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Youngest left behind as unemployment growth 'slows'
The rise in unemployment has slowed to its lowest quarterly rate since May 2008, according to the latest labour market figures. Data released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...
shopping bags - October saw the biggest retail sales growth since 2002
'Best October sales growth' for seven years
Retail sales have posted their best annual growth for October since 2002, according to the latest measure from the British Retail Consortium (BRC). However, the Retail Sales Monitor - produced...
Jobcentre Plus sign - the decline in the job market is slowing, says the CIPD
Job market decline 'slowing', says CIPD
The worst of the redundancies may be over, but the UK's job market "remains flat on its back", according to new research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Produced in...
woman in nice office environment - a tool to measure fit-out sustainability has been launched
System to measure office fit-out sustainability
A system claimed to rate the total environmental impact of office fit-outs has been launched by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Comprising 99 measures - and claimed to assess...
Bank of England - the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee has pledged another £25 billion to the economy in quantitative easing
Bank of England pledges extra £25 billion
The Bank of England is to pump an extra £25 billion into the financial system to further stimulate the UK economy. Members of the Bank's nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted in favour...

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