Pressure is mounting for the government to rethink plans to savagely cut support for rooftop solar energy systems. A coalition of energy firms, investors and trade...
Trade unions have made a major step today in agreeing to consider electoral reform, just two days after the election of Jeremy Corbyn as the new...
Last week train fares were increased further, putting pressure on commuters, with average day fares rising by 2.2%. The increase means that a record number of...
Pay levels in the private sector are back to pre-crisis level, according to an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), which suggests private sector...
The business case for having a gender balanced workforce is “compelling”, according to Liz Bingham, managing partner for talent at consultants EY. Speaking at St Paul’s...
Ethical retailer Suma Wholefoods has been named Co-operative of the Year 2014 because of its strong growth, wage rise for employees and creation of new jobs,...
Paying employees a decent wage is the right way forward for responsible business, according to Guy Stallard, head of facilities at tax auditing firm KPMG. Stallard...
Despite planned job cuts and a profit slump, Barclays bank has said that its bonus pool rose by 10% in 2013 to £2.38 billion, while bonuses...
Travellers and commuters were hit with increased rail fares on Thursday as price hikes came into affect. The average rise was 2.8%, but some journeys may...
The failure of UN negotiations in Warsaw to secure global carbon emission reductions, along with David Cameron’s recent comments – in which he allegedly told aides...
Directors of the top listed UK firms saw their paypackets increase by 14% in the past year, driven by share-based long-term incentives, according to a new...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has spoken out against the luxurious increase of directors’ pensions, which are now 25 times higher than those of ordinary employees....
The controversial multi-billion pound HS2 rail line has come in for further criticism, after an influential business body described it as a “grand folly”. The Institute...
Thousands of people are protesting at train stations across the UK, after it was announced that rail fares in England are set for an above-inflation rise....
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has accused the government of costing the UK jobs, over its failure to encourage investment into the green economy. At an...