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British retail sales posted their biggest fall in more than a year last month and growth in the number of people placed in permanent jobs in Britain slowed

Despite the gloomy economic outlook caused by the UK’s slip into a double dip recession, 60 per cent of bosses believe their organisation will grow its output over the next year with almost a fifth expecting it to grow significantly, according to research published today by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM).

The Angel CoFund has today announced the completion of its first five investments, with a total of £7.2 million committed to SMEs. Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk joined some of the first businesses to receive funding.

The CIPD is calling on the Government to hold its nerve and go ahead with the extension in this week’s Queen’s speech.

Workers across the UK declare that the balance between their work and personal life has improved since 2010, according to a new Work-Life Balance Index

The high-cost lender Wonga promises to make funds available within 15 minutes of an application

Losses on corporate loans will hit their highest level since the 1990s recession this year, fuelled by a weak consumer sector and further crippling lending according to a leading group of economists.

British jobs will disappear overseas unless taxes are lower and more health and safety laws are swept away, Chris Grayling will say today.

Employers are urged to build resilient organisations after a recent Clinical Director report revealed a larger percentage of the workforce accessing Employee Assistance Programmes

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The UK unemployment rate will rise from its current 8.3% to almost 9% by the end of this year, doing “permanent damage to the UK’s productive capacity”, a think tank has said.

Sir Mervyn King has come under increasing pressure to launch an official review of the Bank of England’s handling of the financial crisis amid accusations that he has “rewritten history” to suit the institution.

RBS pledged to pay back billions in loans to British and American taxpayers

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