Job creation and losses

Retail chain Allsports has called in administrators, putting 1,700 jobs at risk

Restricting the expansion of the UK’s leading airports could cost the country 25,000 jobs over the next 10 years

Financial advisers at Co-operative Insurance Services to walkout in bid to resolve contract dispute.

About 250 jobs will be lost at the Walkers snacks factory in Swansea after the company confirmed it will close.

The number of jobs in the British film industry fell by 20% last year, UK Film Council figures show.

Seven important government departments have yet to make any redundancies of full-time employees in the past 14 months.

Many of the 700 employees who have applied for voluntary redundancy at airline caterer Gate Gourmet are likely to be turned down, according to company officials

Unemployment levels in the US have risen dramatically as a direct result of the impact of hurricane Katrina.

Technology and IT services giant Hewlett-Packard is to cut almost 6,000 jobs across Europe as part of its restructuring plan

Up to 300 office jobs are to go at Jaguar and Land Rover as owner Ford restructures global operations..

Growth in call centre jobs allays fears over offshoring.

The taskforce set up to find work for former MG Rover workers reports that most have now found alternative employment.

Fears of an increasing lack of qualified IT professionals in the UK been allayed after research showed vacancies are down.

DIY retailer B&Q is to cut almost a third of its head office staff, according to newspaper reports.

Employees at train operator South Eastern Trains are to be balloted on strike action in a row about jobs and working conditions.