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UK and Ireland / Threat To 250 Jobs At Heinz
Food giant Heinz has warned that almost 250 jobs could be cut in the UK and Ireland Continue reading
UK / Half of all out of work young people have never had a job finds IPPR
Half of all out of work young people who are not in full-time education have never had a job, according to new IPPR analysis, released ahead of the latest unemployment statistics Continue reading
UK / Unemployment Rate is unchanged, overall, but up at 21.4% for 16 to 24 year olds
United Kingdom – The unemployment rate for April to June 2013 was 7.8% of the economically active population, unchanged from January to March 2013. For 16 to 24 year olds, it was 21.4% for April to June 2013, up 0.7 percentage points from January to March 2013 Continue reading
UK / The Great Recession could be called the “Long Recession”
The current recession is represented by the red line. It is called the Great Recession but could be called the “Long Recession” as it surpasses in length anything before Continue reading
UK / 54 pc of young people ‘would choose an apprenticeship’
Fifty-four per cent of young people in the UK would opt to undertake an apprenticeship if one were available to them, new research has claimed Continue reading
London’s railways and Tube / 6,000 jobs could go
Concerns have been raised that 6,000 jobs on London’s railways and Tube could be at risk under “secret plans” being drawn up by Transport for London Continue reading
Tatas / To create 1,000 jobs in UK
Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is considering a major expansion plan at its UK factory which could create as many as 1,000 jobs Continue reading
UK / Startups are closing the high-tech skills gap
Rather than waiting for the education system to catch up, tech firms are taking the initiative on training Continue reading
UK’s Skills Gap / Traditional degrees will not fill it, says CBI
The UK risks failing to close its “chronic skills gaps” by continuing to focus teenagers on the university “default route”, say business leaders. A growing demand for degree-level technical skills will not be met by traditional university courses alone, argues a CBI report. Instead more young people should take shorter or part-time degrees and advanced … Continue reading
UK / Personal Well-being improves finds ONS
According to the latest findings from the ONS Annual Population Survey, there were small improvements in personal well-being in the UK between 2011/12 and 2012/13. Continue reading
UK / Nine out of the 10 easiest areas to find a job were in south
Almost half of all UK job vacancies were in London and southeast England last month, raising fears that any jobs growth on the back of the recovering economy could widen the regional divide Continue reading
UK / Bentley to create 1,000 jobs
More than 1,000 jobs are to be created in the UK to keep up with the development of luxury car firm Bentley’s new model. The automaker announced its fourth SUV model is to be built at its plant in Crewe with an investment of £800 million. The car will go on sale to motorists and … Continue reading
UK / The current chaos at Jobcentres
The country’s policy for dealing with unemployment is inherently built for the good years and is ill-equipped to support the unemployed workforce of post-crash Britain, a fact which has important implications for the role of job centres Continue reading
UK / Youth jobs scheme: a slow start admits the coalition government
The UK coalition government admitted on Monday that a £2,275 wage incentive to tackle youth unemployment had got off to a slow start Continue reading
UK / 13.5 million job vacancies, but only 7 million school and college leavers
During the next decade, there will be 13.5 million job vacancies in the UK, but only 7 million school and college leavers – leaving a gap that immigration cannot plug Continue reading
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