From the monthly archives:

August 2009

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Find your next Job via the Sun Newspaper

20 August 2009

The Sun Newspaper has launched a major initiative to help job hunters and employers alike. In a quest to get Britain working, the newspaper is offering employers the chance to advertise job vacancies FREE OF CHARGE on their website. There are around 470,000 vacancies in the UK and The Sun Newspaper wants to match these [...]

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Tesco Provides Jobs Boost for Scotland

20 August 2009

Tesco Provides Jobs Boost for Scotland The UK’s leading supermarket chain Tesco has today revealed plans to open a new customer service centre in Glasgow, Scotland. The centre will operate as part of the Tesco Personal Finance business and is expected to create around 800 jobs. A grant of £5m has been provided by the [...]

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Airbus Provides Job Boost For 5000 Employees

14 August 2009

Airbus employees have welcomed the news that around 5000 jobs will be safeguarded at factories in Broughton and Bristol thanks to a Government loan of around £340m. The investment will be channelled towards the development of the wide-bodied A350XWB aircraft. A spokesperson for The Society of British Aerospace Companies has said “In uncertain times it [...]

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Ryanair Creates New Jobs in Yorkshire

13 August 2009

Ryanair Creates New Jobs in Yorkshire Ryanair has recently unveiled plans for 14 new routes out of Leeds Bradford Airport that will create around 1000 sustainable jobs. This is great news not only for the airport but also for the towns located in close proximity to the airport, where the general job market is currently [...]

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UK Youth Unemployment Figure Tops One Million

10 August 2009

Youth Unemployment Figure Tops One Million The figure for youth unemployment has now reached the one million mark, due to a rise of 250,000 more people being declared unemployed in July ’09. This figure marks a landmark high and means that around 17% of all 18 to 24 year olds are out of work and [...]

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UK Government announces package to help Manufacturing Industry

6 August 2009

A £150 million package has been revealed by Business Secretary Lord Mandleson which is designed to help UK manaufacturers during the period of recession, particulariy in the “high tech” manufactirung arena. The move should help to safeguard thousands of jobs in the industry and improve many organisations chances of a successful manufacturing future. The funding [...]

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