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One member of staff at a troubled store chain told of her experience at being made redundant. Catrin Jones, head of merchandising at Peacocks, told the BBC: “The administrators called us all into a room …

Ed Balls has indicated Labour will support a pay freeze for public sector workers to help reduce the UK’s deficit.

The engineering giant Siemens has ambitious plans to create a £200m factory making offshore wind turbines for the North Sea.

New figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) demonstrate how much more workers can expect to earn in the public sector.

The town of Northampton is recovering from a major fire in the centre which disrupted traffic on Monday.

A spokesperson has responded to those concerned about high salaries for top medical employees. For example, New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton spends £2.2m on 21 key staff. However, New Cross representative Samantha Turner said the salaries are in line with national levels.

Arsenal Football Club have moved their Premier League game with Wolves from today to tomorrow (December 27) because of a Boxing Day travel strike.

Thirty-four staff walked out of a Royal Mail (RM) office on Monday over wrong or unpaid wage payments.

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander said “this is a proper reward” about a public sector pensions agreement today (December 20, 2011).

Ploughing in a sum of £650 million, a developer says it wants to build hundreds of homes on a site near the River Medway in a bid to boost the area.

The investments which a UK firm built from scratch in 2006 will be sold to a US-based banking giant for a sum in the region of tens of millions of pounds. Scottish Friendly is selling an administration business, which includes Aviva as key clients, for ‘wrap’ investments.

Today (Wednesday, December 14, 2011) it was announced Tube drivers would be giving commuters unwelcome presents by voting for strikes over the festive period. Members of the largest tube driver union, Aslef, plan to walk out on December 26 in a pay dispute.