Industry

Unemployment rate drops and vacancies rebound as economy reopens

Chris Packham edits special edition of The Big IssueMon 19 Apr

Nearly 300 jobs to be created at BiFab yard for wind turbine foundation worksFri 16 Apr

More than 200 jobs could be axed at car parts firm ‘due to Brexit and Covid’Fri 16 Apr

Tui boss ‘optimistic’ for foreign summer holidaysFri 16 Apr

RMT members back agreement to end SWR train guards dispute

‘Government needs to help businesses rebuild customer confidence’ Mon 12 Apr

Drinkers urged to support independent brewers when pubs reopenFri 09 Apr

Changing world of work could spell the end of open-plan offices – reportThu 08 Apr

Deliveroo workers strike in pay and conditions disputeWed 07 Apr

Deliveroo shares rise on first full trading day despite stri...Wed 07 Apr

Deliveroo workers strike in pay and conditions disputeWed 07 Apr

DVLA staff to launch four-day strike in Covid safety rowTue 06 Apr

Family of Belly Mujinga call for police to disclose spitting...Mon 05 Apr

Airlines call on Boris Johnson for green light for take-off ...Sun 04 Apr

Stamp competition for schoolchildren to mark Covid heroesSat 03 Apr

Scots on minimum pay pocket £8,400 less than Real Living Wag...Thu 01 Apr

Health unions urge people to put posters in windows to back ...Thu 01 Apr

Fresh strike in deadlocked British Gas disputeWed 31 Mar

Vaccine passports could see ‘legal concerns’, hospitality an...Wed 31 Mar

Strike by Heathrow passport staff suspendedWed 31 Mar

Lib Dems call for bailout to support small breweriesTue 30 Mar

UK festivals ‘face wave of cancellations without Government ...Mon 29 Mar

Home working is here to stay and cities will change forever,...Mon 29 Mar

Union urges Government to consider Liberty Steel nationalisa...Sat 27 Mar

Liberty Steel asks Government for £170m support packageFri 26 Mar

Rishi Sunak urges companies to reopen offices when lockdown ...Fri 26 Mar

Another fall in car production amid continued impact of viru...Fri 26 Mar

Fresh wave of strikes from Friday by British Gas engineersThu 25 Mar

Number of people in poverty in UK hit record high before pan...Thu 25 Mar

Miliband: I want to spearhead electric car revolution… but I...Thu 25 Mar

How does 4% pay offer for NHS staff in Scotland differ from ...Thu 25 Mar

Westminster Government should be ‘shamed’ into a bigger NHS ...Thu 25 Mar

Santander branch closures list in fullThu 25 Mar

Santander to close more than 100 bank branchesThu 25 Mar

Nearly 60,000 BT workers to get £1,500 bonus for pandemic ef...Wed 24 Mar

Shrewsbury 24 ruling overturns ‘major miscarriage of justice...Tue 23 Mar

Court of Appeal overturns members of the Shrewsbury 24’s con...Tue 23 Mar

Court of Appeal to rule on conviction appeals by members of ...Tue 23 Mar

New report highlights ways for Government to tackle disabili...Tue 23 Mar

Post Office ‘turned itself into nation’s most untrustworthy ...Mon 22 Mar

Former subpostmasters begin fight to clear names at Court of...Mon 22 Mar

Warning of national dispute over rail job cutsFri 19 Mar

Calls for Government to reform ‘unfair’ laws on ‘sleep-in’ c...Fri 19 Mar

Fresh strikes by British Gas engineers in pay and conditions...Fri 19 Mar

Heathrow passport workers to strike over EasterThu 18 Mar

Ed Miliband: Government ‘cannot afford’ to let Liberty Steel...Thu 18 Mar

Pimlico Plumbers claims victory in long running employment c...Wed 17 Mar

Heathrow Airport workers to stage fresh strikesWed 17 Mar

Uber decision on drivers’ conditions opens the door for othe...Wed 17 Mar

JCB creates new jobs at its UK factoriesWed 17 Mar

BT workers could strike nationally for first time in more th...Sun 14 Mar

Business Secretary in talks with unions over Liberty SteelFri 12 Mar

