On a visit to Derby yesterday, business secretary Vince Cable confirmed that Derby City Council will receive £40m for its programme bid under Round 2 of the Regional Growth Fund (RGF), supporting growth and sustainable employment in the area.
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Support for measures to help young people get their first job received a boost as Microsoft announced a new programme in the UK.
The three-year long programme was announced by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, after he met Prime Minister David Cameron.
The government has announced plans to grow the number of trained military reserves, across all three armed services. By 2020, it says, their number will grow to around 35,000.
The BBC’s decision to review the pay arrangements of 804 of its freelancers who are currently paid through their own personal service companies (PSC) by applying a new employment test, is a one-off. It is also unlikely to lead to a flood of other organisations following suit, according to those working in the UK contractors and freelance community.
The government is stepping up pressure on big businesses to sign up to the Prompt Payment Code, a voluntary agreement to promote good payment practices.
Brian Wilkinson has stepped down from the Randstad Executive Board, effective 1 December.
Emirates: Emirates Airlines is hosting a cabin crew recruitment open day on Sunday [11 November] in Newcastle as part of a drive to hire 3,800 new cabin crew this year.
Employers need to do more to help young people and those leaving education, if the UK is to have the workforce that it needs in the future. That was one of the major themes to emerge from a keynote panel discussion at the second day of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) annual conference being held in Manchester.
Jobs were filled at the fastest rate for nearly months in October as more people found work in both temporary and permanent positions, according to the latest Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC)/KPMG Report on Jobs.
Official figures released on Thursday showed the unemployment rate remained at 5.4% in October, with 10,700 extra people finding employment in the month.