13 June 2024 By Jonathan Geddes, BBC Scotland News BBC Kate Forbes was speaking on BBC’s Question Time programme The SNP are “in-between” the Conservatives and Labour policy on new licences for oil and gas fields in the North Sea, the deputy first minister has said. Speaking on BBC’s Question Time programme Kate Forbes said the party...
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What we know and don’t know about a Wisconsin woman linked to a botched hit job in U.K.
The British press is reporting that a former Wisconsin woman has been tied to a botched contract killing in 2019. The woman was named in the court files for a case that saw a father and son convicted of conspiracy to murder a business rival, Birmingham Crown Court said. According to reports from British media,...
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FedEx to cut up to 2,000 jobs across Europe to slash costs
FedEx has announced a cut of up to 2,000 jobs across Europe in a bid slash costs. The latest move by the parcel delivery giant will cost them up to £291.8million in redundancy payments and related expenses. The Memphis-headquartered group revealed plans to cut its European back-office and commercial workforce by 1,700 to 2,000 over...
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The best paid WFH jobs in Britain: How firms are scrambling to attract talent by paying Brits up to £150,000 to work remotely post-Covid
When the UK was plunged into the first Covid lockdown, many believed WFH was a temporary measure – and that normal working habits would resume post-pandemic. Yet more than two years since the last restrictions were lifted in Britain, and after bosses repeatedly asked workers to return to the officer, people continue to work remotely....
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Greater Manchester: £300m energy storage plant to create 700 jobs, firm says
Work has begun on a £300m energy plant which will store surplus electricity from wind and solar farms in the form of liquid air. The facility at Carrington near Manchester, designed by Highview Power, will create more than 700 jobs in the north-west of England, the firm said. The energy stored at the site, which...
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More than half of UK students working long hours in paid jobs
More than half of full-time students are working long hours in jobs to support themselves at university, spending nearly two days a week in paid employment during term time, owing to the cost of living crisis. A survey of 10,000 full-time UK undergraduates by the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) found a record 56% had...
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Pound Australian Dollar Exchange Rate Forecast, News: GBP/AUD Flat On Mixed UK Jobs Data
At the time of writing GBP/AUD was trading at AU$1.9265. Virtually unchanged from the start of Tuesday’s trading session. The Pound (GBP) faced resistance on Tuesday morning, following the publication of the UK’s latest jobs report. According to data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), unemployment in the UK unexpectedly rose in April,...
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Rishi Sunak warns of Labour ‘blank cheque’ as Farage makes postal vote claim
‘Don’t hand a blank cheque to Labour’, PM pleads Rishi Sunak has called on voters not to hand a “blank cheque” to the Labour Party as the Tories continue to fall in the polls. This comes after a bombshell YouGov poll showed the Conservatives had fallen behind Reform for the first time. “If this poll...
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Bangor joinery specialist expands after £1m contract wins in Britain
Bangor-based bespoke joinery company Aspire Create has secured two new contracts worth over £1million in Britain. The deals will see the company – which provides specialist joinery and interior fit out services for the retail, commercial, and hospitality sectors – add seven new jobs with average salaries of £36,000 and increase turnover by £500,000. Aspire...
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Why Britain’s biggest economic problem is proving near-impossible to fix
This is particularly worrying for economic growth. Almost all of the economy’s expansion has been driven by the rising number of people in work in recent years, according to Tony Wilson, director of the Institute for Employment Studies. “For the last 20 years or more, economic growth has been driven by employment growth rather than...
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Tata Steel to press on with Port Talbot job cuts despite Labour calls for talks
Tata Steel will continue with plans to shut off its blast furnaces in the coming months, costing thousands of jobs in South Wales, despite the Labour Party urging it to delay the decision until after the General Election, the company said on Tuesday. The steelmaking giant said it is “apprehensive” reading media reports that its...
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UK unemployment rises by 138,000 as labour market weakens
The number of people unemployed in the UK rose by 138,000 in the three months to April amid growing signs of a weaker jobs market. In the last set of labour market figures before the general election, the Office for National Statistics said employment and job vacancies were down and joblessness had increased. The ONS...