Economics, government & business

The government will this month publish plans to raise the compulsory education age to 18.
Secretary of state for education and...

The government has caved to criticism about changes to the Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) recruitment programme and agreed to review the...

Northern Ireland is a country on the up.

Dogged by sectarian violence for more than a quarter of  a century,...

Multi-million pound contracts could soon be won or lost on the diversity of a company’s workforce.
The government-commissioned Equalities Review last...

A radical review of the welfare system carried out by David Freud has suggested greater use of the private and voluntary...

Luxury retailer Burberry has offered to give special ‘loyalty bonuses’ to staff at its factory in Rhondda, South Wales, before...

Unions have reacted with fury at chancellor Gordon Brown’s decision to award below-inflation pay rises to nurses and other public...

Members of the Armed Forces will get the highest pay rise in public sector, the government has announced.  Defence secretary...

Dawn Atkinson has been appointed in a new role as England’s nursing officer for diversity. A nurse for 22 years, she will...

More than 80,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) who work for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are banning...

David Fairhurst, vice-president of people at McDonald’s, has been appointed vice-chairman of People 1st, the sector skills council for the hospitality, leisure,...

Aeroplane manufacturer Airbus is cutting 10,000 jobs across Europe over the next four years. About 1,600 jobs will go in...

Retailer Peacocks is planning to open 30 new stores and create 500 jobs across the UK as part of a £21.5m expansion. The...

The first in a series of events that aims to develop a framework for employers to ensure their workplaces are healthy...

Water companies are working with schoolchildren, the Armed Forces, ex-offenders and Eastern Europeans in a bid to ease a recruitment...