UK firms seek staff after lockdown but foreign workers missing, shows surveyJob adverts on Adzuna jumped to 987,800 in the first week of May, up by 18% from the end of March, which was before the reopening of non-es...
17 May, 2021, 09.22 AM IST
One in four UK firms plan to fire staff if furlough ends soon: BCCThe BCC said 61% of firms had suffered a fall in sales since October, based on a survey of 1,115 of its members carried out between Jan. 18...
18 Feb, 2021, 10.13 AM IST
Debenhams shuts all stores, around 12,000 jobs lostDebenhams collapsed last month, having struggled to adapt from a bricks-and-mortar business long before the coronavirus pandemic forced sho...
25 Jan, 2021, 05.01 PM IST
Rishi Sunak extends UK's furlough wage support scheme until March 2021Sunak, who has been leading the UK's economic response to the pandemic, made a statement in Parliament to confirm that the scheme will pay ...
05 Nov, 2020, 09.29 PM IST
JLR brings back 85% furloughed workforce on demand recoverySales in the July-September quarter were 50% more than the previous three months, when most markets around the world were in a lockdown.
15 Oct, 2020, 08.58 PM IST
Planned layoffs at British companies surge due to detrimental economic impactDuring the pandemic the government has been paying the salaries of almost 10 million furloughed workers. Economists are predicting a surge ...
09 Aug, 2020, 08.42 PM IST
649,000 lose jobs in UK's COVID-19 lockdown, Sunak admits 'difficult time ahead'"We are seeing part of that plan in action here at the Barking Job Centre.We are doubling the number of work coaches this year, that's new,...
16 Jul, 2020, 07.26 PM IST
Rishi Sunak warns of significant recession and jobs crunch in UKA day after he tabled a mini-budget in Parliament, the Indian-origin Chancellor of the Exchequer admitted that despite his 30 billion pound...
09 Jul, 2020, 06.24 PM IST
Frankie and Benny's owner to shut stores, up to 3,000 jobs at risk: SourceThe closures will mostly affect Frankie and Benny's, with no impact on its Wagamama noodle chain, the source said.
04 Jun, 2020, 04.56 PM IST
Infosys among UK firms accessing Rishi Sunak's Covid-19 job saving schemeInfosys, co-founded by Sunak's father-in-law Narayana Murthy, said it had used the furlough - or forced leave - option for 3% of its staff ...
31 May, 2020, 08.01 PM IST
UK's COVID-19 job saving scheme to taper off from August: Rishi SunakThe Indian-origin finance minister on Friday said the furlough, or forced leave, scheme, under which the UK taxpayer covered 80 per cent of...
30 May, 2020, 04.14 PM IST
This man will decide the fate of millions of UK jobs next weekA wrong move can put Boris Johnson's government at risk of facing flak from unemployed voters.
23 May, 2020, 07.21 PM IST
Rishi Sunak extends UK's COVID-19 job saving scheme to OctoberUK Chancellor Rishi Sunak had pledged that there would be no "cliff-edge" cut-off of the scheme, which is aimed at preventing an estimated ...
12 May, 2020, 06.34 PM IST
UK, Europe devise furlough schemes, bailouts for coronavirus-hit private sector"This is not a time for ideology and orthodoxy. This is a time to be bold. A time for courage," said Rishi Sunak, the UK's Indian-origin fi...
27 Apr, 2020, 01.27 PM IST
Coronavirus impact: JLR to put about 20k employees in UK on furloughThe Tata Motors spokesperson said the British subsidiary was working towards an orderly return to production as soon as conditions permitte...
23 Apr, 2020, 08.40 AM IST
Rishi Sunak extends UK's COVID-19 job retention scheme to JuneThe Indian-origin finance minister said that the "unprecedented" furlough scheme he had unveiled in March to keep millions of people in job...
17 Apr, 2020, 10.38 PM IST
Nasscom seeks slew of relief measures for IT sectorNasscom urged the government to extend the Sunset Clause by one year in order to ensure that SEZs continue to attract investment and contri...
07 Apr, 2020, 05.19 PM IST