Economics, government & business

The number of jobs in the British film industry fell by 20% last year, UK Film Council figures show.

Work and pensions secretary David Blunkett has announced a new Office for Disability Issues to tackle disability discrimination.

More than three-quarters of small- and medium-sized firms in the UK have not reviewed their business processes since the July terror attacks, according to research.

The retirement age for people aged 40 or younger could be raised to 67 to tackle the pensions crisis, the Work and Pensions Secretary indicated yesterday.

Seven important government departments have yet to make any redundancies of full-time employees in the past 14 months.

Many of the 700 employees who have applied for voluntary redundancy at airline caterer Gate Gourmet are likely to be turned down, according to company officials

The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and the Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) have hit back at claims that they are not engaging employers

The Learning and Skills Council is to cut 1,300 jobs as part of a £40m savings programme, it was announced today

An advertising campaign has begun to encourage employers to give staff time off to serve as magistrates

Unemployment levels in the US have risen dramatically as a direct result of the impact of hurricane Katrina.

Staying in is the new going out as average UK pay fails to stretch to luxuries.

CBI says Civil Service performance must be monitored to ensure success.

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has called today’s pensions speeches to the TUC conference a ‘disappointment’ after no pledge was made to raise the public sector pension age to 65.

Outlook static despite seventh monthy rise in unemployment figures.

Employers who do not invest enough in training their staff are preparing a skills time-bomb which could badly damage the UK economy in the long run.