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National Independents' Week boosts profile of small stores

03/06/2009

Small independent shops are being promoted by National Independents' Week across the UK from June 1st, which is being organised by the Federation of Wholesale Distributers (FWD).It is hoped the ...

CIPD supports reducing paternity leave

01/06/2009

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has said it supports the government's decision to review planned paternity leave arrangements, People Management Online has ...

Honda re-starts production

01/06/2009

Automotive giant Honda has restarted production at its Swindon plant following a four-month break.Workers returned to their posts today as the plant went back into operation. The decision to delay ...

EU has to continue to reduce its bureaucracy, says Tanaiste

01/06/2009

Europe needs to continue its drive to reduce bureaucracy, says the Irish minister for enterprise and Tanaiste, Mary Coughlan.Ms Coughlan was speaking to the EU's Competitiveness Council and said that ...

Mandelson trying to confirm car jobs remain

01/06/2009

Business minister Lord Mandelson is trying to confirm if jobs at one of Britain's biggest car manufacturers remain open.The Vauxhall brand is a smaller part of troubled US motor giant General Motors ...

Southampton dockers say worst of recession has passed.

01/06/2009

Bosses at the port of Southampton hope they have seen the worst of the economic downturn and are predicting an improvement in trade, reports the Daily Echo.Doug Morrison, port director, told the ...

Recession helps pizza chains recruit nearly 1,000

01/06/2009

The recession has led more people to eat pizza and in turn created almost 1,000 jobs, it has been reported.As diners stay away from more expensive choices the larger chains are moving to open more ...

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