Economics, government & business

Fried chicken chain KFC to invest £1.5bn and create more than 7,000 jobs in the UK and Ireland over the next five years.

Global consulting company McKinsey has reduced its workforce by 10%, according to reports.

Car manufacturer Volvo will cut around 3,000 jobs as part of cost-saving measures.
Most of the redundancies are likely to...

The UK jobs market grew on an annual basis for a second consecutive month as more companies advertised seasonal roles.

The figures reveal a decrease of 26,000 young men but an increase among young women of 19,000.

More teachers could benefit from flexible working thanks to a successful initiative to help improve retention.

The number of people immigrating minus the number of people emigrating is provisionally estimated to be 431,000 in the year ending December 2024.

Less than half of UK workers would comply with a full-time return to office mandate, according to researchers at King’s...

Pay awards in real terms could decrease for a “prolonged period” after inflation overtook salary increases for the first time in 19 months.

UK-EU Summit leads to agreement to work towards a time-limited, capped, youth experience scheme and an association with Erasmus+.

Last week, the government launched its Immigration White Paper. Ross Kennedy examines which jobs are likely to be affected and how employers should react.

Falling public sector productivity could drive up labour costs by more than £5 billion by the end of this decade, a forecast suggests.

Thousands of jobs at discount retailer Poundland could be at risk as its parent company looks to sell it off.

The government is seeking to appoint more judges and case workers to alleviate the backlog of employment tribunal cases.

At the Acas 2025 conference in Westminster, Soames accused the government of failing to listen to businesses's concerns about the proposals.