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Careers News: Service Sector-wide
This section chronicles careers-related news and events affecting the whole of the service sector: retail, hospitality, travel...the whole ball of wax.
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Green shoots in the spring for 2012?
The countdown to the Olympics is on and the UK is gearing up for the influx of visitors to the British Isles in the midst of the worst economic conditions that Europe has seen in years. But even after the events have ended and the 15,000 athletes, along with millions of visitors, have gone home, the retail and hospitality industries will still be crucial to the UK economy. Already, many of the more far-sighted companies in these industries are looking to the future beyond the Games...
04 April 2012Government promises £1 billion jobs fund
An extra £1 billion is being made available to businesses seeking support to create new jobs, the Government has announced.
29 February 2012Study shows how the UK workplace has changed since 1952
Fewer skilled manual workers, more managerial, professional and technical jobs and more pay inequality are just some of the changes in the workplace since the Queen came to the throne 60 years ago, according to new research.
01 February 2012Green shoots in the spring for 2012?
The countdown to the Olympics is on and the UK is gearing up for the influx of visitors to the British Isles in the midst of the worst economic conditions that Europe has seen in years. But even after the events have ended and the 15,000 athletes, along with millions of visitors, have gone home, the retail and hospitality industries will still be crucial to the UK economy. Already, many of the more far-sighted companies in these industries are looking to the future beyond the Games...
04 April 2012Government promises £1 billion jobs fund
An extra £1 billion is being made available to businesses seeking support to create new jobs, the Government has announced.
29 February 2012Study shows how the UK workplace has changed since 1952
Fewer skilled manual workers, more managerial, professional and technical jobs and more pay inequality are just some of the changes in the workplace since the Queen came to the throne 60 years ago, according to new research.
01 February 2012National Apprenticeship Week announces social media focus
The fifth annual National Apprenticeship Week is taking place from 6th to the 10th February and the National Apprenticeship Service is planning more social media activity than ever before.
16 January 2012Job opportunities 17% up in December
Job opportunities were 17% higher in December compared with the same time last year and more than a fifth higher than two years ago in spite of 2011's economic turbulence, according to a new piece of analysis.
16 January 2012UK “on-track for long-term Games benefits”
Britain is "on-track" to secure a lasting legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London, David Cameron said as he led events to mark the 200-day countdown to the opening ceremony.
16 January 2012Government plans to overhaul tribunals unveiled
The Government has unveiled plans to overhaul employment tribunals and make other changes to employment law in moves ministers said would save tens of millions of pounds.
30 November 2011Pay rises
Pay increases are "firmly stuck" at 2%, with predictions that median rises will be around 2.5% next year, according to a new report.
30 November 2011Pay rates hit by unemployment
Pay rates "faltered" last month amid rising unemployment, with firms facing increasing numbers of jobseekers keen to work and prepared to negotiate on salary, according to a report released last month.
02 November 2011Minimum wage rises to £6.08 per hour
The National Minimum Wage has risen from £5.93 to £6.08 an hour, a rise of 2.5%. While unions supported the increase, the British Retail Consortium urged the Low Pay Commission to recommend a lower rise in 2012.
02 November 2011
