Shell, the global group of energy and petrochemicals companies, has announced that it has severed its partnership with Gazprom. The company has exited its joint ventures with Kremlin-backed Gazprom and related entities, including its 27.5% holding in the Sakhalin-2 liquified natural gas facility, its 50% stake in the Salym Petroleum Development and the Gydan energy venture.…
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Just last week petrol station giants BP and Tesco warned of restricted fuel deliveries to their forecourts across the country. In a press release dated 24th September, BP announced closures to some sites due to “delays in the supply chain which has been impacted by the industry-wide driver shortages across the UK”.…
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Earlier this year we reported on the extension of digital Right to Work (RTW) checks for UK Nationals until September 2021. However, a recent update from the Home Office details the adjusted checks have now been extended until 5th April 2022.…
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The Recruitment and Employment Confederation has called for the Government and employers to shift perceptions around flexible working and make it a positive option. The comment, made by Kate Shoesmith who is Deputy CEO of the REC, was made in response to growing confidence in the UK economy.…
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PM Boris Johnson is continuing his ‘levelling up’ agenda by promising big things for the North. Under plans outlined in the Queen’s speech today, the PM is set to bring jobs and skills direct to “red wall” areas so people can improve their job prospects in the communities where they were raised and brought up.…
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With the official onset of recession comes the sobering news that one in three UK employers expects to make staff redundant by the autumn. Research by the CIPD shows a 50% jump in the number of employers expecting to cut jobs compared to three months ago.…
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The UK officially entered recession last week after two consecutive quarters of economic decline. With much focus on the ensuing jobs crisis as one in three firms plans to make redundancies by October, figures from the latest IPSE confidence index show that the contracting sector has also succumbed to a significant slump.…
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With the official announcement that the UK has entered a recession, the Chancellor has said the economic slump will lead to more job losses in the coming months. Official jobs figures released on Tuesday showed the number of people in work fell by 220,000 between April and June, with one in three companies expecting to announce more redundancies by autumn.…
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June has seen both businesses and individuals pick themselves up and dust themselves down as the brunt of Coronavirus gradually recedes from everyday life. Although daily figures for new cases are still in the thousands, fatalities continue to decline thanks to a greater understanding of how to treat the virus with widely available drugs such as Dexamethasone.…
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