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UK joblessness up again The latest unemployment totals from London underscored how weak Britain’s economy remains. The number of people without jobs continued to rise. Using… 15/05/2013
Anglo American shares hit by new job cuts plan Shares in Anglo American Platinum have continued to drop dramatically following the firm’s announcement that it will cut less than half the jobs it planned to… 13/05/2013
Jobs market slides further in Portugal and Greece Portuguese unemployment has risen again in the first quarter to 17.7 percent. The new record is bad enough, but pity the young in the jobs market – 42… 09/05/2013
Global youth jobless total rises The number of young people out of work is close to crisis level, according to a United Nations agency. The International Labour Office (ILO) said that youth… 08/05/2013
Find your dream job, tips and tricksHow do you find a job in a world where unemployment rates have just reached a record 12.1%? Is it better to go for an internship or to start your own… 08/05/2013
Societe Generale cuts jobs as income falls French bank Societe Generale is to cut at least 700 jobs from its workforce, although the figure may be as high as 1000. It is the second-largest lender on… 07/05/2013
US job creation stays strong The number of people in work in the United States rose more than expected in April. Employers hired 165.000 workers and in addition the job counts for March… 03/05/2013
Workers wanted in France even as jobless totals mount Even though the latest unemployment figures for France show more people looking for a job than at any other time in the past, employers are complaining that… 26/04/2013
Spain ill prepared for any job recovery Economists find the most troubling element of Spain’s unemployment total jumping to a record 27.2 percent is that almost a third of those jobless have been… 25/04/2013
How to find your dream job Looking for work is a full-time job. With high youth unemployment rates in many European countries, young graduates are worried about the future. What are… 22/04/2013
British insurer Aviva cuts 2,000 jobs Aviva has confirmed it will cut as many as 2,000 jobs worldwide over the next six months – six percent of its workforce. It is the latest cost reduction… 18/04/2013
Greek unemployment hits 27 percent A new record for unemployment in Greece. It was 27.2 percent of the workforce in January – up from 25.7 percent in December. The speed of the rise in… 11/04/2013
Jobless Europe overshadows Cyprus problems While Cyprus has been dominating the headlines in the eurozone , the monetary union faces another longer-term problem. The jobless rate in the 17 countries… 05/04/2013
US job gains weak in March Austerity bites as US employers hired at the slowest pace in nine months in March. Just 88,000 jobs were added last month as across-the-board federal… 05/04/2013
US jobless benefits claims rise in March New government figures suggest the job market recovery there lost momentum in March. The total number of people registering new claims for unemployment… 04/04/2013
Spanish unemployment edges down There is a glimmer of good news for the Spanish government as the number of people registered as unemployed there edged down in March. It is the first time in… 02/04/2013
UK Minister challenged to live on welfare money The UK Work and Pensions Secretary has been challenged to survive on the equivalent of 62 euros per week. That’s the amount of money received by a benefits… 02/04/2013
French jobless continues to soar The number of people out of work in France rose for the 22nd month in a row in February and the total jumped by 10.8 percent from the same month last year… 26/03/2013
TNT Express cuts jobs after takeover blocked Dutch delivery firm TNT Express is to cut 4,000 jobs – six percent of its work-force – and focus on Europe after a failed takeover bid by United Parcel… 25/03/2013
Renault agrees no factory closures Renault has signed a deal with three unions to avoid factory closures. The French car-maker signed the agreement with Force Ouvriere, CFE-CGC and … 14/03/2013
Spanish PM Rajoy pledges billions of euros to help young unemployed Spain has pledged 3.5 billion euros over the next four years to help ease mass unemployment among the country’s youth, with a third of the money coming from a… 13/03/2013
No bonuses in Switzerland, no jobs in Spain The voters of Switzerland have spoken out against multi-million franc executive pay. The Swiss people are happy, but the country’s business establishment… 08/03/2013
Furious Friday sees strikes all over Europe It has been a day of industrial action all over Europe. In Belgium, hundreds of steel workers blocked border crossings to and from neighbouring countries… 08/03/2013
What is the Media Programme?In our episode on video games we met some young people who have found their own professional pathway thanks to the EU Media Programme. But what is the… 06/03/2013
Thomas Cook cuts UK jobs Thomas Cook is to cut 2,500 jobs from its UK workforce and close almost 200 of its more than 1,000 stores there. The economic downturn has meant a slump in… 06/03/2013
