12/05/2017 A temporary visa that would enable construction and engineering companies to continue to employ skilled European tradespeople for three years while they train UK workers as bricklayers, plumbers etc is a central plank in a post Brexit immigration policy

Numerous reports show that business sentiment is improving 13th April 2017. Small firms bullish A report from the Federation of Small Business has revealed that SMEs’ confidence in the economy is at its highest level in nearly 18 months. The

03/04/2017 17.5m full-time workers aged 25 and over benefited from an inflation-busting 30p per hour pay rise from 1 April, when the National Living Wage was increased to £7.50.  Around 200,000 workers aged 21 to 24 years also received their

27/02/2017. 96% of small and medium enterprises that hire an apprentice derive at least one business benefit from it, reveals research carried out by the Dept for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in support of a new campaign that is

21/02/2017 Failure to pay £134,800 to 11,858 employees makes Debenhams Retail plc by far the most prolific offender among 359 businesses who have been ’named and shamed’ by the Dept for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for failing to pay