Economics, government & business

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...

Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has announced a new £7.20 living wage rate for the capital following a report by...

It seems as if hardly a week goes by without a report being published on carbon emissions, but one such...

The capability reviews of five more government departments published by the Cabinet Office last week revealed both positive and negative...

A fundamental EU policy rethink could force the UK to re-draft much of its employment law and lead to far...

Xchanging, the HR outsourcing company that sponsors the Boat Race, has confirmed plans to raise about £150m by floating on...

If any apology is made by this government or other representative of the British people for “our part in the...

Apprenticeship numbers fall by more than 10% in 12 monthsBasic apprenticeship take-up rates have fallen significantly.The Department for Education and...

The Trade and Industry Select Committee has announced a wide-ranging inquiry into the UK construction industry. The inquiry will consider...