Economics, government & business

The government has revealed that internal wranglings forced it to cancel talks with union officials over civil servant pay earlier...

Pay rises are set to remain modest in spite of indications that more employers expect to award staff increases of...

A new raft of vocational qualifications in food manufacturing is set to be unveiled to employers by Improve, the sector’s...

The government has been accused of burying bad news as it announced the closure of three debt centres at the...

The poor skills levels of school leavers is a national problem with “no silver bullet”, the Chartered Institute of Personnel...

The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has admitted to Personnel Today that not a single company has signed its...

The Coalfields Regeneration Trust has donated more than £70,000 to an East Midlands redevelopment scheme to help keep jobs on the...

After 10 years as prime minister, Tony Blair is expected to announce his resignation this week. But will the world of business be bidding him a fond farewell?

Following a government initiative to get employees interested in all matters financial, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has suggested linking up with schemes already introduced by employers.

Research conducted by Energy & Utility Skills has found that only one-quarter of the energy and utility sector workforce are...

Birmingham City Council has been working with Fair Cities, an employer-driven skills programme, to recruit street cleaners from areas in...

HR software company Northgate has bought a majority stake in international outsourcing company Arinso. The purchase is the first step...

Personnel Today readers have expressed their shock at the £500,000 salary package on offer to the new director-general of the...

Life for those trying to figure out what IT skills actually mean should be easier with the launch of a...

Pay rates for learning and development (L&D) staff in England vary widely with those in London by far the best...