
Online job adverts rise as firms prepare for lockdown exit
The number of online job adverts rose this month as employers anticipated the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.
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The number of online job adverts rose this month as employers anticipated the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.

Businesses have taken out £180 billion in government-backed loans since the start of the pandemic, official figures show.

Even as it prepares to reopen its cinemas in the next few weeks, Cineworld has warned that there are significant doubts about its prospects for survival.

The motor industry has accused the government of playing games by setting ambitious targets for electric car revolution then withdrawing support

A law firm representing the UK owners of Mercedes-Benz cars has started formal legal action seeking compensation from the German carmaker for allegedly installing illegal emissions…

Boris Johnson has backed compulsory vaccination in care homes, saying it would be “wholly responsible” for managers to require them.

Shadow business minister Ed Miliband will lay out Labour’s plans for an electric vehicle “revolution” for the UK.

The competition watchdog is set to block the £140m merger between Seedrs and Crowdcube over concerns it would lead to less choice and higher fees.

Bankers at NatWest branches will offer customers video meetings outside of normal working hours as part of a revamp of the high street lender’s retail banking…

Economic activity expanded at its fastest pace in seven months in March as businesses received a rush of new orders in anticipation of the easing of…

Nationwide’s 13,000 office-based staff are to be allowed to work from home or anywhere they like in the UK.

Pub landlords will be able to bar entry to people who have not been vaccinated, Boris Johnson has suggested.

John Lewis has said it will not reopen eight stores once lockdown eases.

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has committed £10m to Co-Investment Fund (Co-Fund) NI helping to provide growth capital to early…

Almost 60,000 frontline workers at BT will receive a special bonus of £1,500 from the company in recognition of their work during the coronavirus pandemic.