Swiss bank UBS is reported to be axing 5,500 jobs, including 2,600 in investment banking, much of which is based in the City. This follows on from UBS writing £18.8 billion from the value of investments in the sub-prime crisis.
Swiss bank UBS is reported to be axing 5,500 jobs, including 2,600 in investment banking, much of which is based in the City. This follows on from UBS writing £18.8 billion from the value of investments in the sub-prime crisis.
Have you ever fancied working in one of the prettiest parts of London? Well the Green Man in Putney is looking for a Sous Chef.
Dating back to somewhere around 1700, the Green Man on Putney Heath stands on an old duelling spot. The pub was often the refuge for the contestants after the battles.
Putney Heath is also notorious for its history of Highwayman, rumour has it that Dick Turpin once stashed his guns in the upstairs room. Other robbers supposedly watched their intended victims taking refreshment in the pub before going after them once they resumed their journey across the heath.
But there’s no danger of any highwaymen these days, just a cosy welcoming pub with a landscaped garden, great beers and a scrumptious menu. Also BBQ’s at the weekend.
View our Sous Chef job in Putney.
New estimates on the number of jobs that could be lost in the city over the next two years have been released and numbers are as high as 20,000! Most of these will be seen in the banking sector but it is thought that construction could also see some heavy losses. Some 11,000 are expected this year and some 9,000 in 2009.
More than 70,000 migrant workers managed to find work across the UK’s unemployment blackspots last year which has led to claims that the government is failing to get people on long term unemployment benefits back to work.
1,360 migrants found work in Rochdale Manchester where the employment rate is as high as 76%, in Enfield (London) there is an area which has 59% of their residents claiming jobseeker’s allowance, yet 500 migrants managed to find work in the area. In Caerphilly South Wales where 53% of the residents are unemployed 270 migrants found jobs.
You get the picture, some of these areas literally have whole generations of families on benefit, the question that also needs to be asked is whether the benefit actually out weighs the employment that migrants have seemingly been able to source. Between 2003 and 2007 the number of UK Nationals in word decreased by 409,000 to 25.2m, over this same period the number of migrants in employment from Eastern Europe in the UK grew from 29,000 to 410,000….. a scary pattern is emerging…
The plans have been released for the regeneration of the Wandsworth towns Ram brewery. Youngs have now totally vacated the historical site and the proposed plans will bring a wealth of retail, leisure and restaurant facilites supported by some residential flats. The vast area will create many new jobs in construction, retail, hospitality, security and council sectors.