Legal & General have this morning commented on the latest ONS figures showing that 131 million days were lost to sickness absence in the UK last year. The report found that: There has been a fall in working days lost because of absence of around 26% since 1993 when...

In a speech to business leaders in Manchester, the PM is expected to say the euro area is at a “crossroads” and could go into “unchartered territory”.  Greece’s inability to form a government able to push through austerity plans has led to talk of it exiting the euro.  In...

As the university year draws to a close, a promising new survey shows university graduates can expect up to 20% higher starting salaries than they did in 2011. Finding that dream role could be less demanding too with 17% of employers saying they are planning to recruit more graduates...

ONS unemployment figures out tomorrow will be watched with a keen eye as last month unemployment fell for the first time in almost a year. The figures fell slightly last month to 2.65 million. However the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) said that the outlook for the...

Europe has narrowly avoided returning to recession after recording zero growth in the first three months.  The stronger-than-expected performance was in large part due to growth of 0.5% in the German economy.  In the final quarter of 2011, the eurozone shrank by 0.3%, and many analysts expected further contraction. ...