Economics, government & business

HR professionals would have a vital role to play if in-house training was accredited on the high street, according to...

Chris Tarrant has been responsible for many things – including a few rich pub quiz bores and a boot-shaped hole...

Rising unemployment in London has been blamed in part for the seven-year variation in the average life expectancy of people...

A lack of government urgency in training civil servants on sustainability means courses are running unfilled, Personnel Today has learned.A...

The multi-billion pound business buyouts being thrashed out at Boots, Barclays and British Airways (BA) are part of a growing...

Almost nine out of 10 employers now provide staff with flexible working, according to a report by the British Chambers...

SERGEANT MAJORS ON THATCHER… Former ITN political editor John Sergeant entertained delegates with tales of political intrigue at the latest...

The number of people working in schools has grown by 17,300 over the past 12 months, but the number of...

The Transport and General Workers Union (T&G) has warned of possible strike action by cabin crew at Thomsonfly, following a failed meeting...

Working Links, the organisation which helps unemployed people find work, has signed a deal with the Chilean government to deliver a welfare-to-work programme.The...

A City university, along with a consortium of charities, will launch a new academy for parenting practitioners in October, following...

There has been an overall reduction of 17,000 in the number of people working in the NHS in the year...

Members of the AA Democratic Union (AADU) working at the AA motoring services group have voted overwhelmingly to accept a...

The British Medical Association (BMA) has defended increases in GPs’ earnings of 23% in a single year. New figures published...

A row over pay and cost cutting could lead to the first national postal strike for more than a decade,...