Economics, government & business

UK's flexible labour market could be a myth according to research.

Italian bank UniCredit has announced plans to cut 12,000 jobs by 2008.

Barclays plans to cut hundreds more finance jobs just a week after announcing 1,200 job losses from its banking division.

Unions at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton have said managers are in the “last chance saloon” after workers voted overwhelmingly to strike over job cuts.

Staff at Mersey Television have been told they face the prospect of redundancy and changes to their terms and conditions.

The NHS should no longer recruit junior nurses from abroad, the government has said

The UK's top companies are outperforming their European competitors, according to this year's value added scoreboard, produced by the Department of Trade and Industry

Banks and building societies are struggling with a severe shortage of clerical and professional staff, according to research.

A campaign group is taking the government to the High Court over the new age discrimination legislation to be introduced in October

Sector Skills Council Proskills has embarked on a UK-wide consultation with employers which will shape the future of skills provision and funding for industries in its sector

Skills for Health, the sector skills councils for health, has revealed the members of its new board

Only one in five student nurses who will graduate this summer has a job to go to, a study reveals

Retailer Morgan hit by downturn on the high street.

Post Office could face industrial action as union rejects pay offer.

Boost for disabled workers as supermarket giant extends employment partnership scheme with Remploy.