Category: News

The UK is becoming a nation of ‘job flirts’ thanks to social networking, with 70 per cent of workers using social networks to look outside rather than inside for new roles

Recruitment firm Michael Page International has warned that the UK banking sector remains ‘particularly depressed’ and sees no end to the hiring freeze at many financial firms

The European Central Bank may intervene to pull down Madrid’s borrowing costs as prime minister Mariano Rajoy warned that debt had created a “vicious circle that

Chancellor George Osborne is preparing to offer a compromise to charities on the government’s recently proposed cap on income tax relief, according to reports.

Citizens Advice service to become a champion for consumer information

Retail sales rose at the fastest pace so far this year in March, adding to signs that the economy is slowly recovering.

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Spain’s future is on the line in its battle to tame surging bond yields, as the head of the nation’s second-largest region proposed handing back powers to the government to cut costs.

Savers will be told to expect smaller investment returns in future

As the National Careers Service launches, questions are being raised about how young people will get the face to face guidance they need – particularly with such high levels of youth unemployment.

The government has today released proposals which would give Ofgem greater power to get fair outcomes for consumers and small businesses when they suffer a loss due to energy suppliers failing to meet their legal responsibilities.

It would seem Britain has a new crop of ‘heroes on the high street’ – and trading estates and retail parks too for that matter – as research shows how small business owners are going to extraordinary lengths to protect their workforces during these tough economic times.

Entrepreneurs and investors have teamed up with organisations including Microsoft, Silicon Valley Bank and consultants McKinsey to launch a scheme to encourage “the best and brightest” graduates to start businesses instead of choosing a conventional career.

Businesses will be spared thousands of hours of form-filling each year in a Government move to restore common sense to health and safety.

Britain escaped recession in the first quarter of the year, but only just, according to a respected think-tank.