We have launched in Sunderland, working with Sunderland council to encourage economic regeneration and income growth. They have issued the following press release: PEOPLE looking for work in Sunderland can now take advantage of an online tool that works a bit like speed dating for jobs. The Labour Xchange tool allows those looking for …
If a leading football team had contracted the best player in the world but was benching them in a third of their games, despite them being fully fit and desperate to play what would the public reaction be? In short it would be outrage, not just from the fans but from the wider public as …
The bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has chosen to keep interest rates on hold with a vote of 6-3, fueling speculation that a rate rise is likely for August. Given the UK`s current inflation figure is 2.3%, which is above the target set the BOE and unemployment continues to drop there is obvious …
The GMB union have started legal action to obtain full employment rights for workers conducting Amazon deliveries. The GMB are arguing that the delivery drivers are in fact defacto employees and have been classified as self employed to save on costs legal responsibilities. This follows a string of other legal cases where unions and individuals …
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From midnight tonight the US will impose a 25% tax import tariffs on steel and 10% tax on aluminium from the EU, Mexico and Canada. This represents a major blow to the EU, Mexico and Canada all of whom had been frantically lobbying the US to drop the proposed tariffs. There have been threats of …