StanChart worried about regulatory costs despite record profit Standard Chartered has posted a record profit, but complained new banking regulations and a UK tax on the sector are costing it dear – in excess of $500… 05/03/2013
Tough 2013 debut for eurozone The eurozone’s debt crisis continues to take its toll on jobs Unemployment in the currency bloc rose to an all-time high at the start of this year, with a… 01/03/2013
EU ‘guarantees’ jobs for young people EU ministers have struck a tentative agreement for a so-called Youth Guarantee Scheme. Based on a European Commission proposal, it aims to ensure that all… 28/02/2013
German employment still strong The number of Germans out of work fell in February, increasing hopes that domestic demand will help support growth in Europe’s largest economy. In figures… 28/02/2013
Rising to new challenges This edition of Business Planet takes us to Timisoara, one of Romania’s three major economic hubs, a very dynamic region virtually devoid of unemployment… 22/02/2013
UK employment up, living standards fall The number of people in work in Britain hit an all-time high in the final three months of last year, despite the stagnant UK economy. Unemployment benefit… 20/02/2013
Danone cuts European jobs on weak demand Danone is to cut around 900 jobs in response to falling sales in southern Europe. The world’s largest yoghurt maker said it is working on returning to more… 19/02/2013
Robots at work Manual packaging is tedious work – can robots alleviate the boredom? Engineers at the Technical University Munich are testing a talking workstation that… 18/02/2013
Italy youth unemployment feeds black market for labour Young people in Italy are finding it more and more difficult to make their way into the job-market. Nationwide, unemployment is on the rise, and young people… 15/02/2013
Japan:happy job-hunting – nocomment More than 1,000 Japanese students gathered at a rally on February 13 – screaming, shouting, and singing to muster enthusiasm for the annual job hunt. 14/02/2013
Italy’s jobless generations Salvatore, a fine dining entrepreneur who has worked on three continents and speaks three languages, has come down in the world since his days as maestro at… 13/02/2013
Barclays axes 3,700 jobs Barclays is cutting at least 3,700 jobs as part of its revival plan, with many of those in Europe. New Chief Executive Antony Jenkins, who is trying to… 12/02/2013
ThyssenKrupp to slash jobs ThyssenKrupp is to cut more than 2,000 workers as part of plans to reduce costs in response to a slump in demand in the volatile steel sector. Sales of… 08/02/2013
Mixed news on US jobs US employers added 157,000 workers to their payrolls in January, and along with that modest growth it turns out the gains for November and December were… 01/02/2013
Europe’s young immigrants last in the job line Those suffering most from unemployment in Europe today are the young. For immigrants, it is even harder to find a job. Fourteen million Europeansaged… 28/01/2013
The secret of a successful restaurantThe restaurant Meli-Melo won the prize for the best tapa de Zaragoza in 2012. (‘Mejor Tapa de Zaragoza y Provincia 2012’. ) Raquel Marcén, the owner of the… 28/01/2013
French jobless claims stabilise at 15-year high The number of people out work in France rose by just 300 in December. That marks a pause after 19 straight months of bigger increases, but the total is… 25/01/2013
Fighting youth unemployment in the Netherlands While youth unemployment rates in Greece and Spain hover around 60 percent, the figure in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands is below ten percent. How do… 25/01/2013
World jobless continues to soar: ILO Job centres are set to get fuller worldwide. The International Labour Organisation’s annual report, makes familiar grim reading. As it has at the start… 22/01/2013
Building bridges between school and work Recent research by a global management consultant found that only 42 per cent of employers worldwide believe new graduates are properly prepared for work… 18/01/2013
European car sales slump to 17-year low Sales of new cars in recession-hit Europe fell to their lowest in 17 years last year. That leaves the region’ s mass market manufacturers with little room… 16/01/2013
Europe seeking skilled youths in high-tech jobs For many young people, industry is a thing of the past. But this bustling high-tech region in the south of the Netherlands is doing all it can to attract… 14/01/2013
Austerity vicious circle The beginning of a new year is a time for making plans for the future and reaching conclusions about the year just past. Unfortunately 2012 provided many… 11/01/2013
French labour reform talks struggling After two days of talks, French employers and unions still seemed far away from agreeing on changes to the country’s labour laws, to make it more… 11/01/2013
Helping minorities into the EU job market The long-term unemployed, elderly and disabled people, women and ethnic minorities – all these people are under-represented among Europe’s entrepreneurs. … 11/01/2013
