The Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) has appointed Sarah Thwaites as its new director of skills development. Thwaites, who is...
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A trade union has accused bosses of Premier Foods of acting like a private equity firm, following its proposal to...
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Edinburgh and Lothian sector of the development agency for Scotland, Scottish Enterprise, plans to invest £12.6m to improve skills levels...
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The NHS has confirmed that “about 2,000” junior doctor training posts have been left unfilled after its first round of...
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Up to 700 out of a total 800 jobs at struggling music stores Fopp and Music Zone have been axed, after...
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Private equity companies have come under a fresh attack for enjoying tax breaks.
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Premier Foods is to shed up to 580 jobs following a review of its UK manufacturing facilities.Premier, maker of Branston Pickle...
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DTI employees made redundant could have been given other jobs, PCS union insists
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherPublic sector trade union the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has demanded the reinstatement of 30 civil servants faced...
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Broadcasting trade union Bectu has warned of impending job losses at Virgin Media following speculation in the press that it is the...
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The HR merry-go-round within government departments continues with two high-profile directors moving into new roles. Kevin White, the long-serving director-general...
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The UK’s future generation would fail to alleviate England’s skills shortages if they decided to pursue their own career goals,...
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Business groups have backed a House of Lords call for the UK to shun the European Union’s modernisation of labour...
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Gordon Brown has unveiled new faces and departments to help him run the country – and shape the future of...
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Up to 130,000 postal workers across the country went on strike today, in what is the first industrial action at...
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Workers at music retailer Fopp anxiously await news on whether they will receive their pay packets and keep their jobs ...