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Times - Expenses report may be watered down
Forthcoming reforms to the expenses system are likely to be toned down before being applied, Harriet Harman has said. The changes, set out in a report by Sir Christopher Kelly, are expected to include a ban on paying relatives for work and strict allowance reforms. Harman said [...]
Posts Tagged ‘freshminds research’
Public Sector Round Up: 3rd November 2009
Top of the Jobs: did yours make the list?
The results of the 2008 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) have been released, and they certainly make for interesting reading. The survey, which is conducted annually by the Office of National Statistics, maps the average pay for full-time workers from around 300 trades and professions to determine, among other things, the highest and [...]
AGR Conference 2009: The energy sector
One of the overarching themes to come out of the AGR Conference today has been the recent success of the energy sector. While the number of jobs elsewhere are down (notably in banking, IT and construction, which have reported drops of 40% or more), there are 7.1% more graduate vacancies this year in the UK energy, [...]
The future of journalism - an old frontier
I am very conscious that I am in the middle of a battle ground. You see, before joining FreshMinds, I spent most of my undergraduate life in the low budget offices of my student newspaper, and the subsequent two years pursuing a career in journalism. But for the last 18 months, I have been equally [...]

