A council worker who claimed he was driven out of his job after changing his name from Andrea to Andy has lost his sex discrimination claim. A tribunal ruled that bosses at Brighton and Hove City Council could not have discriminated against Andy Baldwin as they did not even know he had changed his
Source: The Birmingham Post (England)
Posted: 2006-02-10
A project to encourage training for regeneration and construction work is being piloted in the North East. The North East Employer Coalition (NEEC), is part of a network of local employer groups committed to increasing job opportunities for disadvantaged people. The project has been designed by the
Byline: Jennifer Hewett Feb 08, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The CEO position at the Nine Network in Australia has gone to Eddie McGuire. McGuire will replace Sam Chisholm in one of the most high-profile media jobs in Australia. Publishing & Broadcasting Limited
Source: Australasian Business Intelligence
Posted: 2006-02-10
Byline: Susan Kushner Resnick Feb. 9--Ocean State Job Lot is bringing its wares to the Pine Tree State with the opening of its first Maine store this April. We found a piece of real estate we felt was a good value, said owner Marc Perlman. It was a good fit for us. The store in Belfast will be the
Byline: Joseph Beni Feb. 8--NEW DELHI -- Giving sleepless nights to the United Nations (UN) is a job racket syndicate that has taken hundreds of innocent jobseekers from India and other countries for a ride -- via the Internet. Until now, the ring had limited its activities to the administrative
Source: The Times of India (New Delhi, India) (via Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-10
CVS/pharmacy Teams with PhotoChannel for Online Photo Service WIRELESS NEWS-February 2, 2006-CVS/pharmacy Teams with PhotoChannel for Online Photo Service (C)2006 10Meters - http www.10meters.com PhotoChannel Networks, a provider of online digital media solutions for retailers, is teaming with
Byline: Rachel Osterman Feb. 8--When CertainTeed Corp. wanted to build new manufacturing facilities in 2004, the window maker did not look to inexpensive locations in Asia or Latin America. Ditto for low-cost states like Nevada. Instead, CertainTeed moved into a 300,000-square-foot plant in West
Source: The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, California ) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-10
Byline: By Chris Morley INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT SCORES of jobs have melted away with the sudden crash of a Black Country foundry. Birmingham-based insolvency experts were called in on Monday to Crane Cast, in Horsley Fields, Wolverhampton, but no rescue was possible and the company was put
Source: Birmingham Mail (England)
Posted: 2006-02-10
Byline: By MIRROR REPORTER A CALL centre is to close with the loss of 84 jobs, it was announced yesterday. Cims financial services helpline in Co Cork is to shut down on March 19. The firm has been in operation in the county for seven years. Staff at the plant have been offered the option of taking
Source: The Mirror (London, England)
Posted: 2006-02-10
Workers are feeling more secure in their jobs than at any time in the last six months, according to a new report. Research by Lloyds TSB showed the balance of workers feeling optimistic rather than pessimistic was at its highest level since the autumn. But the survey of 2,000 people also showed
Byline: By Leda Reynolds AN INNOVATIVE training scheme at Solihull College is plugging a skills gap while helping people find jobs. The college has teamed up with Solihull Community Housing and local employers to launch the Pathways Initiative. The scheme offers students the chance to enrol on a
Source: Birmingham Mail (England)
Posted: 2006-02-10
Byline: EDITED BY TRICIA PHILLIPS THE drive to keep up with digital technology is creating 300 new jobs at camera and photography chain Jessops. Following successful trials of a new format called spacemix, the company plans to introduce it in up to 200 stores this year. The spacemix stores offer
Source: The Mirror (London, England)
Posted: 2006-02-10
Byline: David Jones ABBEY National is warning up to 2,000 jobs will be axed as the bank looks to continue its turnaround under Spanish ownership. Chief executive Francisco Gomez-Roldan said the latest jobs losses will be on top of 4,000 cut last year. It came as the bank said its recovery was on
Source: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Posted: 2006-02-10
WORKERS are feeling more secure in their jobs than at any time in the last six months, according to a new report today. Research by Lloyds TSB showed the balance of workers feeling optimistic rather than pessimistic was at its highest level since the autumn. But the survey of 2,000 people also
Source: Birmingham Mail (England)
Posted: 2006-02-10
Byline: By Rebekah Ashby Project and cost management consultant Faithful + Gould ( which has the headquarters of its pounds 120m business on Teesside ( is poised to create 130 jobs in the North over five years, as it expands its business globally. Faithful + Gould, which started life in Stockton
Source: The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Posted: 2006-02-10
A FLAIR for performing could be the passport to a job in the sun for wannabe entertainers. Cosmo Entertainment, working with Jobcentre Plus, is searching Coventry and Warwickshire for budding performers to work as holiday entertainers at resorts in Majorca, Ibiza and the Canaries. The company is
Byline: Jason Roberson Feb. 9--DuPont Automotive Systems, the Troy-based supplier of paint for new vehicles, said Wednesday it might eliminate 200 jobs in a consolidation of two facilities to save money. Paint laboratories in Troy and Mt. Clemens will be consolidated into a larger plant and
Source: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-10
Byline: By Henryk Zientek New service sector jobs have more than offset losses among manufacturing workers in Kirklees, says a survey. Figures from the GMB general union showed that Kirklees lost 10,600 manufacturing jobs between 1997 and 2004. But 28,100 service sector jobs were created during the
Feb. 8--CROTHERSVILLE -- This small southern Jackson County town received a double dose of good economic news Tuesday night. -- Aisin Holdings of North America announced it will create new jobs through a new division. -- Cerro Wire and Cable Inc. of Crothersville announced it will expand its
Source: The Tribune (Seymour, IN) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-10