The worlds largest mobile phone group, Vodafone have said they will be cutting 500 jobs in it’s UK operation as part of plans to free up cash flow and boost profits. The job cuts will affect 5% of Vodafones UK workforce, but represents a small part of an overall one billion pound cost cutting exercise [...]

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Entries from February 2009
Vodafone cutback on UK staff, but shoe shops buck the trend
John Williams - Tuesday 24.02.09, 12:12pm
Tags: Communications · Retail · UK Economy
Esure to create new jobs in Scotland
John Williams - Thursday 19.02.09, 16:09pm
News of some jobs being created is an unusual topic on this site, but online insurance company Esure has announced that it’s expansion in Glasgow will create 500 jobs over the next five years.
Esure has the backing of a Regional Selective Assistance grant worth £1.4million from the Scottish government to help them along their way. [...]
Tags: Business News · UK Economy
850 Jobs cut at BMW UK Mini factory
John Williams - Monday 16.02.09, 13:42pm
The BMW UK plant in Oxford that produces the Mini has announced that it will be cutting 850 jobs at the factory as it scales down it’s operations in the face of financial crisis. The factory has held up well compared to bigger problems of the luxury car market, but the little car has never [...]
Tags: Business News · Manufacturing · UK Economy · World Economy
SME National Procurement Conference 2009
John Williams - Thursday 05.02.09, 15:19pm
SME NATIONAL PROCUREMENT CONFERENCE 2009
If you own a small or medium sized business and wish to bid for Public Sector contracts, then get yourself along to the Mermaid Conference Centre in London on March 24th 2009, for this conference .
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The UK Government realises the importance of including a diverse range [...]
Tags: Business News · Conference · Small Businesses · UK Economy








