Jobs and employment

An Iceland spokesman said: “Iceland has no plans for major reductions in its UK workforce. Like every other retailer, we regularly review our management structure. Such a review has recently begun but no decisions have yet been taken as a result of it.” … [Read more...] about Supermarket Iceland prepares to cut jobs as it wrestles with heavy debt pile

The tenth in line to the throne had been keeping a low profile following allegations surrounding her father, the Duke of York, that served up the unlikely double whammy of sullying both the monarchy and Pizza Express Woking. But the Harry and Meghan-shaped hole proved too golden an opportunity to pass up, with Eugenie’s return to social media a pertinent reminder that a young couple willing to live in their grandma’s palace in exchange for the odd flash of public engagement is always close at hand. … [Read more...] about Britain’s jobs market is booming… here are some of the more curious new openings

In an urgent question on Grangemouth in parliament on Wednesday, Davey told MPs repeatedly that the government wanted the plant to stay open if at all possible. He said it would still consider a business case to provide investment to help keep the plant running, but Downing Street dismissed speculation that the plant could be nationalised, saying it was a matter for the unions and owner to resolve. … [Read more...] about Grangemouth union to meet Ineos in bid to save petrochemicals plant

Under a model that classifies Uber as merely a conduit for a relationship between passengers and thousands of self-employed drivers, the company does not provide benefits such as holiday pay, nor does it guarantee a minimum wage. Some studies have suggested that once expenses are taken into account, drivers barely make any money. … [Read more...] about California has become a model for how not to regulate Uber

The city effect could also explain what might otherwise seem counter-intuitive results for minority children. There has been much discussion about the lack of black students at Oxbridge. When it comes to universities as a whole, though, black students are overrepresented. Black people make up 3% of the UK population – but 8% of university students, and 4% of students in the Russell Group of top universities. Much of this might be related to black communities being concentrated in large cities, especially London, where they make up 13.3% of the population. … [Read more...] about No history, no languages… the end of humanities only deepens divides