Job creation and losses

Unemployment has risen to 2.47 million in the three months to July, an increase of 210,000, and up 743,000 on...

Derby City Council is to axe 465 jobs as a result of a cost-cutting review.The local authority said it had...

Defence giant BAE Systems is to axe 1,116 jobs and close an aircraft factory.The firm said it aimed to shut...

The government is to fund 200 new Football League jobs for the young unemployed , Yvette Cooper will announce today....

Insurance company Fortis will create more than 1,500 new jobs as part of a deal to provide motor and household...

Business secretary Peter Mandelson has moved to quell fears of jobs losses at UK Vauxhall plants after they were taken...

Pontin's holiday camp in Blackpool is to close, with the loss of 70 jobs. Owners Ocean Parcs has announced the historic site was to close - blaming...

Diageo is to continue with plans to cut up to 900 jobs despite a massive community campaign and Scottish government-backed...

Low-paid workers have been hit hardest during the recession, according to trade unions, with a 76,230 increase in the number...

Leading HR directors have thrown their weight behind the government’s Backing Young Britain campaign, urging employers to invest in 16...

Up to 1,000 jobs could be created at a BMW plant in Oxfordhsire, the BBC reports. Two new models of...

Chris Mordue, partner at Pinsent Masons, says the Diageo case illustrates how companies involved in a site closure or redundancy...

People on average salaries receive just a tenth of their earnings if they lose their job and claim Jobseeker’s Allowance...

Nearly 140,000 NHS jobs could be axed in a bid to save £20bn , the Daily Mail has reported. Thousands of...

More than 150 employers, including Microsoft and Pfizer, are said to be supporting the government’s Backing Young Britain campaign.
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