Berry 24 Jan 2008

    Work and pensions secretary Peter Hain has resigned after his deputy leader campaign donations were referred to the Met Police.Hain...

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    Unite seeks consultation over Capita closure job losses

    by Gareth Vorster 18 Jan 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 18 Jan 2008

    Unions have demanded ‘meaningful consultation’ after outsourcing provider Capita confirmed it is to close its site in Wythall, Birmingham, with...

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    P&O Ferries plans jobs cull at Dover Eastern Docks operation

    by Gareth Vorster 17 Jan 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 17 Jan 2008

    P&O Ferries has begun consultation with its staff over plans to implement a new rostering system and potential job cuts at...

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    Jobs boost for West Midlands as Ryanair chooses to operate from Birmingham Airport

    by Gareth Vorster 16 Jan 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 16 Jan 2008

    Budget airline Ryanair has announced Birmingham International Airport as its 25th European base, a move that is expected to create...

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    Rolls-Royce to axe up to 2,300 jobs to reduce costs

    by Gareth Vorster 11 Jan 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 11 Jan 2008

    Engineering firm Rolls-Royce will cull up to 2,300 posts in a bid to reduce costs and improve efficiency. It is...

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    TUC claims employers won’t want new forced recruits from Tories’ workfare scheme

    by Louisa Peacock 9 Jan 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 9 Jan 2008

    Employers will not want to recruit people who are forced to work with them, the TUC has argued in response...

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    Migrants working under points-based system will be warned they ‘cannot stay forever’

    by Greg Pitcher 7 Jan 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 7 Jan 2008

    ExclusiveAll migrant workers coming to the UK under the new points-based system will be told that the rules allowing them...

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    Government urged to resist pressure from unions and EU to improve rights of agency or temp workers

    by Mike Berry 7 Jan 2008
    by Mike Berry 7 Jan 2008

    A leading employers’ organisation has urged the government to stand firm in 2008 under increasing union pressure to implement employee-friendly...

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    Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development warns 2008 will be worst year for employment since 1997 as the number of redundancies rise

    by Greg Pitcher 7 Jan 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 7 Jan 2008

    A grim warning that 2008 will be the worst year for employment since Labour came to power in 1997 has...

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