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1. McDonald’s creates 30 jobs to give hope
Get Wokingham, Thursday 26 March 2009It's flipping great news for Reading from McDonald’s with the creation of 30 vacancies for long-term job seekers.
2. Job seekers told to stay positive
Get Wokingham, Wednesday 18 March 2009Work and pensions minister James Purnell urged unemployed people to stay positive during a visit to Reading Jobcentre Plus yesterday.
3. GreenPark base for MT-Energie
Get Wokingham, Wednesday 15 April 2009German biogas giant MT-Energie has become the latest multinational corporation to relocate to Reading.
4. Grim job prospects for youngsters this summer
Get Wokingham, Tuesday 26 May 2009Almost half of firms were not planning to recruit school-leavers or graduates in the coming months as the recession continues to have a grim effect on job prospects, according to a new report today.
5. Blockbuster video store to shut
Get Wokingham, Wednesday 03 June 2009Blockbuster is pressing the stop button on its store in Reading town centre leaving nine staff at risk of losing their jobs.
6. Benefits of using disabled people
Get Wokingham, Monday 09 February 2009Reading's business leaders are invited to a workshop being held to show employers the benefits of recruiting people with disabilities.
The event at the Copthorne Hotel tomorrow is part of the Jobcentre Plus Employ Ability campaign to promote the hidden talents of disabled people.
7. Jobs boost as town part of multi-billion train order
Get Wokingham, Friday 13 February 2009More than 12,500 jobs are to be created or safeguarded through a multi-billion pound order for new trains, the Government announced today.
8. ‘Redundancies are the painful solution'
Get Wokingham, Tuesday 10 February 2009The level of unemployment across Britain has reached a 10-year high and Reading is taking its share of the pain as firms large and small make cutbacks or disappear from the corporate landscape all together.
9. Defying crunch to recruit staff
Get Wokingham, Tuesday 17 February 2009Pricewaterhousecoopers is defying the credit crunch by announcing it is to recruit 1,000 graduates this year.
10. 5,400 jobs threatened as rescue flops
Get Wokingham, Monday 16 February 2009Around 5,400 jobs are under threat after a deal to rescue high street shoe chains PriceLess and Barratts was rejected.
