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ICI to cut 1,400 more jobs
ICI to cut 1,400 more jobs

The chemicals giant, ICI, announced that it is to cut 1,400 jobs with 300 jobs expected to go in the UK. The announcement comes on top of the 700 job cuts announced earlier this year. ICI announced a 22% fall in the group’s pre-tax profits to £98 million in the second quarter of 2003 from… Read more »

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Thousands of care home places lost every year
Thousands of care home places lost every year

Over 74,000 care home places have been lost since 1996 according to new figures published today. Healthcare analysts Laing & Buisson found that despite more money being put into homes by the Government 10,000 beds were lost in the last year alone. Overall the number of beds available has dropped by 13% since Labour came… Read more »