Average pay increases in the private sector went up 0.6% to 4% from last month fuelled by higher inflation, according...
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Airport hand luggage ban to end on 7 January after big investment in security training and equipment
An “extensive investment” in training and security personnel means that London’s Heathrow Airport, and 20 other UK terminals, will allow...
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A government body has launched a campaign to address the skills shortages in the logistics sector.
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The dreaded ‘winter vomiting’ virus is sweeping across the UK, affecting up to 100,000 people per week.The Health Protection Agency...
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The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) says the government is not rewarding parents who get jobs, while favouring those...
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Nearly 400 bus drivers, members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) have begun the first...
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown has praised the success of the New Deal, initiated 10 years ago to modernise the welfare...
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Brendan Barber, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), has warned businesses that 2008 may be a “rocky year”.In...
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Wolters Kluwer Law and Business has acquired business advice publisher GEE – including online advice service Consult GEE – from...
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A leading motor industry association has pledged to double the number of apprenticeships in the sector, following research showing that...
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The future of one of Nottinghamshire’s last collieries has been secured with the signing of a £200m deal. Thoresby, which...
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Abbey bank will add 300 branches to its network in the UK, bringing the total number to 1,005 by 2012...
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Rykneld Homes, a housing management firm based in Derbyshire, will axe up to 50 jobs out of a total 327...
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Half of the UK’s most improved city economies in the last decade, in terms of employment growth, are in the...
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Northgate Information Solutions reported a 23% rise in half-year operating profit, aided by its acquisition of human resource services provider...