Those looking for a job in the north-west of England will be cheered to hear the news that Sky (British Sky Broadcasting Group) are to open a large customer service centre in Stockport. Located around 7 miles from Manchester city centre, Stocport has a large population and many of the applicants are expected to from [...]

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Councils set to Cut up to 25,000 Jobs in England

2 March 2010

It’s bad news for councils workers throughout England as it has been revealed from a survey conducted by the BBC that councils across the country need to make big job cuts in a bid to save money. Local government is the UK’s biggest employer, with around 2 million people working in jobs with the council.
The [...]

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New Job Vacancies Online

12 February 2010

If you are struggling to find a job then perhaps you should embrace the internet and get out your designing skills.
Small niche sites such as Vauxhall Corsa Alloy Wheels and BT Digital Baby Monitor are easy to build using some fairly simple software such as XsitePro 2. These sites can then me turned into income [...]

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Prediction of 80,000 new UK Jobs in Tech Industry

11 October 2009

Steve Ballmer, CEO of IT giant Microsoft has been attending a string of talks and interviews in the UK recently and has revealed that despite the current economic slowdown he predicts that around 80,000 new jobs will be created in the UK tech industry before 2013.
He believes that strong growth in the sector will allow [...]

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UK Retail Sales Big Slowdown

17 September 2009

Despite rumours of an economic recovery many of the UK’s job hunters are still struggling to find work and unemployment is continuing to rise.

Optimistic forecasts have been quashed by reports that the growth in the UK retail market stalled in July and August of this year. September figures are yet too be released.

Some of the [...]

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Bad News For North West Jobs

15 September 2009

BAE Systems has today revealed that it plans to axe 1116 jobs in the North West of England. The job loses will arise as a result of the closure of the Woodford site. The site will cease to operate from 2012. This is when the aircraft manufacturer expects to have completed the production of [...]

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UK Jobs lost to Poland

28 August 2009

UK Jobs lost to Poland
The 27th August 2009 was a sad day for UK manufacturing, as the last television set to be made here rolled off the production line. Manufacturer Toshiba was the only electronics firm left in the UK still making television sets and as of yesterday their Plymouth plant has closed, meaning 270 [...]

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20,000 new Jobs with Sainsbury’s

27 August 2009

20,000 new Jobs with Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s, the UK’s number two food retailer has provided a welcome jobs boost to the UK economy by announcing that it expects to hire 20,000 new employees in the run up to Christmas. These new recruits will initially be employed on temporary contracts but around 1000 will be made permanent at [...]

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BT Suspends UK Graduate Jobs Scheme

24 August 2009

The telecoms giant BT has over the course of the weekend announced that it is suspending its graduate recruitment scheme with immediate effect. The move will not affect the 130 graduates who have already been offered positions to start in September of this year, but no further places will be offered to graduates looking for [...]

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Car Firm to Create 700 New Jobs

21 August 2009

Car Firm to Create 700 New Jobs
Car retailer Arnold Clark has unveiled plans for UK wide expansion today, a move that will create around 700 jobs. The firm has stated that it can proceed with this expansion thanks to the stability in the car market since the introduction of the scrappage scheme.
The expansion will provide [...]

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