Tag: recession
Blockbuster joins HMV, Jessops with administration woes – trade-in gift cards honoured
Blockbuster is the latest high-street chain to succumb to the ongoing financial recession, announcing that the video and game rental store is to enter administration. The store's fortunes had been on the decline for many years, struggling to make ends…
Vodafone axing 500 jobs? Eyeing up 3 network?
Vodafone are said to be preparing to axe as many as 500 jobs in an effort to cut costs. Vodafone employs around 9,000 staff in the UK, with the job cuts hitting their Newbury headquarters hardest. "The roles affected are…
2,000 Sony Ericsson employees to be made redundant
Four facilities are set to close as Sony feels the pinch of the crunch.
Job Fact to help workers get a fair deal
Billing itself as the "Great Leveller" in the job market, Job Fact aims to shift power from employers to employees by offering transparent insight into the realities of differing jobs and working environments.
Twitter burns £1.38 billion hole in pocket of British economy
The survey questioned 1,460 office workers regarding their use of social networking sites in the workplace, and revealed that more than half of that number admitted to spending up to 40 minutes a week checking such websites.