Economics, government & business

The government has again rejected demands that it should compensate some victims of collapsed occupational pension schemes. It has dismissed...

Manufacturers have called on the government to boost training and education in the fight against climate change. Trade body EEF...

Statutory dispute resolution procedures introduced just two years ago look set to be overhauled. Law firm Shoosmiths said the Department ...

The most senior civil servant in the Department of Health (DoH) has voiced fears that the department will get a...

Top earners in the public sector are now better paid than their peers in manufacturing, according to research out this...

The total number of staff being made redundant as part of NHS reorganisation is about 900, official figures have suggested....

The European Social Fund (ESF) is to invest 2.75bn euros (£1.83bn) in jobs and skills in England over the next seven...

Gordon Brown and David Cameron are to present their pro-business credentials to Britain’s corporate leaders at the CBI annual conference next...

Businesses have spent £2bn more on research and development this year, according to figures published by the Department of Trade...

The limit on the number of Bulgarian and Romanian migrants allowed to work in the UK will have a damaging...

More than half a million people who were entitled to claim jobseekers allowance failed to do so in 2004-05, according...

UK law firms are increasingly looking to Australia and New Zealand for financial lawyers, according to a recruitment specialist.
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The government’s strict stance on immigration from Bulgaria and Romania has been welcomed by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and...

The City needs to encourage better business relations with China and India or risk losing its elite status as a...

Lower-skilled workers coming to the UK from Romania and Bulgaria will only be able to work in the food processing...