With public expenditure cuts set to impact on the already fragile jobs market in Scotland, it is crucial to avoid the kind of knee-jerk staffing cuts that would not only impact on employment opportunities but would also jeopardise front line services.

The REC's Technology Group hosted its first quarterly meeting for 2010 with a panel discussion on how to do business overseas.

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is set to launch three research projects focusing on the future of electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in the UK. The projects, totalling £4.5 million, will include real-world tests with 40 drivers, 3,000 in-depth consumer surveys and a detailed analysis of the economic and carbon benefit case.

The 7th Annual NHS Staff Survey for the Care Quality Commission has underlined major resourcing challenges with 45% of those surveyed believing that there were not enough staff for them to do their jobs properly.

The announcement of a new rail engineering skills academy by the Department for Business Innovation & Skills has been welcomed by the REC's Engineering & Technical sector group.

The REC has responded to claims made in a national newspaper that a recruitment agency posted an advertisement for a job vacancy whose wording could be perceived as discriminatory.

The REC has responded to the Financial Services Authority’s proposal to recruit more than 400 staff immediately to toughen up supervision of the financial sector.

The REC has today hit back at an attack from UCATT, the construction union, on the tax affairs of employment agencies.

The REC has reacted to the latest ONS unemployment figures.

Ahead of the publication of the ONS official unemployment figures, the March JobsOutlook survey from the REC shows signs of stabilisation in the UK's jobs market.