Job creation and losses

Financial services firms have all but shut their doors on new recruits in response to the financial crisis, statistics show.Research...

Hundreds of HR jobs are at risk as local councils reveal plans to axe thousands of public sector staff to...

HR jobs will be among 400 cut by a local authority, a senior official has revealed.Earlier this week, Buckinghamshire County...

Manufacturers’ body the EEF has backed Vauxhall’s decision to offer extended sabbaticals to its employees as it fights the economic...

Alan Milburn has been appointed by prime minister Gordon Brown to chair a panel of industry leaders bidding to help...

Newcastle Building Society has slashed 150 jobs as the employment carnage continues. The firm – which last year boasted it...

Fears were growing last week that Microsoft would announce up to 15,000 job cuts this Thursday (15 January) as the...

Nissan is to cut about 1,200 jobs in response to falling customer demand for new cars during the recession.The car...

Barclays Bank is to cut 400 IT jobs from its Global Infrastructure Delivery Unit, made up of 150 in-house jobs...

Loan firm Cattles has announced that it is cutting around 1,000 jobs, including 400 jobs with the closure of its...

The GMB union has accused Marks & Spencer of systematically bugging private conversations of its workers.The news comes as the...

The number of job vacancies in the UK is falling at record speed, according to a comprehensive report out today.The...

High street retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) is expected announce more than 1,100 job cuts following poor Christmas trading results.More...

Up to 1,900 more UK jobs are at risk after famous china and ceramics firm Waterford Wedgwood went into administration.The...

Gordon Brown has pledged to create 100,000 new jobs in an effort to combat rising numbers of redundancies expected in...