Economics, government & business

About 850 jobs at Golden Wonder could be cut after the crisp manufacturer was forced into administration.

The union representing 1,600 workers who have lost their jobs with supermarket chain Morrisons says the cuts are a "direct consequence" of the company's takeover of Safeway.

The Conservatives are planning to table amendments to the government’s Work and Families Bill when the legislation is put before...

Talks will begin tomorrow to try to avert a strike by thousands of workers in Jobcentres and benefit offices.

Employers have been urged to "detox" their workplaces, reassess their policies and tackle any problematic issues

2006 could be the worst year for productivity growth since 1990, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)

CBI director general Digby Jones has urged firms to put a reassessment of business risk at the top of their list of New Year resolutions.

Work and pensions secretary John Hutton has written to the MPs whose constituencies contain the most incapacity benefit claimants to defend proposed reforms

UK job prospects look set to improve in the New Year, driven by an increase in confidence among the finance and business services sectors.

The number of people out of work in the UK rose by 72,000 in the three months to October to stand at 1.49 million.

House prices in London and the South East are causing a skills crisis as firms struggle to fill posts.

IT staff turnover, recruitment and retention problems and skills shortages have all increased over the past year

More than four in 10 of the 3.4 million vacancies filled each year in the UK are in service roles, sales and customer services occupations, research reveals.

Efforts to recruit more NHS doctors and nurses in Scotland are likely to fail due to financial cutbacks, according to Scotland's spending watchdog

The Cabinet Office, Department for Education and Skills and further education colleges are to work together to reduce the red tape faced by lecturers.