Economics, government & business

Skills envoy Sir Digby Jones has slammed the government for wasting six months before launching the Leitch skills pledge.
Jones, tasked by the...

Employers must learn to appreciate the experience and expertise older people can bring to the workforce if they are to...

Stockport Council will offer training for all of its 7,000 employees through a pledge to the GO North West Local...

The government has set aside £4.3bn in funding for the training and development of the NHS workforce. The Department of...

Metronet Rail will axe up to 290 full-time administrative and middle management positions as part of a streamlining exercise.The firm responsible...

The TUC is calling on the government to introduce a set of measures to deal with ‘threats’ to the economy...

Financial and business services jobs account for more than half of new positions created over the past decade, a new...

Unions representing college lecturers and support staff have rejected a pay offer by their employers, which falls short of the...

A ‘sign up to cuts or be sacked’ ultimatum handed out by Tesco to 126 distribution drivers in Scotland has...

Research conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)  and professional services firm, KPMG, supports employer criticism of the flagship skills...

A “significant revamp” of the Regional Development Agencies (RDA)  is needed to tackle poor economic performance outside the South East, an...

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is to axe 300 jobs from its UK marketing division, following a review of its activities.It follows...

Gordon Brown has been accused of siding with big business against workers as unions gear up for a major assault on...

A £120,000 training facility at London Luton Airport has been approved by the English skills promotion body the Learning and...

Travelodge plans to create 10,000 jobs after it announced that it is to invest £3.5bn in new hotels.

The hotel chain...