Economics, government & business

...and admits that forcing employers to discriminate in favour of ethnic minorities may not be a wise decision.

The Department of Trade and Industry has refuted the CBI’s claims that it could be abolished without having any significant...

Tuesday’s strike at news broadcaster ITN has been called off by union officials after a compromise was reached over pensions....

Some 650 workers at cash machine manufacturer NCR are to be made redundant after the company announced plans to close its...

Food manufacturer Birds Eye is shedding almost 500 jobs at its fish foods factory in Hull. The company said the...

Today’s interest rate rise will not reduce wage increases, according to business leaders.
The Bank of England increased the base rate...

Employers’ organisation the CBI has set up a new taskforce to look at tackling climate change.
The taskforce, which includes several...

Glasgow has emerged an unlikely winner in the battle for UK call centres. A report from recruitment agency Office Angels...

The rate of permanent staff placements for UK companies peaked at its highest level in 33 months in December 2006 and...

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) could be abolished without having any significant impact on employers, according to the...

A major rail union has criticised plans to cut hundreds of cleaners’ jobs on London Underground. The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT)...

The National School of Government is now a separate government department, giving it more autonomy to develop its role as a...

Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has announced that Anne Watts will take up the post of chair of the Appointments  Commission...

The Learning and Skills Council has spent more than £100m on redundancies and reorganising over the past six years, it...

Government plans to use covert tactics to reduce nurses’ pay have been revealed in a leaked report on its strategy...