Jobs carnage continues in Greece Greece’s unemployment rate climbed to a new record of 28.6 percent of the workforce in October. The number of people who are out of work has almost tripled… 10/01/2013
Eurozone joblessness hits record high The eurozone’s unemployment rate reached a new record in November as companies from carmakers to retailers laid people off. Joblessness hit the highest… 08/01/2013
US job growth still lacklustre There was no sign of the pick-up in job creation that the US economy needs to recover, in December as the pace of hiring by employers there eased… 04/01/2013
Surprise jump in US private-sector jobs There are signs of some momentum in the US economy as private-sector employers stepped up hiring in December. They added 215,000 jobs. That was comfortably… 03/01/2013
German jobless up, Spain’s down The number of Germans out of work rose for the ninth month running in December. Labour Office data showed the jobless figure rose by 3,000 in… 03/01/2013
France’s Vinci snaps up Portugal’s airline operator ANA Portugal is set to beat its privatisation revenue goal by selling airport operator ANA to French construction firm Vinci. The deal is reportedly worth about… 27/12/2012
Eurozone jobs squeeze worsens The number of people with jobs in the eurozone continues to fall. Employment was down by 0.2 percent in the third quarter from the second according to the… 14/12/2012
Greek unemployment climbs The jobs news from Greece continues to be relentlessly bad. The latest official figures for the third quarter of the year show the jobless rate rose to… 13/12/2012
US job growth quickens, jobless rate falls Newly released figures show job growth in the United States sped up in November, with fewer negative effects from superstorm Sandy than had been feared. … 07/12/2012
Unpaid sailors, Nordic relations, regional hiring help RTP Portugal Christmas cheer for a group of Portuguese sailors caught in an austerity trap is high on their wish list as their cruise employer withholds… 07/12/2012
Gender equality on the EU labour market With EYP – the European Youth Parliament Question from Elsa, Germany: “My name is Elsa Lund, I’m from Frankfurt in Germany. I’m yet to enter the labour… 07/12/2012
More cuts at Citigroup Citigroup, the third largest US bank, has said it is going to eliminate 11,000 jobs worldwide; that is about four percent of its total staff. The move is… 05/12/2012
Young people urged to change countries for work The economic crisis is looking more and more like the Dark Ages for young Europeans in search of jobs. Official figures show that one out of five of them… 05/12/2012
Eurozone jobless total reaches record high The jobless queues in Spain have got longer. The country has the unenviable record of the highest total of unemployed in the eurozone at 26.2 percent. That… 30/11/2012
Spain: banks get cash jobs get slashed The European Commission has approved a 37 billion euro bailout for four Spanish banks in exchange for massive job cuts and branch closures. The funds… 28/11/2012
Spain: banks get cash jobs get slashed The European Commission has approved a 37 billion euro bailout for four Spanish banks in exchange for massive job cuts and branch closures. The funds… 28/11/2012
SFR in voluntary redundancy talks Vivendi’s SFR telecoms unit has announced a voluntary redundancy plan to shed 856 jobs. Unions are due to meet management in early December to discuss… 28/11/2012
French jobless highest for 14 years The number of people out of work in France has risen to its highest in 14-years. The pressure is now President Francois Hollande to stem the jobless… 27/11/2012
Italian steel scandal 20,000 jobs under threat Thousands of furious Italian workers at Europe’s biggest steel plant have staged a sit-in after management announced it is to suspend operations. On Monday… 27/11/2012
Spanish banks to axe jobs in exchange for cash The Spanish state bank rescue fund will receive a 35 billion euro boost from European authorities on December 15 in exchange for massive layoffs at the… 26/11/2012
SAS secures austerity deal from unions Managers at the Scandinavian airline SAS have secured agreement from the final union over severe cost-cutting plans to avoid bankruptcy. SAS said the Danish… 19/11/2012
UK sees sharp rise in unemployment claims Unemployment in the UK has fallen to its lowest level for over a year, but the number of people claiming jobseeker’s allowance showed its sharpest rise since… 14/11/2012
Investors welcome SAS’ survival plan The share price of the biggest Scandinavian airline surged 8% in early trading. It closed up more than two percent. The carrier is 50% owned by Denmark… 12/11/2012
Airline lays out survival plan Scandinavian airlines – SAS – is set to cut 6,000 staff in a bid to remain in the air. The airline will also implement a programme of asset sales including… 12/11/2012
Scandinavian Airlines lays out survival plan Scandinavian Airlines – SAS – is set to cut 6,000 staff in a bid to remain in the air. The airline will also start on a programme of asset sales in order to… 12/11/2012
