Part time Jobs and Work News

Tucked away in a Norfolk wood, a small team make soap by hand in a converted chicken shed. But even here at Simply Soaps - a small operation set up 11 years ago with a grant from the Prince's Trust - it has been impossible to escape the downturn. "This Christmas was not the same as others. Retailers were keeping their stock to a minimum," says founder Laurence Campion, in his sweet-smelling workshop in the family grounds. "We were aware of the recession, but this was the first real sign of it...

In 2010 a new resource has arrive in the part time employment sector designed to help part time jobseekers find part time jobs in their local area from the comfort of their own home. The website is designed for a whole range of age categories and financial positions. "The whole point is that it should be easyfor anybody to use" said Matthew Harrison the entrepreneur who founded Findme Part time jobs, " we wanted to build a website that would be useful and insightful to anyone who want...

Much of popular culture would have you believe that most students are busy frittering away their loans and grants in the students' union bar or in a hall of residence acquainting themselves with various narcotics. Anything, in short, but studying - and certainly not in gainful employment. The reality is very different.

Most studies show that at least half of students work during term-time; an even higher percentage do so in vacations. About 70 per cent of those who work say that they do...

Hopes that Britain may soon emerge from its worst recession in three-quarters of a century were boosted with the publication yesterday of the latest jobless numbers.

Those claiming jobseeker's allowance fell by 6,300 between October and November to 1.63 million – the first fall since February 2008. The number of people in work has now started to rise, though most of the 50,000 new jobs are part time, confirming the gradual trend towards "casualised" working.

The headline unemployment figu...

McDonald’s have cooked up a new GCSE grade B or C equivalent qualification for teenagers who undergo work experience jobs at one of their fast food restaurants.

Upon completing the 10 day work experience job at McDonald’s and carrying out some additional work at school, the teenager will be awarded a BTec certificate. McDonald’s have worked in conjunction with the exam board Edexcel to produce the new fully-accredited qualification.

During the work experience period, the young people will...

The UK jobs market looks "deceptively healthy" because of an increase in the number of people having to settle for part-time work, the TUC has warned.

The union body says thousands of people are only taking part-time or temporary work because they are failing to find full-time employment.

Also, an Office for National Statistics report showed a rise in "underemployed workers" working less than they wanted.

The latest UK unemployment figures are released on Wednesday.

The official data f...

The postal industry's greatest problem is not modernisation, but unfair agreements with private mail companies

I've just received the "official" CWU version of the agreement it has just negotiated with Royal Mail. It seems to be substantially the same as the leaked version I read over the weekend.

It came with a long overview justifying the union's position. That was a piece of propaganda, of course. It listed all the supposed gains, but glossed over – or completely ignored ...

A new entertainment complex in Skegness will create at least 50 jobs.

In Skegness, Lincolnshire the four-storey building will include an ice rink, bars, cafes and even a erotic gentlemen’s club.

East Lindsey District Council has approved the project which will cost £7 million pounds. The jobs will be created by summer 2011. Many other contracting jobs will be available to the construction businesses involved in the project. The business responsible for the project is as yet unknown.

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