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News: Pressure and job insecurity felt by UK workers at 20-year high
Posted by admin on May 21, 2013 in Blog Latest News | 0 comment
British workers are feeling less secure and more pressured at work than at any time in the past 20 years, with pay cuts and diminished control over their jobs among the biggest concerns, according to a national survey of employees’ wellbeing More than 3,000 workers aged between 20 and 60 were interviewed in 2012 for [...]
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News: Graduates facing freeze in starting salaries this year
Posted by admin on May 20, 2013 in Blog Latest News | 0 comment
University leavers will be dealt a further blow this year after it emerged the majority of employers are planning to freeze wages because of the economic crisis. Almost three-quarters of firms are preparing to hold salaries for graduates at levels seen last year, it was revealed. The freeze represents a real-terms cut in overall wages [...]
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News: Gove plans to change GCSE grading
Posted by admin on May 16, 2013 in Blog Latest News | 0 comment
Top GCSE marks of A* and A could be replaced by a one to four numerical scale, education secretary Michael Gove told MPs on Wednesday, as one option to distinguish between high achieving candidates and make a break with the previous grades awarded. “Rather than having A*, A and B, you might have one, two, [...]
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News: Young people have 10% less chance of securing a job.
Posted by admin on May 14, 2013 in Blog Latest News | 0 comment
Report finds 58% of 18-24-year-olds found work in 2013, against almost 65% in 2009, leaving a shortfall of 395,000 jobs. Young people are 10% less likely to be in work today than before the recession, the TUC has said ahead of official data tomorrow that is expected to show stubbornly persistent unemployment. Only 58% of [...]
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News: Lord Young proposes removing start-up loans age cap
Posted by admin on May 14, 2013 in Blog Latest News | 0 comment
An age cap on accessing taxpayer-funded loans to set up a business should be removed, says the prime minister’s enterprise adviser, Lord Young. His latest report says those over 30 should be eligible for start-up loans. It is one of several proposals which PM David Cameron said would help “fire up business growth” in the UK. [...]
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