http://www.birminghampost.net/ Visit the new Birmingingham Post site for latest local Birmingham news and Birmingham business news. Jobs, whats on and Birmingham guide, business and more. en-gb Birmingham Post no Visit the new Birmingingham Post site for latest local Birmingham news and Birmingham business news. Jobs, whats on and Birmingham guide, business and more. birmingham post, birmingham news, birmingham business, birmingham jobs, birmingham guide http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/01/08/nissan-to-cut-1-200-jobs-at-sunderland-plant-65233-22648801/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:50:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/01/08/nissan-to-cut-1-200-jobs-at-sunderland-plant-65233-22648801/ Car giant Nissan is to axe 1,200 jobs in the wake of the economic slowdown which has hit the motor industry hard and led to sales slumping. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/other-uk-business/2009/01/05/experts-predict-uk-unemployment-to-hit-two-million-65233-22604507/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/other-uk-business/2009/01/05/experts-predict-uk-unemployment-to-hit-two-million-65233-22604507/ Birmingham saw several large job cuts in 2008, and things are expected to get worse this year, with national unemployment figures set to reach two million. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/other-uk-business/2009/01/02/review-of-2008-and-a-grim-catalogue-of-job-losses-65233-22589887/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:01:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/other-uk-business/2009/01/02/review-of-2008-and-a-grim-catalogue-of-job-losses-65233-22589887/ Unemployment is set to break through the two million barrier in the New Year after the trickle of job losses at the start of 2008 turned into a torrent of redundancies in the last few months. This is how the grim year for jobs unfolded: http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2008/12/22/skills-black-hole-sees-birmingham-jobs-going-to-outsiders-65233-22526510/ Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2008/12/22/skills-black-hole-sees-birmingham-jobs-going-to-outsiders-65233-22526510/ Thousands of new jobs coming on stream in Birmingham over the past seven years have done little to combat high levels of unemployment and social deprivation among people living in the city, a new study has found http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/other-uk-business/2008/12/17/interest-rate-cut-could-help-unemployment-issue-say-midland-business-65233-22508832/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:55:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/other-uk-business/2008/12/17/interest-rate-cut-could-help-unemployment-issue-say-midland-business-65233-22508832/ Growing Midland jobless figures prompted business leaders to urge the Bank of England to follow the United States’s lead and deliver a further deep cut in interest rates in January. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/other-uk-business/2008/12/15/jobs-warning-for-business-services-sector-65233-22475528/ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:01:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/other-uk-business/2008/12/15/jobs-warning-for-business-services-sector-65233-22475528/ Around 275,000 jobs will be axed in the business services sector over the next two years as the UK's economic woes deepen, researchers have warned. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/newsaggregator/2008/10/08/unemployment-rockets-in-west-midlands-65233-21996092/ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:30:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/newsaggregator/2008/10/08/unemployment-rockets-in-west-midlands-65233-21996092/ Unemployment has increased dramatically in parts of the West Midlands, according to the latest official figures. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-health-news/2008/07/22/government-plans-reform-of-sick-note-culture-65233-21379997/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:01:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-health-news/2008/07/22/government-plans-reform-of-sick-note-culture-65233-21379997/ Employees who fall ill are to be encouraged to return to work before they are fully recovered, under radical plans to reform the welfare system. http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/richard-mccomb/2008/03/18/birmingham-the-city-with-four-dole-townships-65233-20640376/ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/richard-mccomb/2008/03/18/birmingham-the-city-with-four-dole-townships-65233-20640376/ The chirpy, banal slogan proclaims: "Birmingham, a global city with a local heart."