Economics, government & business

Average pay deals rose in the three months to the end of March, a survey by Incomes Data Services (IDS)...

Defence secretary Des Browne was facing an uncertain future last week after admitting he made a mistake in allowing the...

The Ministry of Defence (MoD),  will roll out its Joint Personnel Administration system to more than 100,000 army employees by...

The National Union of Teachers is to sue education secretary Alan Johnson for refusing to include it in pay talks.
General secretary Steve Sinnott...

BT workers have today been advised to accept a pay rise of 4.7% for 2007-08, just days after they rejected...

Central government HR has come under fire once again in the latest round of Whitehall capability reviews.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office,...

The new National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) has defended making job cuts, including some HR posts, in a bid to drive...

The Conservative Party has announced plans for a radical shake-up of the Police Service should it win the next general...

HR consultancy Hewitt Associates has opened its first office in Russia.

The new Moscow office is to focus on HR consulting...

Last month the prime minister Tony Blair delivered a lecture to several hundred of the UK’s leaders in the field...

Unions representing college lecturers and support staff have asked for a wage increase in line with teacher’s earnings. Lead by...

HR services firm Ceridian will create 250 new jobs at its Glasgow branch over the next three years.

Ceridian operates from...

UK television news group ITN is to axe up to 60 jobs of its 800-strong workforce, after it won a...

The government has announced a £32m scheme to give 15 local areas more control over plans to tackle ‘worklessness’. The...

Richard Thomas has been reappointed as information commissioner for a further two years.

Thomas was appointed in November 2002 and is being...