Holiday camp chain Pontin’s is bucking the redundancy trend by creating 2,000 new jobs as part of a £50m expansion...
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Several Jobcentres in the capital still face closure despite a government promise to keep them open to meet increasing demand.The...
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Southern Water has decided to freeze staff pay to prevent job losses.The water supply company covering the South East of...
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Car manufacturers will have to prove they really need government cash to top up the wages of workers whose hours...
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Leading HR practitioners have delivered a stern warning to their peers that sickness absence should be low down on the...
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Three-quarters of employers made job cuts in 2008, with the same proportion planning to do so in 2009, a survey...
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The union Unite has finally secured up to £8.4m compensation for thousands of employees unfairly dismissed by Leyland DAF –...
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I have been told by my managing director that the business is finding it hard to generate enough work to...
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Small businesses are shedding staff at the fastest rate since the early 1990s, according to the CBI. The business group’s...
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demonstrators protest over the use of foreign workers and failure of Gordon Brown to fulfill...
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Energy firm Eon is to axe 450 jobs as part of a cost-cutting exercise.The company announced that redundancies will affect...
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Engineering group Cookson is to cut 1,250 jobs worldwide, with the loss of nearly 180 jobs in the UK. Cookson...
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Sky will create 1,000 new jobs this year as demand for its high definition (HD) television service grows.The broadcasting group...
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The government may top-up the cash of car workers who have had their hours reduced in the downturn.Earlier this week...
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McDonalds, Asda and Royal Mail are among the big-name employers that have made it onto the shortlist for the regional...