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Firms seeking staff are being hit by labour shortages, with a "reversal" in the number of migrants in UK workplaces, says HR body the CIPD.
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Firms seeking staff are being hit by labour shortages, with a "reversal" in the number of migrants in UK workplaces, says HR body the CIPD.

Royal Bank of Scotland paid contractors almost £400 a day to stuff envelopes

The UK could walk away from the European Union without a deal as the country prepares for Brexit, trade secretary Liam Fox has said.

Retailers will no longer have to pay millions of pounds in business rates for cash machines outside their shops, following a ruling by the Appeal Court.

A committee of MPs is to examine whether vulnerable consumers are being treated fairly by banks and service providers.

On average 14 shops are closing every day as UK High Streets face their toughest trading climate in five years, a report has found.

Autotrader put the pedal to the metal to cruise away from an industry decline in new car sales, focusing instead on driving up advertising revenue and…

Dyson, the household appliance maker, has won a battle in the European courts over the way vacuum cleaners' energy efficiency is labelled.

Four supermarkets have announced petrol price cuts of up to 2p per litre as Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco make the move as fuel retailers are…

HSBC has said some of its US customers' bank accounts were hacked in October.

Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed it is to axe 6,240 jobs as part of a digital overhaul.

Consumer credit growth weakened in September amid a sharp fall in new borrowing for car finance, according to the Bank of England.

The group warned annual profits will now come in at around £170m to £190m, down from £207m the previous year.

Three quarters of UK employees like to keep their work and home lives very separate despite this almost a third don’t feel that they have a…

As the 2018 budget is announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Phillip Hammond, some new developments come to light.