17 h. ago ‘Call to action’ as Scotland’s financial services sector looks to add 16,000 jobs

“Scotland’s financial services sector must continue to reinforce existing strengths and address potential barriers to growth” – Sue Dawe, EY Scotland

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53 h. ago 'New chapter' hailed for Port Talbot steelmaking as work begins on electric arc furnace

The £1.25 billion project has come at the cost of more than 2,000 jobs, but the UK Government has claimed it also means keeping thousands more jobs in the town

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7 d. ago US applications for jobless benefits fall to 227,000 last week, remain at historically healthy level

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, remaining in the historically healthy range of the past couple years

Society

2 w. ago US economy surpasses expectations to add 147,000 jobs in June

Figure leads investors to scale back bets on interest rate cuts

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2 w. ago US economy adds 147,000 jobs in June, surpassing expectations amid Trump trade war

Economists anticipated drop, but 8,000 new positions were added in June compared with May, with unemployment rate down to 4.1%The US economy added 147,000 jobs in June, a sign of continuing strength in the labor market amid Donald Trump’s trade war.The number of jobs added surpassed expectations, as economists largely anticipated a drop in openings. Instead, 8,000 more jobs were added in June compared with May, according to new job figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The unemployment rate actually decreased to 4.1%, down from 4.2% in May. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago U.S. applications for jobless aid fell to 233,000 last week as layoffs remain low

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs in the U.S. remain low despite uncertainty about how tariffs will impact the economy

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2 w. ago Scotland’s £17.7 billion financial powerhouse supports 151,000 jobs

“It is pleasing to see the ongoing contribution of our sector to the economy” – Sandy Begbie, Scottish Financial Enterprise

Economics

2 w. ago Tourist gift shop worker, 33, wins £5,000 payout after he was forced to quit his job in bizarre sexism row

Santiago Cubillo, 33, who worked at the Tartan Weaving Mill in Edinburgh was accused of being sexist after allegedly refusing to give swords to female customers as they posed for souvenir photos.

Economics

3 w. ago 'We've saved £36,000 in total by learning to do jobs ourselves'

They learn to do tasks that they otherwise would have to pay someone else to do

Economics

3 w. ago River Island: sales as UK fashion giant cuts put 1,000 jobs at risk with 33 stores closing

Retail shake-ups continue as anotherfavourite faces tough choices and job cuts 👚

Events

3 w. ago Aldi is hiring staff for 1,000 jobs this year ahead of new store openings

Some of the jobs Aldi is hiring include store assistants, store cleaners, and store apprentices, as well as opportunities in management

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3 w. ago Aldi creates 1,000 jobs as supermarket ramps up plans to open new stores by end of 2025

The UK's fourth-largest supermarket is hiring for a wide range of store-level positions as it gets set to open a host of brand new stores up and down the country

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4 w. ago BP's £7.4bn boost for UK: Oil giant pays billions in taxes and supports 60,000 jobs

A report from Oxford Economics reveals that BP generated the equivalent of £1 of every £380 of value added to the economy in 2024.

Economics

4 w. ago The homeowners being slapped with petty fines of up to £1,000 by jobsworth councils for leaving a SINGLE item of rubbish outside their properties

Bungling staff have threatened a mother who left furniture outside her property to go to a good home with prison and fined a man for putting his bins out a day early when he was going on holiday.

Society

4 w. ago Network Rail strikes lifeline £500m deal with British Steel to help save the Scunthorpe blast furnaces

The agreement, for British Steel to produce 337,000 tonnes of rails over five years, safeguards 2,700 jobs at the Scunthorpe steelworks.

Economics

last month Nissan Leaf unveiled: Five things you need to know about the new electric car saving 6,000 jobs in Sunderland

Nissan's all-new Leaf needs to impress. That's because this heavily revised EV has the weight of thousands of UK jobs in the North East on its haunches.

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