Economics, government & business

IT sector bullish about jobs in Europe.

The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has raised the prospect of more strikes in Whitehall departments with the demand of a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies

Sir Gus O'Donnell, the head of the Civil Service, today launched a new Civil Service Code, which details the standards of behaviour expected from civil servants, and will now form part of their contract of employment

A group of young people have won the right to 'dream' work placements as part of a drive by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to increase the skills level of school leavers

Salaries in the financial services sector have increased by more than £10,000 in the past five years, research by the Blomfield Group recruitment consultancy showed

On the sixth day of the sixth month in the sixth year of a new century, the problem job of pensions minister has joined the DTI on the list of most thankless tasks

Hundreds of people turned up to protest against the closure of the HP sauce factory and the loss of 125 jobs in Birmingham on Saturday

The Cabinet Office has relaunched plans for a shared services centre that could serve several government departments

Two senior NHS HR professionals came under fire from MPs last week as part of a major inquiry into health...

Vodafone is to cut 400 jobs after it unveiled record losses of £14.9bn - a move branded “appalling” by the company’s main union

UK employers are recruiting Indian engineering graduates and German apprentices to overcome shortage of young Britons seeking careers in industry, a study has revealed.

The government has warmly welcomed the political agreement reached by EU ministers yesterday on the controversial Services Directive.

The Home Office – under fire from all sides over its poor management – is looking for two senior HR practitioners to help professionalise the function.

The government’s approach to public sector management is in dire need of an overhaul, according to a report from Lancaster University Management School.

Another NHS trust has confirmed it is to cut posts in a bid to save money