Economics, government & business

Four Manchester NHS trusts have not ruled out compulsory redundancies as they struggle to balance their books.

Alistair Darling is the new trade and industry secretary following a radical Cabinet reshuffle by prime minister Tony Blair.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister heeds call to stamp out bullying.

Amended Bill will enable ministers to act to cut down bureaucracy.

Driving Standards Agency denies decision has been made.

Orange is planning to cut up to 2,000 UK jobs and ICI plans to reduce headcount by 2,300 within five years.

Royal Mail call for cash could lead to future conflict with union.

Trainees get in on act as law firms push up starting salaries.

Royal West Sussex NHS Trust has joined the long list of health service organisations to announce job losses in an effort to head off a financial crisis.

BT chairman urges UK businesses to rethink strategy to be able to compete with "tiger economies".

PCS and Department of Work and Pensions fail to see eye to eye over extent of disruption.

Arcadia retail group rocked by double resignation from the board.

'Old' EU refuses to relax restrictions on migrant European workers from latest recruits.

Members of the PCS union have staged a second two-day walkout over planned job cuts at the DWP.

The PricewaterhouseCoopers Business Insights survey findings will probably come as no surprise to many HR professionals