The secret society
There are 100,000 of us among you. We lead quiet lives, unnoticed, almost surreptitious. We hold down ordinary jobs; most of us have families; to all outside observation ...
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Manufacturers' misery continues but housing demand rises
Britain's hard-pressed manufacturers shed jobs for the 11th month in a row in February as they sought to cope with sagging export orders and a sharp rise in the cost of f...
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Teachers threaten to quit over ratings website
Teachers have considered leaving their jobs after reading abusive postings on a website that allows their pupils to anonymously rate them, comment on their teaching metho...
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MFI shuts factories in struggle for profits
A major restructuring designed to haul the loss-making MFI furniture chain back into the black is likely to cost up to 1,500 jobs.
The group, which also includes the How...
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Putting parity in the pay packet
Polly Toynbee's critique of the Women and Work Commission's report on women's pay correctly suggests that the gender pay gap reflects "a far deeper structural pay disorde...
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HBOS to open 100 new branches
Halifax Bank of Scotland today unveiled plans to expand in the south of England by opening 100 new branches over the next five years, creating 1,500 new jobs.
The news c...
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A visit from your flexible friend
They take me out and I look at the shops and it gives me a break, you know. We don't only go shopping. We can go to the park or the sea or something like that." Seventy-o...
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It's great to feel of value again
Phillip Diamond spent a decade on benefits. But he insists he is no sponger. "I've got a very deep work ethic," he says, "and don't like being out of harness." After leav...
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C&W to shed half its British workforce
Cable & Wireless announced plans to axe up to half its UK workforce yesterday, shedding 3,000 jobs by the end of the decade as it tries yet another strategy to put its ai...
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Oscar votes counting begins
The voting has closed and the ballots are being counted. As the annual Oscar race enters its final stretch, the world remains in the dark as to who will take the big priz...
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