Almost 34,000 jobs were created across the UK’s 21 key industries in April, an increase of more than 4,500 on...
Economics, government & business
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The UK has won its bid to host the WorldSkills competition in London in 2011, beating off strong competition from Australia and Sweden.
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The financial recruitment market is the healthiest its been in four years, according to recruitment firm Robert Half International.
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One in six doctors will leave the NHS in the next two years, the British Medical Association (BMA) has claimed
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A union representing workers at the endangered Vauxhall car plant has threatened to place its £8m car fleet order with a rival firm if jobs go
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An NHS trust in Yorkshire has announced hundreds of jobs cuts in a bid to save millions of pounds.
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The BBC has reported government sources suggestng that the prime minister and the chancellor of the exchequer are nearing agreement on raising the state retirement age and re-linking pensions to earnings
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A shortage of skilled staff is now the biggest barrier to business in the capital, the latest CBI/KPMG London Business Survey reveals
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Organisations are failing to keep pace with their customers' complaints, at a time when the volume is rising sharply, according to a study
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General Motors (GM) has confirmed that it is considering cutting 1,000 jobs in the UK this year
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Reports of major NHS job losses are misleading, and few people are being made redundant, according to NHS Employers
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Margaret Hodge, Ian McCartney and Jim Fitzpatrick join the DTI as junior ministers
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Nine months before London stages the Olympic Games it will also host the international skills olympics
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NHS Employers defends consultants' contract in face of Kings Fund report of seriousl underestimated costs
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In the third part of our in-depth series, Sally O'Reilly reports on the government's proposals to get a million people off incapacity benefit and back into work, and the likely impact on the UK's OH nurses