Dutch ING slashes jobs after profits drop The biggest Dutch financial-services company ING is to shed 2,350 jobs in its banking and insurance units after seeing a 64 percent drop in third quarter… 07/11/2012
Some relief for Obama as US payrolls rise sharply There was better than expected jobs news for President Barack Obama just days before the US presidential election. Employers there stepped up hiring in… 02/11/2012
Days before the election, mixed US economic news There was modest improvement in the US labour market as companies added jobs in October at the fastest pace in eight months. Private employers took on… 01/11/2012
Eurozone unemployment up, inflation eases The total number of people out of work in the eurozone hit almost 18.5 million in September as the latest figures show unemployment at record levels in… 31/10/2012
UBS slashes jobs, quits fixed income business UBS is firing ten thousand people. Their jobs will go as the boss of the Zurich-based Swiss bank, Sergio Ermotti said it was a hard decision but “necessary… 30/10/2012
Everything an aspiring entrepreneur needs to knowHere are a few useful links: Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs It offers EU funding for new or aspiring entrepreneurs who want to learn from business… 24/10/2012
Surprisingly strong UK jobs figures The number of Britons claiming jobless benefit unexpectedly fell last month. The total count of people in work also rose in the three months up to August… 17/10/2012
Game over for Romney as Obama gets jobs boost? President Obama may be rubbing his hands together this Friday after the US jobless rate fell to 7.8 percent, its lowest level since January 2009, when he took… 05/10/2012
US job figures expected to affect presidential campaigns One month away from the US presidential election, an announcement this Friday on the state of unemployment is expected to influence campaigning. Economists… 04/10/2012
Shackled: bus factory protest – nocomment Workers at the Irisbus bus factory chained themselves to railings in front of the presidential palace in Rome to protest against the closure of their plant. 02/10/2012
German job growth weakens further German unemployment rose for a sixth month running in September as exports weakened amid the eurozone debt crisis. There was a fall in the jobless total… 27/09/2012
Sanofi bows to Paris pressure over job cuts Drugmaker Sanofi is to scale back planned layoffs under pressure from the French government. Sanofi will now shed around 900 jobs in France over the next… 25/09/2012
ILO leader calls for urgent action on Youth unemployment There are nearly 25 million unemployed in Europe, of whom more than 17 million are in the eurozone. One in five young people in the EU cannot find a job, that… 14/09/2012
UK jobless numbers fall There were some green shoots on the jobs front in the recession-mired UK in August as employment rose to the highest level in over four years. The number… 12/09/2012
Philips cuts more costs and jobs Philips is stepped up its cost-cutting efforts – with additional layoffs of workers. The maker of consumer electronics, medical equipment, and lighting… 11/09/2012
Grim US jobs numbers confront Obama and Fed The latest jobs figures from the US were grim as employers hired far fewer people than expected in August. Payrolls increased by just 96,000 last month. In… 07/09/2012
Work opportunities in the EU for non-EU nationals On this edition of U-talk the question comes from Eliane, from Switzerland: “Hello. I’m Eliane from Switzerland. My question is I studied law and I am… 07/09/2012
Europe struggling to find young jobs Can and should Europe be doing more to help its young find work? Only this week the International Labour Organisation said global youth unemployment is likely… 06/09/2012
Lack of details on Carrefour turnaround disappoint Carrefour’s new boss is promising to slash costs and defend the troubled retailer’s key markets like France, Brazil and China. However George Plassat… 30/08/2012
German joblessness rises Unemployment was up in Germany for a fifth month running in August. It is the latest in a string of disappointing data that adds to evidence Europe’s… 30/08/2012
Vestas ‘facing tough year’ to cut more jobs A chill wind is blowing through part of the alternative energy world with Danish wind turbine maker Vestas saying it will cut 1,400 more jobs. It is… 22/08/2012
Italian steel town ‘dying’ to work Ordered to stop production by a judge because of high levels of pollution, ILVA is responsible for almost a third of Italy’s steel output. One of Europe’s… 17/08/2012
US industrial output rises US industrial production expanded last month at the fastest pace since April. It increased by 0.6 percent, which was better than June’s 0.1 percent gain… 15/08/2012
Mixed business benefits from London Olympics There was some rare good news from the recession-hit UK economy as the number of Britons out of work fell to the lowest level in nearly a year in the period… 15/08/2012
Google slashes Motorola jobs seeking profit Motorola Mobility is to cut 20 percent of its workforce – 4,000 people – and shut nearly a third of its offices worldwide. That word came from the internet… 13/08/2012
