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News Archive
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Jobs blow confirmed at refinery
The fate of stricken Essex oil refinery Coryton was sealed on Tuesday after administrators confirmed the site will be converted into an import terminal after they failed to find a buyer to keep the plant going.
June28th -
Kick boxer suffers shattered pelvis
A former England kick boxer had to give up the sport after shattering his pelvis as well as dislocating and fracturing his hip socket when a trench collapsed.
June26th -
Significant lay-offs planned at RIM
Research in Motion, the struggling manufacturer of BlackBerry, has started a series of redundancies that could see it lay off around 6,000 employees as part of restructuring plans it hopes will save around $1 billion (£637 million) this year.
June25th -
Whooping cough at water polo camp
A pre-Olympics warm-up meeting in Australia has had to be cancelled after two water polo players and a coach were diagnosed with whooping cough.
June21st -
Mixed news in unemployment figures
New employment figures provided good news for the government in some areas, balanced by continued gloom in others.
June20th -
New hi-tech Olympic clinic to open
The state-of-the-art injury clinic in the Olympic athletes' village will accommodate 200 sportspeople every day during the London 2012 Games, it has been revealed.
June20th -
Unilever bosses poised to axe jobs
Hundreds of workers at Unilever are facing redundancy after proposals to shut down some of its factories were announced.
June19th -
Sports-related injuries show rise
The number of adults who suffer a sport-related injury is on an upward trend, according to a new report.
June18th -
Pet owners urged to have flood plan
The recent downpours have prompted the RSPCA to urge pet owners to consider their animals if they are forced to evacuate homes due to flooding.
June14th -
Bakery group enters administration
A large company which supplies bakery goods to many of the UK's well-known supermarkets has been forced to call in the administrators.
June14th -
Army hit by more enforced job cuts
More than 1,000 members of the armed services are being told that they have lost their jobs as part of cost-cutting measures in the defence budget.
June13th -
Sellafield nuclear plant to close
A nuclear reprocessing area that has been used for two decades will shut down in 2018 following the fulfilment of its existing contracts.
June11th -
Clinton Cards rescued in US deal
The remains of high street chain Clinton Cards has snapped up by an American greetings cards firm in a deal saving 397 stores and 4,500 jobs.
June7th -
Job fears as Pfizer calls in staff
Highly skilled pharmaceutical workers are braced for redundancy after management at Pfizer called a meeting with staff.
June7th