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UK / University / Applications down since 2 years
University applications from UK students are down for the second year running, official figures show. Ucas admissions data from mid-December show applications from English students at their lowest since 2009. The trebling of maximum tuition fees saw a drop in applications for autumn 2012 but university leaders hoped demand would recover in 2013. A Ucas … Continue reading
Unemployment needs city-specific solutions
Centre for Cities launches Cities Outlook 2012 today, which shows how cities are fairing against the backdrop of a sluggish national economy. This year the report focuses on unemployment in our largest urban areas. For this reason both the government and the work programme providers must take a varied response to the UK’s unemployment problem. … Continue reading
UK / Vion – Poultry and Meat / 9,000 jobs could be saved
AROUND 9,000 jobs across Britain could be saved as Leeds-based private equity firm Endless closes in on deals to buy poultry and red meat businesses from their Dutch owner. Vion is exiting the UK to concentrate on its core activities in Netherlands and Germany and has put its £1.8bn business up for sale. Endless has … Continue reading
UK Defence / BAE safeguards 6,000 jobs with Oman military jet deal
BAE Systems has secured a boost for British manufacturing and safeguarded 6,000 jobs after agreeing a £2.5bn contract with Oman for Typhoon and Hawk military aircraft. Britain’s largest defence contractor and manufacturing employer is targeting growth markets such as the Middle East as part of a strategic imperative that has become even more urgent in … Continue reading
UK / Large scale redundancy period cut from 90 to 45 days
The 90-day period before large scale redundancies can take place is to be cut to 45 days, the Government announced today. Employment Relations Minister Jo Swinson said the move, along with other changes, was aimed at helping workers and businesses. But the TUC said the last thing the country needed was for the Government to … Continue reading
UK / Airbus / 1,500 jobs safeguarded
The company says a $9bn (£5.5bn) order for 100 A320 planes from AirAsia will safeguard 1,500 Airbus jobs in the UK and 7,500 in its supply chain. The wings for its A320 series are made at the Flintshire factory. AirAsias’s order is for 64 of the A320neo (new engine option) and 36 of the A320ceo … Continue reading
Fracking and Jobs Debate / Report says it could create 7 000 jobs in NZ while UK gives green light
Venture Taranaki has joined in on the fracking debate, releasing a study that forecasts billions of dollars and thousands of jobs over the next decade if fracking is allowed to continue. The economic development agency and Wellington-based economic analysis company Berl have developed a report on the economic impact of the fracking of onshore oil … Continue reading
(Update) UK / Unemployment rate down 0.2 at 7.8 per cent and the biggest quarterly fall in unemployment since 2001
For August to October 2012: The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 71.2 per cent, up 0.1 on May to July 2012 and up 0.9 on a year earlier. There were 29.60 million people in employment aged 16 and over, up 40,000 on May to July 2012 and up 499,000 on … Continue reading
UK / Unemployment rate down 0.2 at 7.8 per cent and the biggest quarterly fall in unemployment since 2001
For August to October 2012: The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 71.2 per cent, up 0.1 on May to July 2012 and up 0.9 on a year earlier. There were 29.60 million people in employment aged 16 and over, up 40,000 on May to July 2012 and up 499,000 on … Continue reading
UK 2011 Census / Key Statistics
The resident population of England and Wales on 27 March 2011 was 56.1 million, a seven per cent (3.7 million) increase since 2001 with 55 per cent (2.1 million) of this increase being due to migration. One in six people were aged 65 or over (16 per cent, 9.2 million). Most residents of England and … Continue reading
Manchester Airport City investment / 11,400 Jobs for locals promised
Plans for a £650m project to transform the area around Manchester Airport have been submitted – and bosses have revealed they will train local people to take up some of the 11,400 jobs. Chiefs hope to attract global businesses to the Airport City development, which will also house offices, hotels, retail outlets and leisure facilities. … Continue reading
Reshoring in UK / China wage hike spurs trend ?
It moved half its production to China to keep costs down, but eight years later one company is bringing production back to Britain. It’s another example of the backshoring trend that has seen many European manufacturers relocate their business back home. Caldeira is a cushion-making business headquartered in Merseyside, Northern England. Since 2004 it has … Continue reading
UK / Youth Work Experience Scheme / Kids need to be given real jobs
T’S easy to start believing it. It’s easy to start believing it even when it’s George Osborne saying it. Easy to start believing that everyone on benefits is a workshy scrounger when the rest of us are skint and wondering how our wages will stretch to payday never mind Christmas. It’s easy to start believing … Continue reading
UK / Remploy closures / More disabled workers losing jobs
Hundreds more disabled workers at Remploy factories are at risk of losing their jobs under fresh closure plans, the Government announced today. A further 875 employees, including 682 disabled people, have been told they face compulsory redundancy. Ministers announced earlier this year that a number of Remploy factories would close, arguing that the budget for disabled employment … Continue reading
UK / Army / Redundancies and cuts ‘hurting’ forces personnel
The Government has been warned that service personnel are “hurting” because of redundancies and cuts as further details of a scheme to boost support for the armed forces were revealed. Defence Minister Andrew Robathan announced that more than £423,000 had been allocated to 13 bids in England for local projects funded through the community covenant … Continue reading
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