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RBS Cuts 1,400 Jobs, HSBC Considering Bigger Job Cuts

RBS Cuts 1,400 Jobs, HSBC Considering Bigger Job Cuts

Edinburgh-based Royal Bank of Scotland plans to axe over 1,400 jobs during its next round of layoffs. The troubled financial…

Disabled workers protest factory closures amid claims of discrimination

Disabled workers protest factory closures amid claims of discrimination

As the Remploy website states, they are ‘committed’ to helping disabled workers find employment so with the news of planned…

Minimum wage will not rise for UK youth

Minimum wage will not rise for UK youth

Although it was a hard decision to make, according to Vince Cable, there will not be a rise in the…

Jobless rate slowly falling

Jobless rate slowly falling

Jobs in the private sector are showing signs of finally offsetting the redundancies within the public sector. However, at the…

High street retailers have cut more than 20,000 jobs

High street retailers have cut more than 20,000 jobs

As consumers are spending less high street retailers are cutting staff to the point where 20,000 workers have lost jobs…

Chancellor planning tax breaks for small firms

Chancellor planning tax breaks for small firms

According to figures released by the Treasury, the highest growth in UK companies has been in small firms with 10…

Massive shortfall in global jobs market predicted by ILO

Massive shortfall in global jobs market predicted by ILO

In a report published 26 September, the International Labour Organisation predicts that there will be a huge global shortfall in…

Support for flexible working hours widespread

Support for flexible working hours widespread

Amidst growing support from the public and MPs alike, government is being pressured to adopt laws in favour of flexible…

Head of World Bank Warns of New Danger Zone Ahead

Head of World Bank Warns of New Danger Zone Ahead

As if fears for the global economy weren’t bad enough, they are now soaring as the head of the World…

Cost of Childcare Forcing Moms to Stay at Home

Cost of Childcare Forcing Moms to Stay at Home

More and more often women are being literally forced to stay at home because of the high cost of childcare…