Economics, government & business

The government is to target cheating employers with a new regime of fines if they pay below the national minimum...

Skills envoy Sir Digby Jones has warned UK businesses that unless they rise to the challenge of the new global...

A joint strike by teachers, nurses and civil servants could spoil Gordon Brown’s first summer as prime minister, after union...

Eight out of 10 employers claim they are actively tackling pay gaps between men and women, research has found. A...

The CBI  is on a collision course with trade unions over the ongoing dispute across the Civil Service – after...

Plans to axe more than 10% of Nottinghamshire County Council’s HR team will leave the authority in a complete “mess”,...

Six out of 10 workers in the UK’s private sector are male, while women dominate in the public sector (65%)...

Motor vehicle manufacturer Nissan will create up to 4,000 jobs through the sale of land and creation of a new logistics...

A consultation looking into all aspects of improving workforce conditions in local government over the next 10 years has been...

Dairy foods company Dairy Crest has confirmed its intention to close its Totnes plant in Devon, which will affect 164 jobs....

BAE Systems has teamed up with capability management firm, InfoBasis, to streamline its people management systems.
Implementation of InfoBasis Enterprise Skills...

The government has refused to guarantee there will be no compulsory redundancies following the creation of the Ministry of Justice...

Employers’ groups have hit out at the government for its lack of action on avoiding the skills catastrophe predicted by...

Employers are calling on the government to clarify the content of the ‘pledge’ that they will be required to sign...

Adding a dash of corporate social responsibility to training spices it up and makes it more meaningful.Karen Woolley, founder of...