Job creation and losses

Workers at Cadbury’s Somerdale plant at Keynsham, near Bristol, are at risk of losing their jobs, despite new owner Kraft’s...

Essex County Council's decision last week to axe up to 275 middle management posts - roughly a sixth of its line manager population - has highlighted the pressure on the public sector to reduce costs ahead of the inevitable funding cuts that lie ahead.

More than 15,000 university jobs could be shed over the next few years as a result of Peter Mandelson’s budget...

This week marks 100 years since the opening of the first Labour Exchanges, which eventually became Jobcentre Plus.Richard Alberg, Founder...

Masters graduates were less affected by the early stages of recession, experiencing lower levels of unemployment than their first degree...

Dairy Crest has announced investment at its Aintree milk bottling plant, but has also confirmed it is cutting jobs at...

The Home Office and senior police officers are today discussing a radical overhaul of working practices that could see police...

The jobs of 135 staff at the UK arm of Reader’s Digest are under threat. The magazine came close to...

More than 1,000 people have joined an online campaign calling on police chiefs to scrap a plan to reduce the...

Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline is expected to announce thousands of job losses alongside its annual results this week, with UK jobs...

Pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca will cut 8,000 jobs worldwide – with up to 1,500 roles expected to go in the UK....

Just a handful of the UK’s 21 water companies have appealed against the regulator’s new price controls, meaning thousands of...

The government has today launched the Young Person’s Guarantee, offering a job, training or work experience to young people who...

The impact of the recession on unemployment has been much deeper than headline figures indicated, the HR industry body has...

Up to 4,200 more health visitors would be employed if the Tories came to power, the Conservatives revealed yesterday. The...