Economics, government & business

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...

Good people-management, rather than sweeping cost cuts, must be at the heart of the government’s 2007 comprehensive spending review, according...

One in 12 men intend to turn to their partners rather than their employers or the state for their retirement...

Thousands of disabled people could be assisted into work if the government introduced programmes tailored to the needs of people...

The top HR professional in the civil service has told MPs she is “impressed” by the quality of leadership across...