Women more likely to reduce hours than men after birth of ch...Fri 12 Mar

Nissan to boost renewable power with solar farm extensionFri 12 Mar

NHS staff were expecting higher pay rise – StevensTue 09 Mar

Woman fined £10,000 for organising protest against 1% pay ri...Sun 07 Mar

PM: We tried to give as much as we possibly could with 1% NH...Sun 07 Mar

Williamson: NHS 1% pay rise marks period of restraint for pu...Sun 07 Mar

Protests planned over 1% NHS pay rise recommendationSun 07 Mar

New nurses will be £300 worse off because of the Budget – La...Sat 06 Mar

Ex-Tory health minister: Now is not the time for NHS pay res...Sat 06 Mar

NHS pay rise of 1% is half of what was included in budgets, ...Sat 06 Mar

Government accused of ‘snatching away’ promised NHS pay riseSat 06 Mar

Government defends 1% pay offer to NHS workers amid growing ...Fri 05 Mar

Mass slow handclap urged in protest over proposed 1% pay ris...Fri 05 Mar

Nurses brand proposed £3.50-a-week pay rise ‘insulting’ and ...Fri 05 Mar

Pay offer a ‘kick in the teeth’ for nursesFri 05 Mar

Nursing union sets up industrial action fund amid anger over...Fri 05 Mar

Waiters, bricklayers and air cabin crew ‘worst hit by pay cu...Fri 05 Mar

Threat of industrial action over 1% pay rise for nursesFri 05 Mar

Government defends recommendation of 1% pay rise for NHS wor...Fri 05 Mar

British Gas engineers reject offer aimed at resolving disput...Fri 05 Mar

Union fury over proposed 1% pay rise for NHS staffFri 05 Mar

Union labels 1% pay rise suggestion for NHS workers ‘some ki...Thu 04 Mar

British Gas engineers to launch new strikesThu 25 Feb

Announcement on future of Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant ex...Thu 25 Feb

Demand for shepherd’s huts and cabins soars over lockdownWed 24 Feb

Night owls more likely to underperform at work, says studyTue 23 Feb

Jobless rate hits 5.1% but data shows ‘early signs’ of stabi...Tue 23 Feb

PM should announce recovery plan for NHS workers – GMBMon 22 Feb

Offshore workers back ‘landmark’ agreement on terms and cond...Sat 20 Feb

Train punctuality improvements amid fewer servicesThu 18 Feb

Lessons of Foot and Mouth can help pandemic recovery 20 year...Thu 18 Feb

Airlines demand coronavirus road map to plan for recoveryThu 18 Feb

Two BiFab yards bought out of administrationFri 12 Feb

Racing leaders braced for ‘most critical period’Fri 12 Feb

Strikes by Heathrow workers suspended to consider proposal t...Fri 12 Feb

Scotch whisky exports fall to lowest level in a decadeFri 12 Feb

PM to be asked to meet Heathrow workers over pay and conditi...Fri 12 Feb

Bus drivers to strike in pay and conditions rowFri 12 Feb

Huge cost to London’s economy over Brexit deal – reportWed 10 Feb

Fishy facelift: Spider crab and megrim could undergo image m...Tue 09 Feb

Mass Covid testing to be expanded to businesses with more th...Sun 07 Feb

British Gas engineers to stage more strikes in pay and condi...Fri 05 Feb

Ricky Tomlinson calls for inquiry into ‘secret state’ role i...Thu 04 Feb

UK could soon become world leader in tackling space junk, sa...Thu 04 Feb

Royal Mail workers vote to accept new agreement on pay and c...Wed 03 Feb

‘Prejudicial’ TV programme renders Shrewsbury 24 convictions...Wed 03 Feb

Bitterness over British Gas pay and conditions row revealed ...Tue 02 Feb

Scotch whisky losses after US tariffs reach half a billion p...Tue 02 Feb

Fresh wave of strikes start in British Gas ‘fire and rehire’...Fri 29 Jan

End of plans for new nuclear power stationThu 28 Jan

Plans to close factory making parts for car companiesThu 28 Jan

Deal agreed to end BA cargo workers’ disputeWed 27 Jan

MPs to quiz both sides in British Gas engineers’ disputeWed 27 Jan