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Emergency Budget: VAT up, income tax threshold up for lower earners

Emergency Budget: VAT up, income tax threshold up for lower earners

Chancellor George Osborne outlined heavy spending cuts in this afternoon's emergency Budget.…

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Mums go back to work to tackle spiralling debt

Mums go back to work to tackle spiralling debt

Over half of maternity returners are forced back to work for financial reasons, according to a new survey.…

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Hike in e-recruitment as hiring budgets are slashed

Hike in e-recruitment as hiring budgets are slashed

Despite a marked reduction in recruitment activity two-thirds of businesses report difficulties in finding skilled professionals and with budget cuts more organisations are now turning to new media, including jobs boards to recruit.…

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Boost in part-timers gives private sector recovery false hope, warns CIPD

Boost in part-timers gives private sector recovery false hope, warns CIPD

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) say that the latest employment figures which show some signs of recovery in the private sector is being fuelled by new jobs being created in part-time, temporary or self-employed positions.…

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Number of part-timers swell as hours are slashed

Number of part-timers swell as hours are slashed

Official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that over the last quarter the number of part-time workers has increased by 61,000 because of the lack of full-time availability.…

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