Brown to push flexible working rights | 3 Dec 08

Gordon Brown is to press ahead with plans for more part-time working rights for 4.5m staff, rejecting demands from business leaders that the measure be dropped when new laws are announced today in the Queen’s Speech

Consumers 'still credit hungry' | 3 Dec 08

Cash-strapped consumers are prepared to overstretch themselves on credit and are failing to think through the consequences, according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers

Demand for redundancy advice soars | 3 Dec 08

The number of businesses and employees seeking online advice on redundancies, lay-offs and business restructuring has quadrupled since May as fears over job losses have spiralled, Acas, the advisory and conciliation service, reported on Tuesday

Photo and cleaning firm cuts jobs | 3 Dec 08

Blair Nimmo and Tony Friar of KPMG Restructuring have been appointed as joint administrators of Bowie Castlebank Group, which includes Alexander Kennedy & Sons Ltd, on Tuesday, at the request of the company's directors

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