Unions have claimed the Office for National Statistics figures that say the average weekly gross wage for public-sector workers was £564.60, £9 more than those in the private sector, reinforced a myth that those
Locog, who organised the 2012 Olympics, worked on the biggest peacetime recruitment process since World War Two.
Dutch company Vion NV is hopeful of finding a UK-based food business buyer for all its sites on these shores. Vion UK employs 13,000 people at 38 sites in the UK, leading to speculation of job losses.
Many business figures have welcomed changes in the law which will enable all employees to have the right to flexible working.
A bus management spokesman said they are coping with the difficulty of a driver walkout.
Top accolades were deserved, according to the boss of the Loo of the Year Awards (LYA) 2012. Judges this year awarded a number of platinum star ratings, the highest award possible, to plush public toilets dotted around the country.
Unusually high levels of water, gas and oil were found at the site of a South Yorkshire mine last month, which has caused the owner to want to mothball it.
The highest levels of in-work poverty (of 16 per cent), in terms of volume is jointly held by the South East and North West of England, according to a report.
The BBC responded that there is “no evidence” it used personal service companies to help aid tax avoidance, although it admitted its current staff contracting policy was “inconsistent”.
Hundreds of Comet staff who face redundancy have been offered Christmas jobs by Dixons. Sebastian James, chief executive of Dixons Retail, said 500 of the workers from their rivals had already approached his company.